Blog ‘Rather than a land grab, streaming should be a race to build the most excitement’ Former Apple Music employee Sean Glass tackles solutions for the problems he sees in the music business
News The biggest album launches in the US this year are streaming exclusives Views, Lemonade and now Blonde are the US's biggest week-ones this year
News Universal exclusively windows new Ariana Grande video for clothing brand Guess Fashion brand is also going to sign artists as part of new deal
News Six months of Apple Music now free with EE in the UK market Britney Spears and Kevin Bacon star in new 'multi-million pound' ad campaign
News Believe Digital buys French independent Naive for $12m Believe understood to have pipped Sony Music Entertainment to the deal
News Frank Ocean’s Blonde has been illegally downloaded 750,000 times in less than a week MUSO data shows popularity of Apple exclusive on torrenting sites
News Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries pumps another $15m into Songkick CEO Matt Jones says company is determined to help artists curb ticket touting
News Yes, Lucian Grainge has ‘banned’ streaming exclusives at UMG. No, it’s not all about Frank Ocean. UMG doesn't think exclusives work for its business - and they're not suing Frank
News Domino Director John Dyer leaves independent label after 11 years Exec joined Laurence Bell from [PIAS] in 2005
Analysis Lucian Grainge wants to crush streaming exclusives. Does he really have the power? From Kanye to Rihanna and Beyonce, artists are taking control of the music business
Analysis Blog Apple Music exclusives: An insider’s view Sean Glass on Apple's investment in music - and his worry over major labels owning playlists
News A month after Crowdmix went under, $21m-backed CÜR Media stands on the brink Tech startup has, so far, paid music rightsholders just $500,000
News Kobalt rethinks the ‘greatest hits’ album with dynamic David Gray ‘Best Of’ Playlist updates every Monday on Spotify based on track popularity
News What on earth is going on at CÜR Media? Staff allegedly told to look for other jobs as SEC filing fails to appear
News Apple Music signs ‘power move’ label deal with Cash Money Records Birdman makes major announcement of label's affiliation with platform