News Vivendi splashes $2.5bn on Havas bid – and says it will help ‘strengthen’ Universal Both Vincent and Yannick Bolloré think the buyout is a cracking idea
News And the next big music business buyout is… Spinnin' Records is believed to be selling to a major for around $100m
News Lucie Caswell named CEO of the Featured Artists Coalition Imogen Heap becomes Artist In Residence at UK organization
News Lyor Cohen has changed his tune on YouTube since 2009 In 2009, Cohen said YouTube didn't pay enough compensation. What's changed?
News KKR invests $150m in Pandora – as streaming company posts $132m Q1 loss Richard Sarnoff takes a position on Pandora's board
News Sony’s The Orchard buys independent distributors finetunes and Phonofile Finetunes and Phonofile to become wholly owned subsidiaries of The Orchard
News SoundCloud Go goes super-cheap in $1 for three months promotion Loss-making service gets aggressive on price with new promotion
News ‘Russia’s Facebook’ launches fully licensed new Spotify rival With over 100 million active users, Russian Facebook VKontakte (VK) has the same sized audience as Spotify
News Calvin Harris just kind of broke the way Sony reports album sales And The Chainsmokers aren't helping matters, either...
News Spotify is developing its own hardware – inspired by Amazon’s Echo The Pebble Watch and Snap's Spectacles both cited by streaming company in new job ad
Interviews Pascal Nègre: ‘The music business used to be major vs. indie. Now it’s the quick vs. the slow.’ Pascal Negre talks major labels, his new management venture - and his departure from Universal Music Group
News Now indie labels can window albums on Spotify Premium thanks to Merlin deal Like Universal deal, new agreement includes ability to 'window' album releases
News Warner/Chappell Production Music boss Randy Wachtler exits company Jon Platt believed to be searching for a successor in Nashville
News Pandora rival Slacker Radio lays off 25% of its workforce Duncan Orrell-Jones confirms downsizing amid search for profitability
Interviews Amazon’s Steve Boom: ‘Music streaming still needs to get a lot easier for consumers’ Amazon's VP of Music, Steve Boom, answers MBW's questions on the future of how people listen