Interviews Savan Kotecha: ‘Music is about emotions and connecting people – not money or ego.’ Pop connoisseur Savan Kotecha opens up about songwriting, perfectionism and winning at the music business
News Songwriters fight Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon and Pandora over streaming rates Nearly 2,000 songwriters sign NMPA petition
News Spotify acquires UK startup Sonalytic to help improve publishing data New products on the way based on Sonalytic's identification tech
Interviews ‘Streaming is an opportunity and a challenge. We’re at the forefront of mining that data’ INgrooves boss Bob Roback talks insights, independence and much more besides
News BMG inks partnership with Commission Music Bertelsmann-owned company makes big step into US urban music market
Interviews Tobe Onwuka: ‘It’s easy to look at labels with rose-tinted glasses. That’s not the reality.’ 25-year-old Stormzy manager Tobe Onwuka discusses independence and Gang Signs & Prayer
News Remix licensing platform Dubset raises $4m from group led by Cue Ball Capital Firm has previously struck agreements with Apple Music and Spotify
News Universal launches ‘post-classical’ label Mercury KX as part of Decca family Ólafur Arnalds, Solomon Grey and more signed to imprint
News Sentric Music signs exclusive publishing deal with Doc Brown Ben Bailey Smith's alter ego to release new album Stemma this summer
Analysis Blog Are the major labels in danger of turning music streaming into a monopoly owned by Apple? Songtradr's Paul Wiltshire warns majors not to kill off Spotify
News BMG signs exclusive global publishing deal with Waxploitation Company has scored recent syncs with Apple, Amazon and PlayStation
News Downtown launches new company in Japan, partners with Avex 'Japan is the world's 2nd largest music market and has been ignored by western publishers for decades'
News Symphonic Distribution acquires Spanish house music specialist Houseplanet Florida-based Symphonic expands into Europe through buyout
News Ticketmaster hires David Marcus to helm new music division New division to join artist services operation OnTour, the Venues & Promoters ticketing segment and club ticket platform TicketWeb
News Mark Zuckerberg: Creators must be paid ‘a good amount’ for premium content Facebook is about to start sharing its ad money. But will it share enough with the music business?