News Dubset isn’t licensed by the majors or Merlin… but says it’s working on it CEO Stephen White explains the platform's position
News 200m takedown requests later, BPI tells Google: this is getting silly Geoff Taylor calls for 'notice and stay down' policy from search giant
News Oh good. Here comes another YouTube ripping platform MP3Cola adds its name to a growing problem for the music business
News Spotify agrees $30m settlement over unpaid US publishing royalties Total agreement believed to be worth up to $30m
News CTS Eventim expands in Scandinavia with Egmont partnership German Ticketmaster rival teams up with Nordic firm
Interviews News Cooking Vinyl eyes growth after Essential sale – but stays independent Martin Goldschmidt explains the logic behind Sony's acquisition of his business
Interviews ‘Making unsolicited approaches to A&Rs just doesn’t work’ How Music Gateway is trying to make things easier for labels, publishers and music supervisors
News SoundExchange and IFPI launch searchable sound recordings database ISRC Search Site is publicly accessible
News PledgeMusic acquires two digital businesses, now boasts 3m+ audience Set.fm and NoiseTrade snapped up by Magna-backed company
News Ad-funded streaming revenues declined in France last year Both video and audio ad-funded models paid out less to labels
News Universal names Sipho Dlamini new boss of South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa Former SAMRO boss replaces Randall Abrahams
News Spotify launches new playlists to break songs across genres Fresh Finds cover range of genres for listeners
News Sammy Andrews joins music intelligence provider Ei as Director Erik Gilbert becomes full-time Ei exec, leaves Essential
News PRS For Music launches new anti-piracy tool MAPS Collection society launches MAPS with the Publishers Association
News TIDAL sued for $5m over alleged copyright infringement Mechnical royalties issue rears its head again in the US