News Jay Z’s €50m Tidal takeover could be derailed by splinter group Rebel shareholders say that have 10% of investors behind them
Analysis Why Universal is losing patience with freemium music UMG digital income down 2.8% on a constant currency basis in 2014, MBW discovers
News Friday Global Releases: ‘Terribly disruptive’ or ‘compelling logic?’ Beggars Group, Ministry, Cooking Vinyl and more respond
Blog IFPI: The ‘compelling logic’ for a Friday Global Release Day 'There has been no credible alternative to a Friday proposed that would work at the global level'
News Brian Message: NDAs causing ‘structural failure’ for music industry Manager predicts Spotify will turn a global profit this year
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