News Vevo revenues rise 30% to hit $650m in 2017, profitability forecast in 2018 Video streaming service on course to turn a profit by early 2018
Interviews ‘Once you’ve found creative chemistry, stick with it and great things will come.’ Ali Tamposi is the latest entrant in our World's Greatest Songwriters series
News Universal and YouTube agree multi-year global licensing deal Sir Lucian Grainge praises "important step forward" in relationship with digital giant
News Deezer plants flag in music identification space with SongCatcher Move follows Apple’s $400m purchase of Shazam earlier this month
Analysis News If Spotify’s worth $19bn… what’s the value of Daniel Ek’s stake? If Ek still owns a 10% holding in company, he's sitting pretty
News Vevo boss Erik Huggers out after two years as CEO Vevo currently believed to be turning over around $500m a year
News BMG is the biggest record company in Germany this week Bertelsmann-owned firm leapfrogs Universal to take No.1 spot
Interviews David Joseph: ‘We creatively empower our artists globally. I’m proud of that.’ How David Joseph fixates on, copes with and ultimately succeeds at running the UK’s largest record company…
Analysis News Shazam might have cost Apple $400m, but it will pay for itself handsomely Will music identification app prove to be an essential subscriber funnel for Apple?
Interviews Merck Mercuriadis’ Five golden rules for good artist management Veteran artist manager Merck Mercuriadis discusses the thorny issue of remuneration, the true meaning of innovation and how to make good decisions
Blog ‘5 cast iron commitments artists should demand from digital distributors’ Absolute Label Services' Simon Wills makes the case for a digital distribution code of conduct that will protect clients in the evolving music business
News Kobalt Capital buys SONGS catalogue for around $160m Matt Pincus and Willard Ahdritz reach agreement for catalogue
News Official: Spotify and Tencent Music buy stakes in each other The rumors were true: the streaming giants are teaming up