Interviews ‘We’ve never disagreed over anything major. 99% of the time we think the same way.’ Stuart Camp on Ed Sheeran's career - and a truly unique manager-artist relationship
News Facebook offers ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ to labels and publishers for global licences Can it match the $553m paid out by video services last year?
Analysis News Taylor Swift looks unlikely to break Ed Sheeran’s week-one Spotify record Shape Of You clocked up more than 26m streams in its opening four days
News Taylor Swift breaks all-time day one Spotify record with Look What You Made Me Do Comeback single beats milestone set by Ed Sheeran's Shape Of You (one of them, anyway)
News ABKCO signs worldwide publishing deal with Dishwalla Alisa Coleman celebrates signing ' tremendously talented' band
News Sony licenses remix clearance firm Dubset in ‘watershed’ deal for startup Dubset enables rights-holders to choose which music can be cleared
News Lyor Cohen: YouTube pays out more than Spotify for ad-supported streams in the US Exec makes bold claims as he reviews his first eight months at Google's video service
News Gustavo Lopez exits Universal after 21 years, launches Talento Uno for Latin Music Exec launched Machete Music label at UMG before becoming EVP
News Cinq Music takes on $20m investment to acquire music rights Parent GoDigital stumps up cash to buy copyrights and expand internationally
Interviews ‘In Germany, we take chances with artists – no matter where they’re from’ Universal Music's CEO of Central Europe, Frank Briegmann, on his home territory's evolution
News Facebook is hiring for a music publishing head in Europe Six years of experience in music partner relationship management is required
News Sony puts new Diplo single behind streaming paywall in India Saavn, Gaana and Hungama agree to block free users for limited period
News Harry Styles helps push Sony Music revenues up 11%, as downloads claim just 13% of firm’s sales Streaming revenues jump 22% and claim 39% of Sony labels' overall revenues
Analysis Blog ‘There are 365m people in China willing to pay for entertainment. The music market is about to explode.’ LiHui Shen runs China's biggest independent record label. He's feeling very optimistic about the future.