News YouTube bans paid-for plays from contributing towards its Music Charts 'Paid advertising views on YouTube will no longer be considered when looking at a 24-hour record debut.'
News Deezer plans 2020 User-Centric Payment System pilot launch – if it can get rightsholders to sign up Companies that support Deezer’s UCPS proposal so far include Because Music, Wagram Music, Play Two, Idol and others
Analysis Taylor Swift’s Lover: A lightning rod for a record industry struggling to define its own success MBW takes a long, hard look at one of the biggest albums of the year so far
News ‘Masters are owned by [the] artist’: Chance The Rapper manager Pat Corcoran inks ‘unprecedented’ deal with Warner Records for 99 Neighbors "Proud to be a part of big changes in the music industry. Proud of the amazing art 99 has coming."
Interviews Jody Gerson: ‘I have to tell my story authentically’ Jody Gerson has transformed Universal Music Publishing Group. But who is the woman behind the billion-dollar publisher?
News Because Music boss Emmanuel De Buretel calls for Spotify and rivals to adopt ‘user-centric’ licensing 'The so-called 'user centric' model, based on a user-based income distribution, would be more virtuous.'
Interviews Masterminding Marshmello: ‘How do we turn this into the next Disney?’ Moe Shalizi on managing, growing up – and developing a cultural phenomenon
News Chess Club secures investment, inks global distribution deal with AWAL, reveals new signings and releases UK label takes investment from Coran Capshaw of Red Light Management
News Spotify accused of ‘giant lie’ as it defends attempt to block songwriter pay rise in the US "They must think artists and songwriters are stupid. They are not."
Analysis 5 of Spotify’s biggest imminent challenges in 2019 The key issues Daniel Ek and his team have to face down over the next 10 months
Analysis Spotify ‘doing a Netflix’: is Daniel Ek’s platform already too big for the labels to stop it? Mark Mulligan on why the major rights-holders may be facing a 'prisoner's dilemma'
News Apple Music and Ministry Of Sound strike deal to push MoS playlists worldwide AM will be the only place the public will be able to find MoS playlist brands
Analysis Blog Underground Lobbying 'Music, art, and writing are now communicated through the internet, and historic protections are simply not applied,' argues Paul Pacifico
Analysis News The music business’s biggest stories of the past week: Universal, Vivendi, Sony, Apple, Troy Carter Here's what caught our attention over the past seven days...
News Music industry defeated over Article 13 vote in European Parliament… but it’s not over yet Bill rejected in its current form by 318 votes to 278 today (July 5)