Interviews How megabucks-backed SESAC plans to simplify the music business Music rights organization's CEO John Josephson talks licensing, Facebook and global ambitions
News SoundCloud ‘may run out of cash this year’ as it posts €51m loss Average wage at Berlin-based company topped €90k last year despite perilous financial position
News Why Sub Pop’s founder quit the music industry – and what he thinks of it today Sub Pop founder Bruce Pavitt gives a no-holds-barred account on the music industry today
News Pandora rolls out new visual mobile ads The adverts were trialled during a pilot phase with select beta partners last year
News SESAC acquired by investment giant The Blackstone Group SESAC's 30,000 affiliates include songwriters and musicians such as Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond and RUSH
News BMI files legal action against Radio Music License Committee over royalty rates PRO joins Irving Azoff in fighting for bigger royalty pot from radio group
Analysis 3 ominous problems the UK music business must overcome in 2017 When should the UK business turn its back on the album... and other questions
News Universal acquires Japan’s ‘full stack’ music company, Office Augusta Office Augusta runs divisions across management, label, publishing and more
News Music business mourns ‘towering talent’ George Michael Singer/songwriter died on Christmas day, aged just 53
News Warner CEO Steve Cooper: ‘We’ve grown market share more than any other major’ MBW obtains triumphant internal memo from WMG big cheese
News The 5 biggest music business news stories of 2017. (Yes, 2017.) Google, Facebook, Columbia and Spotify will all feature heavily on MBW next year
News Warner to launch ‘hundreds of virtual reality experiences’ with MelodyVR deal Deal follows UMG's push into VR earlier this year
News After Lyor Cohen quit for YouTube… who’s taking over at 300? Could Republic's Rob Stevenson be in line to take over?
Interviews Atlantic Records’ Julie Greenwald: ‘It’s not enough to be smart. You have to be smart… and out-hustle everyone’ Julie Greenwald talks Atlantic Records, Craig Kallman, streaming and Lyor Cohen
News Kobalt Music Copyrights acquires catalogue of country star Dierks Bentley Singer/songwriter also signs go-forward admin deal with Willard Ahdritz's company