News The Official UK Top 10 Singles Chart is starting to get pretty boring Only one new entry in Top 5 rankings in a month-and-a-half
News Nielsen confirms YouTube has fallen behind audio streaming in the US Data is broadly in line with BuzzAngle stats from earlier this week
News Universal poaches the Head of iTunes and Apple Music in Germany Patrick Mushatsi-Kareba leaves Apple after eight years in the music team
News Download sales have fallen 24% in the past year in the US market Around 130m fewer downloads were bought in H1 2016 than the same period last year
News App designed to help indies optimise streaming playlist strategy launches Entertainment Intelligence says platform will 'empower clients to modify their playlist strategy'
Analysis Why TIDAL is the perfect acquisition target for Apple In many ways, Jay Z's company is exactly what Jimmy Iovine is looking for
News Apple is in talks to buy Jay Z’s TIDAL Could Jimmy Iovine's team acquire Kanye and Beyonce's favoured platform?
News Russell Simmons’ All Def Digital raises $10m in funding round Company inked deal with UMG three years ago
News London Gay Men’s Chorus to release charity single in aid of Orlando victims Proceeds will go to the Orlando Victims Fund and Galop, UK LGBT anti-violence and abuse charity
Interviews Because Music’s Emmanuel de Buretel: ‘We don’t follow the hype – we trust our ears’ Because Music's Emmanuel de Buretel on building a smash - and his next big hit
News Bruce Springsteen and Bruno Mars join anti-DMCA crusade "The future is streaming. The future is also contingent on paying artists and writers fairly."
News Music data company Soundcharts raises $360k in seed funding Data analytics company now has 6,000 users including the major labels
News After artists slam DMCA, now YouTube faces Safe Harbour heat in Europe European Parliamentarians demand clarification; International Artist Organisation (IAO) demands transparency
Analysis Blog The music industry must innovate to tackle secondary ticketing rip-offs Alison Lamb's blog explores the problem of fans being hurt by ticket resale platforms
News SoundExchange payouts are still growing – but not like they used to… Michael Huppe reveals forecast of 7% growth in 2016