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News Universal Music Group is becoming a proper Hollywood studio Theatre producer and movie bigwig join music company in US
News Universal Music launching Virtual Reality concerts this year 'We are ideally positioned to use VR technology to create experiences', says Lucian Grainge
News Max Lousada becomes non-exec at Instrumental as Warner invests Conrad Withey start-up gets backing from his old workplace
News Watch out Spotify: Pandora inks direct deal with Warner/Chappell Deal comes after SONGS and Sony/ATV agreements in recent weeks
News Google Play Music named official partner of BRIT Awards 2016 Second year running for exclusive sponsorship deal
Analysis Apple’s plan to dominate streaming: become music’s very own Netflix What Taylor Swift's new deal means for the record industry
News Napster/Rhapsody on the cusp of 3.5m subscribers, adding 100k a month Now three times the size of TIDAL and close to half the size of Apple Music
News More changes at Vevo as Nic Jones is promoted to Chief Revenue Officer Former News International exec to monitor worldwide income at video platform
News Music Business Worldwide Young Executive 2015: The shortlist Professionals from the UK, US, Germany and Australia make our final 15
News It has double Spotify’s monthly active users – now Baidu’s merged with a record label Taihe deal combines digital service provider with music rightsholder
News Crispin Hunt and Mark Kelly elected to PPL Board to rep performers Duo also elected to PPL Performer Board
News Izzy Bizu, Jack Garratt and Frances up for BRIT Critics’ Choice Award James Bay won gong last year
News £2.7m ad campaign for Jagermeister soundtracked by UK duo Koven Electronic artist is part of Jager's artist support programme