Analysis Blog UK record labels: You’ll miss supermarket support when it’s gone As Michael Mulligan leaves Tesco, what now for labels' relationship with the major grocers?
News Beyonce’s Lemonade was Sony’s biggest earner in the past quarter Meghan Trainor, Fifth Harmony and Sia all feature in Top 10 money-makers
News Facebook shakes YouTube with ‘video first’ strategy – but dismisses long-form content How will music pay a part in its strategy?
News Pandora starts pushing personalised ticket sales to users Features include concert recommendations, show reminders and easy access to tickets.
Interviews ‘Streaming has not broken the chart. The key is more long-term A&R.’ Do labels need to change their strategy in the streaming world?
News Sirius XM subscribers hit 30.6m as it adds 2.2m users in a year 587,000 net new subscribers added quarter-on-quarter
News Beatport ‘dramatically improves profitability’… by dropping streaming SFX reverts to download-only storefront, starts making money again
News SOCAN moves into mechanical rights collection by acquiring Audiam Jeff Price's New York business snapped up by Canadian society
News Pressure builds on freemium model as Deezer launches paid-only in the US Users offered 30-day free trial
News Len Blavatnik: ‘I want to be in the music biz for a very long time’ Rarely quoted Warner owner marks five years of Access's involvement with WMG
News Apple: Music streaming should pay songwriters $910 every million plays New statutory rate proposal filed with the Copyright Royalty Board
News Sony/ATV promotes Michael Abitbol to SVP, Business & Legal Affairs for Digital 'It is more vital than ever that digital deals reflect the true value of songs'
News This deal will change everything for the music business in Russia Universal signs an $8m advance with VK parent Mail.ru
News Should the UK chart start counting radio airplay figures? BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra Head of Music argues the case
Blog News Google’s ‘How To Fight Piracy’: An alternative version 'Google persistently directs fans to illegal sites in preference to those legitimate services'