Interviews ‘Streaming has not broken the chart. The key is more long-term A&R.’ Do labels need to change their strategy in the streaming world?
Analysis A quick reminder of the power of the tech biz vs the music biz Softbank just bought ARM for $32bn. For that amount, it could probably have bought all music ever.
Analysis Is YouTube really the music business’s biggest problem? StubHub and Live Nation are doing a roaring trade from secondary ticketing
News SOCAN moves into mechanical rights collection by acquiring Audiam Jeff Price's New York business snapped up by Canadian society
News Spotify raids BBC Radio for talent to boost UK playlist team Austin Daboh and others join George Ergatoudis at streaming company
Blog News Google’s ‘How To Fight Piracy’: An alternative version 'Google persistently directs fans to illegal sites in preference to those legitimate services'
News ‘YouTube’s Content ID fails to spot 20%-40% of music recordings’ Google says Content ID has generated $2bn for various rights-holders so far
News Indie publishers up in arms over ‘unmitigated disaster’ of 100% licensing 'Nothing has been fixed but everything has been further broken'
Interviews A discreet revolution: How Fintage House helped the music business grow up How a company that started in a bank became big news
News Hein van der Ree joins Brett Gurewitz and Lionel Conway’s Mothership Music Ex-Buma Stemra boss joins growing publishing company
News Jody Gerson and Jon Platt slam consent decree ruling UMPG and Warner/Chappell respond to DoJ decision
News App designed to help indies optimise streaming playlist strategy launches Entertainment Intelligence says platform will 'empower clients to modify their playlist strategy'
Analysis Why TIDAL is the perfect acquisition target for Apple In many ways, Jay Z's company is exactly what Jimmy Iovine is looking for
News Warner ups its game in dance music by signing USHUAÏA partnership Talent scouting also a part of the deal from Ibiza brand
News Russell Simmons’ All Def Digital raises $10m in funding round Company inked deal with UMG three years ago