News Sony inks major licensing deal in Africa with Boomplay (and its 60m users) Chinese-owned app is currently adding around 2m users every month
News UPDATE: Big Machine signs off on Taylor Swift performing her hits at the AMAs… but that isn’t the end of the matter An ugly saga for Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta comes to a close
News Amazon expands free music streaming service to Apple, Android devices Amazon's free music offering was previously limited to Amazon Echo devices
News Vevo Artists To Watch 2020: Meet the first 10 MBW has once again partnered with Vevo to showcase the company's carefully curated Artists To Watch
News London Stock Exchange admits Hipgnosis Songs Fund to Premium Segment of Official List Company has raised over £625 million of equity capital since IPO
News TikTok owner could launch Spotify rival next month – report Firm is in talks with labels for global licensing deals
News Taylor Swift denies Big Machine Label Group song use claims Artist's team issues statement slamming Big Machine Label Group's response to note published this week
News Deezer partners with Emirates to provide exclusive playlists for inflight entertainment system Over 20 playlists created for airline
News Germany-based IDAGIO classical music streaming platform launches free tier Service has a catalog of over 2m tracks
News After Spotify’s cash-for-promotion ad launch, now SoundCloud artists can pay to boost their tracks Original tracks can be boosted to the top of listeners’ feeds
Analysis News The music industry shouldn’t kid itself: Piracy was never killed by streaming… but it might be more valuable than you think. Piracy is still thriving, says MUSO boss Andy Chatterley – but could it be used to convert more people to paid streaming?
News Tencent wins Jay Chou copyright lawsuit against NetEase – report Chou is as the center of a paywall strategy for Tencent Music Entertainment
News BMG makes ‘significant investment’ in US business with development of new L.A-based facility BMG's Los Angeles operation is its biggest global territory – some way ahead of the UK
News Deezer introduces ‘Shows’ hub for non-music audio content New feature will include more than 15 custom channels