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
News Pandora buys Rdio assets for $75m as Spotify rival files for bankruptcy Huge shake-up coming for US digital industry
News Pat Collins moves into new Vice Chairman role at SESAC SESAC CEO John Josephson pays tribute to exec
News Direct-to-fan specialist Music Glue expands with UK and US hires Kat Morrison, Jon Chapman and Brian Pacris join team
Interviews Major label A&R crisis? What major label A&R crisis? Alison Donald, Nick Gatfield and Jim Chancellor debate this week's scary numbers
News One Direction paid at least £8.2m in UK corporation tax last year Band paid out over £10m to the taxman in total in 2014
News Revelator teams with web development service Wix.com World's biggest web-building platform ties with Revelator API
Analysis Hang on… is the A&R hit rate of UK major labels just 5.7%? A different way of looking at the BPI's latest A&R stats
News Watch out Spotify: Now Universal has its own ex-Clinton lobbyist Eric Berman joins UMG in public affairs role
News Napster expands into Canada with $1 three-month deal Service has 3m paying subscribers around the world
News Ministry Of Sound launches free music streaming app 'This is an app for people who don't have hours to spend searching for the latest tracks'