Interviews Why do major artists keep on breaking in Germany? Sony Music Entertainment GSA CEO Philip Ginthör discusses how Germany's structure makes it ripe for breaking new acts
News Spotify will window albums on premium, as Universal finally inks new deal Daniel Ek can sleep a little easier as recorded music's biggest company signs agreement
Interviews How Universal plans to become Japan’s leading ‘full-service music company’ UMJ President and CEO Naoshi Fujikura speaks exclusively to MBW
News Spotify acquires MightyTV. Can its founder fix Daniel Ek’s advertising woes? Can former Google exec Brian Adams play a key role in making Spotify profitable?
Analysis News If Daniel Ek wants to frighten the major labels, he should step back in time Why becoming a record label isn't Spotify's golden ticket to profitability
News ASCAP relaunches royalty admin services arm Songwize The business offers rightsholders a royalty administration service for digital platforms
News Drake’s More Life tops 250m streams across Apple Music and Spotify in two-and-a-half days Playlist reaches nearly 600m streams over two days
News Proper expands to larger UK warehouse as it hires HMV’s Jon Higgs New Dartford move creates double the space for profitable British firm
News Ed Sheeran’s Divide has already generated over $5m on Spotify Lead single Shape of You tops half a billion plays in two months
Analysis Blog ‘Artist managers are missing out on millions by over-relying on big banks’ 'Financial institutions have been overcharging the music industry for years,' says Centtrip Music boss Tony North
News Warner Music China appoints Jackson Wong as Managing Director Exec moves over to major music company from Original Dreamworks
Analysis Jimmy Iovine isn’t always right – but this time, he’s on the money Why weighting paid-for streams in the world's singles charts makes sense
News Spirit Music Group acquires 150,000 tracks as it launches Production Music division Alan Ett to head up Spirit Production Music, reporting into David Renzer
Interviews ‘I don’t see a YouTube value gap. Over 45% of our revenue from the platform is from UGC’ YouTube is the devil, right? Not if you speak to Believe boss Denis Ladegaillerie
News Big Machine Label Group names Kris Lamb VP of Promotion Lamb replaces the label's SVP of Promotion Jack Purcell