Blog News The UK music industry tried to agree a ‘transparency code’ for streaming royalties. It collapsed – here’s why Andy Edwards explains what happened to his big idea
News Universal posts record revenues for 2016 – as streaming overtakes physical sales Major now pulling in $4.5m a day from streaming alone
News Niall Horan’s This Town surpasses 2.5m track equivalent sales worldwide Song has racked up over 250m combined streams across all platforms
News Brazil CMO UBC bolsters neighbouring rights division after signing Sony and Warner Both Warner and Warner/Chappell were previously represented by local society ABRAMUS, as was Sony
Analysis Blog Are the major labels in danger of turning music streaming into a monopoly owned by Apple? Songtradr's Paul Wiltshire warns majors not to kill off Spotify
News ‘Dua Lipa is a musician with a lot to say. Her album will show the breadth of her personality.’ Warner Bros UK boss Phil Christie discusses one of the biggest new artists of the year
News Prince’s Warner recordings finally land on streaming services Warner Bros boss Cameron Strang "thrilled" to introduce music to Spotify et al
News A month after posting heavy losses, SoundCloud loses two top execs COO Marc Strigel and Finance Director Markus Harder both exit troubled company
Analysis News Warner Music just joined the $1bn streaming record company club Total recorded music revenues from the likes of Spotify and Apple Music hit 10 figures in 2016
News Average streaming subscription price fell to $6.49 a month in 2015 Mark Mulligan predicts there will be 221.5m subs by 2020 worldwide
News 300 Entertainment promotes Selim Bouab to SVP, A&R Exec will continue to run his Unauthorized Entertainment label
News Downtown launches new company in Japan, partners with Avex 'Japan is the world's 2nd largest music market and has been ignored by western publishers for decades'
News Symphonic Distribution acquires Spanish house music specialist Houseplanet Florida-based Symphonic expands into Europe through buyout
Analysis Apple owns $246bn in cash. What’s it willing to spend on ruling music? Tim Cook is ready to acquire and wants original content. What could that mean for music?
Analysis News Sony Music earned $1.2bn from streaming platforms in 2016 Major label is now generating around $167k every hour from Spotify, Apple Music et al