News SOCAN predicts dramatic YouTube revenue uplift as it acquires Medianet SOCAN says it is now the 'leader in accurate matching of music data'
News ASCAP scraps exclusivity clauses as it settles for $1.75m with DoJ $1.75m agreement with DoJ, but no admission of wrongdoing from CMO
Analysis Spotify must break its ‘everything free’ rule – for better or worse Why everything in a fractured, messed up industry currently starts and ends with YouTube
Blog ‘YouTube are under-paying and exploiting creators – and getting away with it’ Nelly Furtado weighs in on debate over Google payouts to the music business
News Artist backlash over YouTube’s royalty payments grows noisier Debbie Harry and Nikki Sixx join Katy Perry, Deadmau5 and more to protest safe harbor protections
News Jeremy Lascelles’ Blue Raincoat Songs inks Kobalt deal Former Virgin exec's publisher makes admin move
News Pandora chief Tim Westergren joins Daniel Glass at Midem Westergren to give keynote about how to achieve profitable business models
News YouTube: Music biz safe harbor attack is ‘not supported by the facts’ "Any claim that the DMCA safe harbors are responsible for a 'value gap' for music on YouTube is simply false"
News Loud & Proud Records signs global deal with Warner’s ADA Indie's catalog includes Lynyrd Skynyrd and Rick Springfield
News Daniel Ek warns Sweden that Spotify may be forced to grow elsewhere "We must consider whether to expand more in other countries instead of Sweden"
News Universal Music Group is ‘out of contract’ with YouTube – sources Sony and Warner are set to follow suit in the coming months - ready for a summer showdown
News Rhapsody/Napster: Losing millions every month, but still innovating Allow us to introduce 'a Tinder for music lovers'
Interviews Atlantic’s Ben Cook: ‘Atlantic signs characters. You’ve got to be about more than gimmicks’ Ben Cook on Ed Sheeran, Ahmet Ertegun and why 'pop robots' just won't do
News YouTube faces new DMCA enemy: Katy Perry and Deadmau5’s artist supergroup Lionel Richie, Elvis Costello and Christina Aguilera have all signed petition
News Sony’s music boss Michael Lynton steps up amid corporate changes Doug Morris and Martin Bandier now 'Business Executives' in top-level restructure