Analysis Smashed by Spotify, can TIDAL find a future which doesn’t end badly? How long can Jay Z afford to bankroll his minnow of a streaming service?
News CTS Eventim launches new concerts business in Germany Former Koko boss Marc Oßwald joins new venture
Interviews News Is the global sync market set to explode for indie labels and unsigned artists? Will some of the billions spent by Netflix and Amazon on content make its way to emerging acts?
News Tencent Chief Andy Ng to deliver keynote at Midem Ng’s keynote at Midem coincides with Tencent’s push to expand elsewhere into Asia
News Sony/ATV: Paul McCartney lawsuit is ‘unnecessary and premature’ Did the former Beatle file suit to avoid the same fate as Duran Duran?
News Sony battles online leak of Wizkid/Drake’s One Dance follow-up Hush Up The Silence is the follow-up to global smash One Dance
Interviews RCA’s Peter Edge and Tom Corson: ‘We don’t keep the lights on here if we don’t develop new artists’ RCA Records leaders Tom Corson and Peter Edge discuss Doug Morris, charts, streaming and radio
Analysis What does the future hold for Sony Music and Sony/ATV? Why does Sony Corp seem to be treating Pictures and Gaming differently to music?
News Actually, Sirius IS interested in buying Pandora… ‘at the right price’ Greg Maffei makes private noises about another acquisition bid
Analysis Is BBC radio playing enough independent music? Just 2% of Radio 1’s 100 most played tracks of 2016 were ‘pure’ independent releases
Interviews ‘If the livelihood of songwriters is threatened, the music industry as a whole is threatened’ Reservoir's Golnar Khosrowshahi talks A&R and the publishing landscape
News Irving Azoff’s GMR secures global deal for Prince performance rights Deal has been in place since October 2016 on a worldwide basis
News Sony spends £86m on 50% stake in Simon Cowell’s Syco Holdings Major bolsters its share to 75% in Simon Cowell's label, touring and TV company
Analysis News Universal and Sony neck-and-neck in US video streaming market share – as Tunecore leads the indies Universal dominated the US last year - but was neck-and-neck with Sony for video streams
News Nigel Elderton named Chairman of UK collection society PRS Respected exec is entering his 25th year with peermusic, after being appointed UK MD in 1992