Interviews News Article 13: Music industry optimistic that re-drafted text can still crush YouTube ‘Value Gap’ John Phelan, Director General of publishers' global body the ICMP, weighs in on the status of the Copyright Directive
News R. Kelly may have been ‘dropped’ – but he’s still making nice money from streaming The singer/songwriter's reputation is in tatters – but he's still coining it in from his back catalog
News Universal’s investment in Pluto TV pays off as startup sells to Viacom for $340m Major invested in Pluto in November 2014, alongside Nas's investment vehicle
News Napster has a new majority owner, as RealNetworks doubles its stake in a deal worth up to $40 million RealNetworks has doubled its previous stake of around 42% to approximately 84%
News Dubset launches API that enables direct distribution of mixes to music streaming services Dubset’s proprietary MixBANK technology identifies and clears all parts of the new work
News Will Liberty Media, piece by piece, become king of the global music business? One conglomerate could soon have a stake in SEVEN billion-dollar music companies
News Sony Music parts with R. Kelly – report R. Kelly's back catalog will reportedly remain with Sony-owned RCA
News Nick Raphael and Jo Charrington to keynote MUSEXPO 2019 Creative Summit MUSEXPO’s Creative Summit takes place March 24–27
News Apple Music subscriptions being given away to Verizon customers in the United States 'Free' subscriptions for customers on $50 or $60 monthly tariffs
News Jeremy Vuernick elevated to Executive Vice President of A&R for Capitol Music Group He will also continue in his current position as Head of A&R for the company’s Astralwerks label
News TIDAL ‘fake streams’: Criminal investigation underway over potential data fraud in Norway Norway's National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime opens investigation
News Is Liberty Media about to buy into talent agency CAA? Report suggests that multi-media corporation is in discussions with Kanye West's rep
News Kobalt’s AWAL enters into year-long partnership with The Other Nashville Society TONS supports Nashville music professionals that fall outside the country music genre
Analysis Blog News Why Apple’s profit warning could put music and video center stage at the company Apple's Services division is becoming increasingly important for the US corporation, says MIDiA's Mark Mulligan
Analysis Daniel Ek wasn’t lying: streaming is becoming less dominated by mega-hits The number of plays attracted by the Top 50 audio streaming hits last year went DOWN