News Spotify storms past 60m subscribers, now adding more than 2m a month Daniel Ek's company races ahead of Apple Music by adding 10m subs since March
News SESAC strikes landmark US radio deal – for rates it claims are 50% higher than ASCAP’s Private rights organization says ASCAP's settlement "does not reflect fair market value"
Analysis Blog ‘There are 365m people in China willing to pay for entertainment. The music market is about to explode.’ LiHui Shen runs China's biggest independent record label. He's feeling very optimistic about the future.
Interviews ‘Actions speak louder than words – and the support we give artists speaks for itself’ Live Nation's Denis Desmond on the growth of the company - and its role in developing new acts
Interviews Chess Club: ‘We are on the cusp of halcyon days’ Chess Club has spent the last 10 years at the cutting edge of British A&R. Here we chat to founders Will Street and Peter McGaughrin
News Fool’s Gold Records signs worldwide distribution deal with Caroline New A-Trak single, out today, features Quavo and Lil Yachty
Analysis Why Spotify’s ‘fake artists’ issue, like so much in streaming, comes back to transparency BASCA's Vick Bain on why Swedish service should make 'everything clearer' for songwriters - and for listeners
Interviews ‘There are an immense number of songwriters not making enough money to live on’ Wixen Music boss Randall Wixen on the value of music and the future for publishing
Analysis Why Spotify’s fake artists problem is an Epidemic. Literally. The tall tale of three Swedish companies, with their own economic interests
News Sire Records relaunched at Warner, Rani Hancock named President Former Arista, RCA and Island exec joins Seymour Stein's revered imprint
News Because confirms acquisition of London Records catalogue Classic Happy Mondays recordings, plus All Saints, believed to be included in deal
News Concord buys yet again in multi-million dollar deal with Warner Recordings from Jewel, Sergio Mendes and more included in latest divestment agreement
News Jay-Z’s 4:44, a TIDAL exclusive, illegally downloaded nearly 1m times in 3 days MUSO data shows 56% of illegal activity around album took place in the US
Analysis If Spotify’s going to become profitable, it needs to make some changes How alterations in marketing spend, advertising revenue and international income could help fix Daniel Ek's business
News Kanye West quits TIDAL, claiming service owes him $3m – report Relationship with Jay-Z's streaming service has reportedly fallen apart