Analysis Blog Should Spotify pay songwriters and publishers the same amount as it pays artists and record labels? How much money can streaming services expect to pay in future – and why Atlas Music Publishing's CEO is thinking differently...
News Apple: Spotify pays ‘app tax’ on less than 1% of paid subscribers Apple responds to Spotify's app tax complaint
News The music industry is tackling streaming fraud with a pointless ‘Code’. It won’t work… but these ideas might. Penalties for artists, penalties for staff, more funding – why wasn't any of this in the industry's own policies?
Interviews JioSaavn: ‘We’re doing for music what Netflix did for movies.’ The service's CEO, Rishi Malhotra, discusses his company's uniqueness – and the power of parent company Jio
Interviews ‘Can you hear us now?’ 300 Entertainment boss Kevin Liles on records, rivalries, race – and running a post-Lyor Cohen company
News Big Deal Music Group names Jamie Cerreta, Casey Robison Co-Presidents, Kenny MacPherson upped to CEO All three executives will continue to be based at the company's Los Angeles HQ
News LyricFind: It’s possible that we ‘unknowingly’ pinched Genius lyrics for Google search results Statement addresses claims made in Wall Street Journal article
News Concord acquires historic classical music publisher Sikorski Business to sit alongside Concord’s Boosey & Hawkes classical division
Interviews Amuse is capable of offering $1m-plus advances. What’s its long-term game plan? Amuse CEO Diego Farias explains how he's building a record label fully attuned to the needs of artists in the digital age
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Interviews ‘Music is fundamentally important to people. It’s not disposable – nor are the artists who create it.’ Ian Montone, manager of Vampire Weekend and many others at Monotone Inc. on the industry and his career
News AWAL Signs Recordings Deal With Australian Musician Angie McMahon McMahon's first single Slow Mover has gone Gold in Australia
News Merck Mercuriadis’s Hipgnosis Songs Fund acquires catalog from Jason Aldean producer Michael Knox Together with Jason Aldean, Knox has sold over 35m singles in addition to 18m albums
News BMG Production Music rebrands, launches Hidden Hit Makers campaign 'We chart our success outside of the charts and boldly work in the shadows.'