News Will Google’s 2016 tips list prove more shrewd than the BBC’s? Aurora and Clean Cut Kid - who didn't make Sound Of... - included on Google list
News Canada’s Supreme Court rules media must pay for audiovisual recordings Big decision for 'creative middle class' in territory
News Coco Carmona succeeds Ger Hatton as ICMP Director General Hatton exits after eight years at trade body
News Sony and Universal agenda ‘a huge threat’ despite indies’ US licensing victory, says Mills US Register Of Copyrights essentially quashes major labels' request - for now
Analysis Bill Gates said content would be king. So why are ad-funded services paying us so little? The BPI's Geoff Taylor discusses labels' big challenges in 2015 - especially YouTube
News Rob Wells hires Dick Wingate to join him at Crowdmix in the US Record industry veteran has previously worked at the likes of Columbia, Epic and Polygram
News What the BPI thinks of MBW’s recent analysis (and criticism) of UK A&R. Geoff Taylor responds to MBW's recent analysis. And then we respond to Geoff.
News Martin Bandier promises songwriters ‘significant increase’ in Pandora cash Sony/ATV boss sends note to publisher's clients
Analysis Blog Is Martin Bandier fighting for songwriters, himself – or both? The MBW Review: a complex new era is dawning for music publishing
Analysis News Labels generated 50% less money than live for UK economy last year Recorded music contributed £615m to GVA - live was over £900m
News Pandora becomes instant talk radio giant with Serial podcast deal Serial averages around 2.2m downloads per episode
News Midem 2016 rescheduled (again) to June 3-6 International Midem Awards ceremony to be part of event next year
News Robert Ashcroft-run EU licensing ‘hub’ has a name… and it’s ICE Ben McEwen joins from PRS as Commercial Director
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