News Kobalt: New app is a ‘giant step’ towards transparency for songwriters 'Putting the power of Kobalt into the hands of creators has always been a top priority for me'
News Spotify hires Francis Keeling to head up global licensing Widely respected exec left Universal after 14 years last month
News Tom March and Ben Mortimer named co-Presidents of Polydor Records Duo join the label where Lucian Grainge made his name
News Pandora’s own biggest shareholder gives damning verdict on company Tim Westergren under fire from Corvex, which owns 10% in business
News Widespread lay-offs at Global as Entertainment division is stripped After much fanfare, new talent division incurs heavy job cuts in UK and US
News Vevo is moving into ‘long-form programming’ – and looking for stars Platform on the lookout for 'non-traditional sources such as internet based talent'
News YouTube launches tool to enable ‘faster, more accurate royalty distributions’ DDEX update is free to download and open-source
News Spotify isn’t the only major music streaming service planning an IPO China Music Corp. said to be headed for IPO later this year
Analysis Spotify must break its ‘everything free’ rule – for better or worse Why everything in a fractured, messed up industry currently starts and ends with YouTube
News Universal pumps more cash into UK-based instrument firm ROLI “Music is a source of joy, and we want to make music creation more connected"
News CÜR Media hires Jim Urie as CEO – can he find the $15m it needs? Company must raise funds in order to pay promised major label licenses
Analysis Drake: King of Spotify, king of Apple – and making streaming history Views generating $12.5m on iTunes, as Drake's top of the pops on Spotify
Analysis How Beyoncé’s Lemonade is making $3m a day – while saving Jay Z’s business The superstar's US sales so far point to a promising result for Sony