News Kobalt invests $150m in independent artists to challenge ‘stupidity’ of traditional major label deals AWAL recruiting 100 people to take on Universal, Sony and Warner with "extremely aggressive" A&R gameplan
News Daniel Ek doesn’t have a salary – but he’s got a dream… that Spotify can ‘improve the world’ Daniel Ek's wage is officially $0 per annum - but he's doing alright
News Spotify lost $1.4bn last year – and it’s just filed to go public New Prospectus filed with SEC reveals new data about finances
News Tencent buys into Indian streaming service Gaana with $115m investment Chinese media giant adds to portfolio by backing Times Internet's platform
Interviews ‘They played a tiny café… there were four people in the audience.’ Coldplay managers Phil Harvey and Dave Holmes on the band's journey - and record-breaking tour
Interviews Can the BRITs get right what The Grammys got wrong? Sony's Jason Iley sits down with MBW to tackle a thorny issue
Analysis News The great big Spotify scam: Did a Bulgarian playlister swindle their way to a fortune on streaming service? Did a canny scammer suck over $1m from Spotify's royalty pool last year?
News Nonesuch hires Republic’s Dan Cohen as VP of Marketing Marketing exec has worked with Lorde, John Mellencamp, Jack Johnson, Mondo Cozmo, Phantogram and Marian Hill
News Madison Square Garden Company to take on O2 Arena in London with new venue MSG Sphere will be built on five acres of land in Stratford
Analysis Let’s talk: How Apple’s Homepod, Amazon’s Echo and voice recognition are changing the music industry as we know it Deviate Digital's Sammy Andrews predicts where the voice-activated revolution is going to take us
Interviews Can this company attract $1bn for songwriters in the coming years? Royalty Exchange has big ambitions - and wants to make songwriters and publishers rich
Interviews Master P: ‘I’m looking for hit records, diamonds in the rough.’ No Limit Records founder lays out plans for Cinq Music
Interviews ‘Nashville celebrates songwriters more than anywhere else in the world’ After a Grammy haul, Warner/Chappell's Ben Vaughn talks Nashville, streaming and more
News Sony hires ‘innovative and visionary leader’ Dasha Smith Dwin as EVP and Global HR Chief Exec will report into CEO Rob Stringer and COO Kevin Kelleher