News Carlin America to be sold in near-$250m deal to Round Hill Music Music biz sales this year have now seen over $1bn change hands
News Ed Sheeran’s Shape Of You is now Spotify’s most-streamed song of all time Song tops more than 1.3bn plays on Swedish service to take Drake's crown
News Concord acquires Savoy Label Group – and its 3,000+ recordings Steve Vining will continue in A&R consultancy role at Concord
News Fraser T Smith inks worldwide publishing admin deal with Kobalt Producer/writer has worked with Adele, Stormzy, Craig David and many more
News The Prodigy sign worldwide deal with BMG for new album in 2018 Record will be released on band's own label via BMG across the globe
News Music licensing platform Ricall’s assets up for sale following liquidation Company raised £12m and spent £6m developing its dynamic online marketplace
Interviews Faith Newman: ‘I’d still like to see more women in positions of power’ Faith Newman discusses her career at Def Jam, major label years and role at growing US publisher Reservoir
News LAB Records signs worldwide deal with Warner’s ADA in 10th anniversary year New records from Martin Luke Brown, Áine Cahill, Vistas, SHOR and VUKOVI on the way
Analysis Blog The Future of Radio: Time for Broadcasters to Embrace Digital SoundExchange's Michael Huppe explains why radio must "move to digital – and all that entails"
News Reservoir buys 1,000 classic soul songs in latest acquisition move Copyrights from Willie Mitchell, Norman Harris and The Commodores included in deal
Interviews ‘I think we’ve got by far and away the UK’s best A&R force’ Universal Publishing UK boss Mike McCormack's first interview since landing the job last year
News Downtown signs international partnership with Sub Pop Publishing Lucas van Slegtenhorst inks deal with Gareth Smith
Analysis News The 2017 music streaming cash bonanza: How the major labels stack up The majors will generate $5bn from streaming this year - but who's king of the jungle?
News Warner acquires rock specialist label Artery Recordings Recordings catalogue sold by CEO Eric Rushing to major group
Blog Where is the accountability in a ‘label services’ deal? Label services deals offer a lot of freedom - but is a sustainable business model sometimes forgotten?