News India’s JioMusic to rebrand as JioSaavn after $1bn merger – report Saavn's entire catalog will reportedly be made available on JioSaavn
News How do you compete with Shazam and Apple if you’re in the music recognition business? Brands and developers can now license SoundHound's music search technology
News Lyor Cohen warns music industry over ‘unintended consequences’ of Article 13 YouTube’s Global Head of Music slams Article 13 in a monthly newsletter to industry execs
Analysis What’s the value of a song when Artificial Intelligence is everywhere? 'AI is merely forcing us to reckon even more explicitly with the tension between originality and value, collaboration and consumption.'
News New IMPEL elects Board at first AGM in London Ryan Farley, Simon Harris, Mary Jo Mannella and Paul Tunkin added to original management team to complete organisation’s first Board of Directors
Analysis The mythical power of streaming playlists: is it more hype than substance? Is the end of the 'playlist era' soon upon us?
Interviews ‘Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would ever make a living out of music.’ Clarence Spalding on his career, his life – and managing the biggest country artists on earth
Analysis A&R ‘Moneyball’ is hotter than ever. But will it actually improve the music business? After Apple's acqui-hire of Asaii, what's next for AI-driven artist discovery?
News BMG extends digital licensing deal with GEMA to 48 more territories The deal has extended to territories such as Russia, Turkey, the Middle East and Africa
News Believe buys one of Europe’s biggest independent distributors – Germany’s Groove Attack Believe is in contention to become the largest independent music company in Germany
News Deezer launches in Middle East & North Africa with exclusive Rotana catalog The launch follows Deezer's exclusive digital distribution deal with Rotana Group earlier this year
Analysis Fortnite is a video game phenomenon. The music business could learn a lot from its success. Innovative pricing and content approaches are leading to massive revenues for Epic Games title
News Music rights-holders lose $2.65bn annually because businesses are using personal streaming accounts The study was carried out by Nielsen Music
News The Overtones to release 6th studio album via Absolute Worldwide deal sees Absolute bolster group’s own Gambling Man Records
Analysis Blog Asaii-gn of the Times: What Apple’s acquisition of Asaii means for the music business Instrumental founder Conrad Withey on some very interesting recent movements in his sector