News Merlin on course to pay independent labels $500m a year by 2018 Independent body pays out $232m in past year from streaming services alone
News Another streaming service fails to IPO as Guvera flotation is blocked Australian company posted a net loss of US $61.2m in its last fiscal year
Analysis YouTube faces superstar backlash over DMCA – but is it the best strategy? Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga, Gwen Stefani and more have signed a new petition
News Twitter invests $70m in SoundCloud two years after walking away from $1bn deal Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey confirms the news
News YouTube says the voice of artist protest is ‘being heard’ at Google Platform points out that its audience listens for less time than Spotify's
News Universal, Sony, Warner vow to create a working Global Rights Database The Open Music Initiative also wins support from Spotify, YouTube and Pandora
News MBW surpasses 20,000 subscribers after biggest month so far Warner CEO Stephen Cooper, Columbia's Rob Stringer and Maverick/Quest's Scott Rodger tell us why they read
Analysis Blog YouTube risks doing ‘irreparable damage to the future of artists’ Sixx:A.M explain why they believes Google is not doing 'the right thing'
Analysis What the tech industry needs to learn about the music biz: Sympathy For The Devil (pt. 3) Consultant Andy Edwards lays out what Silicon Valley must realise if it wants the best relationship
Analysis Apple takes its Chance to show up the music biz… as Google licks its lips As a self-release storms the chart, what does the future hold for major rights-holders?
News Watch this investor tear into the music biz’s treatment of startups Sitar Teli was unafraid to speak her mind at Midem this weekend
News Independent labels have a 37.6% global market share, says new report Mark Mulligan research bases figure on rights ownership, rather than distribution
News Google wanted to buy Michael Jackson’s $750m stake in Sony/ATV Lawyer Joel Katz spills the beans on what would have been a shocking deal for the music biz
Interviews ‘We are concerned about the value flowing down to artists and creators’ Annabella Coldrick explains her objectives for the managers' trade body