Analysis News ‘Legislators must continue to acknowledge and protect the value of copyright’ UNIFIED's Matthew Rogers on safe harbour... and the tech companies which benefit from it
News Financial platform Stem, which counts Frank Ocean and Childish Gambino as clients, raises $8m Total money raised so far by royalties software tops $12.5m
Interviews What does the future hold for Midem? After battling with a decline in attendance for 11 years, new Midem boss Alexandre Deniot tells us why the industry conference is still relevant
Interviews ‘A lot of artists in the old days were bullied. And I hate bullies.’ Bill Curbishley, legendary manager of The Who, speaks about his life to MBW
Blog News ‘The major labels are spending big on data. Indies must turn to tech to compete’ Absolute Label Services' Simon Wills on the company's new AI tool, and the importance of smart data
News Arcade Fire pull catalogue from UMG/Merge to sign new deal with Sony Are Sony UK boss Jason Iley's fingerprints on the contract?
Analysis News Why Universal is like ‘cheese puffs’ – and could be headed for an IPO What is Vincent Bollore ultimately going to do with Vivendi's most prized asset?
Interviews ‘My friends were going out with boys – I was sitting with my guitar in the bathroom’ Diane Warren on her upbringing, her hits, her songwriting process - and making a living the streaming age
News Another top exec out at SoundCloud as content boss Stephen Bryan exits News comes three months after COO and Finance Director departer
News TIDAL loses its third CEO in two years as Jeff Toig exits Digital platform says it will unveil new CEO in coming weeks
News Rob Stringer sets out his vision for Sony Music leadership Recently-promoted exec talks China, international, and "very aggressive" acquisition strategy
Interviews Meet the streaming service with 20m users… that’s also a record label Streaming service Saavn is developing artists. Here, the company's top execs explain why...
News Spotify revenues topped $3bn in 2016, with losses above $330m – report If correct, figures would mean losses growing faster than revenues
News UK mechanical society MCPS signs new long-term agreement with PRS For Music 'The MCPS business is in a much better position than it was in 2013 and this is a brand new relationship with PRS for Music'
News Spotify now officially has more UK listeners than BBC Radio 1 Radio 1's weekly audience has declined by more than 2m people in past 5 years