Analysis News Music streams in the US grew by over 118bn in the first half of 2018 – the biggest jump in history Total audio streams grew year-on-year by more than 80bn in six months to end of June
Interviews Can Kobalt’s AWAL rewrite the rules of A&R? Willard Ahdritz’s latest venture is trying to reduce the risk of music industry artist development. He might just be on to something...
News It’s official: Tencent Music Entertainment is about to float on the stock exchange in the US TME is set to float on "a recognized stock exchange in the United States", confirms Tencent
News Tencent Music Entertainment to file for $30bn US IPO this week – report New York Stock Exchange application expected this Friday
Analysis Did record labels already lose the fight to ‘window’ album releases? Why Jay Z and Beyoncé's latest move didn't make industry ripples like it once might have
News Now Drake’s Scorpion shatters Apple Music record – with over 170m streams on day one That's nearly double the play-count of Apple's previous record-holder
News Drake goes wide on streaming with new, 25-track album, Scorpion One of the world's most popular artists is back in a big way
News Merck Mercuriadis fund successfully raises $260m+ to buy music copyrights Mercuriadis is already in discussions to buy eight catalogues
News Apple is launching a subscription bundle including music, TV and news – report Is the future of subscriptions in multimedia?
News How Five Seconds Of Summer refused to alter their sound for streaming playlists… and made history Capitol Records' Nick Raphael on why 5SOS 'stuck to their guns' in the studio
Interviews ‘This is probably the most exciting time I can remember in the music business.’ Matt Pincus, SONGS Music Publishing founder, on the music business - and its future
News Songtradr launches unified digital distribution service and metadata offering Artists now able to distribute their music to over 200 streaming and download services at once
News Official UK Singles Chart adds video, downgrades ad-funded streams Changes follow similar updates to the Billboard charts
Interviews ‘Artists have the best chance of success when they get things rolling themselves.’ Tap Management's Ed Millet and Ben Mawson give their views on the ever-changing modern music business
Interviews ‘In music publishing, your reputation is everything.’ Downtown Music Publishing's UK boss, Roberto Neri, discusses the company's growth and its future ambitions