Blog Kobalt in Wired: Majors and collection societies get a rough ride 'It's not that the majors are devious - they're inept'
News Absolute rebrands, launches new analytics tool Absolute Project offers real-time analytics to clients
News Beyonce releases new track as a Tidal exclusive. It’s on YouTube in minutes. And it's the same story with Rihanna
Analysis If Jay Z really wants a Tidal revolution, he must become a lunatic A story of United Artists - and a bid for freedom
News Tidal: 16 superstars grab equity in Jay Z’s ‘United Artists of music’ Usher, Beyonce, Coldplay, Calvin Harris and more take a stake
News ‘Streaming will double the music business by 2020 – and Universal must go it alone’ PSAM details its reasons for demanding a spin-off
Interviews Why is Kobalt getting into bed with Google? Willard Ahdritz on striking an investment deal with the search giant
News Germany: 2.5m premium streaming users with ‘room for improvement’ Streaming numbers should double by 2018, says GfK
News The Orchard acquires royalty processing firm RoyaltyShare Also makes 'strategic investment' in Korrect
News Forget Daniel Ek or Lucian Grainge: this man may have more impact on the music business this year than anyone BMG, Spotify and Universal stand to gain from Euro trend
News Can Vessel weaken YouTube’s stranglehold on the music business? Rights-holders earn 70% of all advertising against their content
Blog This freemium furore reminds me of the Napster era Independent artist manager Howard Mills on the industry debate of the year
Analysis News Freemium made $500m less than Premium in the US last year But freemium has slightly increased its share of the total market