News YouTube settlement helps push GEMA collections up 15% in 2016 Online income more than doubled to total €81.6m while money earned from hardware that hosts music increased 500% €97.9m
News Music VR platform Endless Riff welcomes Mike Rich, Benji Rogers to Advisory Board Huka Entertainment's Evan Harrison also joins board
News Warner adds Michael Drexler and Allan Coye to Digital Strategy team Duo are first new hires by Ole Obermann since he joined Warner from Sony
News Warner sells Germany’s Neuland Concerts to company’s management Christian Gerlach takes control of business
Interviews Why do major artists keep on breaking in Germany? Sony Music Entertainment GSA CEO Philip Ginthör discusses how Germany's structure makes it ripe for breaking new acts
News ASCAP reveals record-breaking revenue and distribution figures for 2016 Revenues tipped $1.059 billion last year, up 4.3% on 2015, while distributions to songwriter, composer and publisher members were up 5.6% to $918 million
Analysis Blog YouTube’s double standards add insult to injury for the music business YouTube is charging TV fans $35 a month, while charging music fans... nothing.
News Inspired by Carpool Karaoke, Spotify introduces… Traffic Jams Russell Simmons teams with streaming service for launch
Interviews How Universal plans to become Japan’s leading ‘full-service music company’ UMJ President and CEO Naoshi Fujikura speaks exclusively to MBW
News ie: music deploys Centtrip Music to save on FX costs for Robbie Williams tour Tim Clark praises FX specialist as 'something the music industry really needs'
Interviews We must show people that music is worth more than just ‘consumption’ TEN Music Group Founder Ola Håkansson discusses breaking artists - including Zara Larsson
News Sentric Music scores multi-million investment from BGF’s £2.5bn fund Venture capital company pumps initial £3m into Sentric to aid international expansion
Analysis Blog ‘Artist managers are missing out on millions by over-relying on big banks’ 'Financial institutions have been overcharging the music industry for years,' says Centtrip Music boss Tony North
News Vevo doubles London office space with Kings Cross move Online video firm readies itself for international expansion
News UTA hires Mike ‘Mike G’ Guirguis, Bex Majors and Billy Wood Expanding agency recently appointed Greg Janese to lead corporate and special events