Analysis Blog Apple won’t own the music biz unless it wins the ‘freemium wars’ Lucian Grainge, Rob Wells, Taylor Swift and Daniel Ek all point to a fiery future
News Sweden’s STIM defends itself against songwriter accusations PRO says it actually takes 12% of Spotify payouts
News Physical music retailers grew 20% in the UK last year But CD sales are now less than a third of what they were in 2004
News Warner pulls catalogue from Simfy in Germany Streaming service promises 'every song, anytime and anywhere'
News Pandora: Our $0.001 per stream payout is ‘very fair’ on artists. And besides, now we can help them sell tickets. Pandora pays around 1/6th of Spotify's per-stream rate
News Warner revives Giant as singles label in Sweden Label was founded by Irving Azoff but mothballed in 2001
News BMI hires Warner/Chappell’s Sweeney as Global Policy head Exec will fight to maximise global royalty collections for BMI
News Jay Z is buying a streaming service that ‘is not fully funded for the coming year’ Tidal is 'currently unprofitable and capital consuming'
News Swedish songwriters petition for bigger slice of streaming cash EagleEye Cherry amongst more than 100 signatories
News Former MTV and RCA bosses behind new music streaming service Beats Music B2B partner signs up to CÜR Music
News Streaming in UK’s Albums Chart: How will it work? The UK's system has been designed to uphold the 'integrity' of the album
Analysis News Streaming soars in Finland – but music market down 14% in 2014 Ad-supported services shoot up, but downloads and CD suffer