News Prince’s label sues Roc Nation over TIDAL’s alleged copyright infringement Lawsuit seeking damages that could top $18 million
News BMG signs ‘deepened’ deal with e-commerce giant Alibaba in China Music firm to enter film, TV, fan interaction or e-commerce markets alongside Alibaba
Analysis Why Lucian Grainge is enjoying his best ever year as boss of Universal Streaming ensures record revenues and Q3 profitability for Vivendi owned business
News UK music startup Beatroot scores £125k funding to power launch Creative England stumps up cash to help firm go to the next level
Interviews Should you go into business with Kobalt? Can Laurent Hubert convince you to partner with his new employer?
News Van Morrison signs global music publishing deal with BMG Deal includes Top 5 hit albums Days Like This, Hymns To The Silence and Enlightenment
News The A&R Awards: All the winners from a big night for the UK music biz Mike Smith, Muff Winwood and Colin Lester collect special awards
Analysis Why real A&R requires far more than online metrics and YouTube Annette Barrett knows A&R: she's worked with Sting, Prince and George Michael in her career.
News Downtown Music Publishing buys Wayne Kirkpatrick songs Songwriter co-wrote Grammy-winning Change The World by Eric Clapton
News Downtown backs the A&R Awards in association with Abbey Road Studios Music rights company gets behind Songwriter Of The Year category
News Sony/ATV promotes Brian Monaco to President, Global Chief Marketing Officer Publisher increased synch revenue by double digits last year
News Amazon crashes Apple’s exclusives party with huge Garth Brooks deal Huge country star bypasses Apple and Spotify for multi-million dollar deal
News FUGA launching new US operation as it signs Tommy Boy deal New York office soon to open as 7digital exec comes on board
News Amazon launches $7.99-a-month Spotify rival for Prime members US launch arrives, with device coming to UK, Germany and beyond later this year
News Sentric signs deal with Defenders Entertainment (and its One Dance copyright) Sub-publishing deal struck and new JV launched