News Warner/Chappell extends licensing deal with Times Music in Asia Times will now represent WC in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and more
News The Orchard hires Lucy Blair and Nikoo Sadr in the UK Duo join Sony-owned company's European HQ in London
News Music rights advocate to join SiriusXM as Director of Music Licensing Rae leaves behind his role as Future of Music Coalition CEO
News Dubset signs deal for indie publisher rights with NMPA No announcement yet, however, on major label/publisher content
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 Tom March and Ben Mortimer named co-Presidents of Polydor Records Duo join the label where Lucian Grainge made his name
News Independent publishers fight against market concentration – and for more streaming cash Annette Barrett and Pierre Mossiat explain IMPF's mission
News Spirit B-Unique acquires Polar Patrol Publishing Acquisition includes tracks from Ed Sheeran's X co-written by Johnny Mcdaid
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 Streaming is paying Universal $4m a day – but iTunes income is crashing Vivendi-owned business posts billion dollar Q1 recorded music income
News UK publisher Sentric Music relaunches Music Services division UK indie publisher bolsters offering
News Kobalt’s AMRA increases YouTube publishing payouts by 34% in EU Spotify collections were up 26% quarter-on-quarter
News Concord buys into live events, snapping up stake in AEG’s Bounce New deal will give Concord Bicycle Music artists fresh opportunities
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 Warner becomes first major to sign deal with HD music firm MQA Atlantic's Craig Kallman excited by possibility of HD streaming