Interviews ‘Touts are crafty and aggressive – but we know this technology is very secure.’ AXS CEO Bryan Perez on the firm's new marketplace in the UK, which caps ticket resale profiteering at 10%
News Drake destroys Spotify day-one records with 132m+ plays of new album Scorpion Canadian megastar's LP racks up more than 80m streams in the US alone
Interviews ‘This is probably the most exciting time I can remember in the music business.’ Matt Pincus, SONGS Music Publishing founder, on the music business - and its future
News AXS Marketplace arrives in UK offering capped ticket resale platform 'Flash Tickets' tech deployed to fight counterfeiting
Interviews ‘Artists have the best chance of success when they get things rolling themselves.’ Tap Management's Ed Millet and Ben Mawson give their views on the ever-changing modern music business
Interviews ‘You get the best out of an artist if you treat them like a partner, rather than someone who is subservient.’ Empire founder Ghazi Shami explains how his business is competing successfully with major labels
News SoundCloud brings emerging talent initiative to Europe Little Simz amongst six independent artists to receive support
Interviews Lyor Cohen: ‘I’ve always had the gift of being self-assured.’ One of the most talked about execs of all time on the industry... and himself
News Symphonic Distribution hires Jakub Alexander from Ghostly International Exec has worked with Grammy nominated Tycho, Com Truise, and Shigeto
News Elektra founder Jac Holzman unveils new venture, Cosmic Ringtones & Sonic Realms… Your Universe Is Calling Its the 21st century successor to the groundbreaking Authentic Sound Effects albums
Analysis News Revealed: How Sony’s $750m Spotify equity cash will be shared with artists and indie labels Unrecouped balances will be ignored by major in surprise move
News George Ergatoudis out at Spotify after two years – to join Apple Music British exec jumps to Spotify's arch rival service
News Warner Music, Sony/ATV, Beggars and more sign licensing deals with app developer portal OCL Agreements enable app developers to access and host licensed music alongside user generated content
News Kobalt’s AWAL acquires radio promo company in2une in2une Music has also worked with Lauv, The Lumineers and Calvin Harris
News Live Nation elects Dana Walden and Ping Fu to Board of Directors Duo become only two women on Live Nation's board