News Symphonic Distribution acquires Spanish house music specialist Houseplanet Florida-based Symphonic expands into Europe through buyout
Analysis Apple owns $246bn in cash. What’s it willing to spend on ruling music? Tim Cook is ready to acquire and wants original content. What could that mean for music?
Analysis News Sony Music earned $1.2bn from streaming platforms in 2016 Major label is now generating around $167k every hour from Spotify, Apple Music et al
News Spain’s recorded music market grew in 2016… but by just €3.5m Spain's digital business exceeded €100m in 2016, representing 61% of the market, according to forecasts
News Why did Sprint pay $200m for TIDAL? Sprint, majority-owned by Japanese giant Softbank, believes it can help TIDAL grow "substantially"
News MBW was read by 1.8m users last year, generating 4.4m page views Website traffic jumps 67%; MBW's email services now reach 30,000 subscribers
Analysis News SoundExchange payouts grew 10% to a record $884m last year Organization distributed nearly half a billion dollars in second half of 2016
Analysis How Facebook can go from villain to hero: Pinch Vevo from YouTube Why the music business's own video channel could be the key to helping Mark Zuckerberg
News Vevo now boasts almost 100m active users in the US market Meanwhile, 43% of YouTube viewers are watching Vevo videos
News Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd saw revenues grow 10% last year Publisher's UK sales topped £53m in 12 months to end of March 2016
News Universal: You’re all gonna have to trust us on this one… Universal SVP Jonathan Dworkin talks streaming, free vs. paid - and industry harmony
Interviews ‘Traditional music publishing doesn’t help artists at a certain level’ How Sentric Music has built up over a decade to offer songwriters a different route to success
News SoundCloud poaches Pandora, Facebook execs in Australia New hires to lead advertising team in Australia
Interviews News Justin Tranter: ‘Being an artist sucks. I’m just going to be honest…’ Justin Tranter, one of modern pop's go-to songwriters, tells it how it is...
Interviews News Justin Tranter: ‘Being an artist sucks. I’m just going to be honest…’ Justin Tranter, one of modern pop's go-to songwriters, tells it how it is...