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News Germany’s recorded music market generated €1.58bn in 2016, up 2.4% Streaming rose 73.1% to hit a marketshare of 24.3%, while digital downloads are down 19.4% to account for 12.3% of the market
News Sony battles online leak of Wizkid/Drake’s One Dance follow-up Hush Up The Silence is the follow-up to global smash One Dance
News Apple Music welcomes another ‘live’ radio station, via CBS Sports CBS Sports Radio is a 24/7 channel that offers a live simulcast of national sports coverage and programming
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News Music streaming finally has more paying subscribers than Netflix Music subscriptions jumped 48% last year, according to latest figures
News Pandora slashes 7% of US workforce – over 100 jobs set to go News comes less than a month after COO Sarah Clemens announced resignation
News Warner resurrecting Asylum label in the US under ADA Dante Ross heading up A&R at imprint, which is enjoying success with Ugly God
News Deezer’s Chief International Officer exits for newspaper publisher Gerrit Schumann joined Deezer in 2013 as VP of Europe and was promoted in 2015
Interviews ‘If the livelihood of songwriters is threatened, the music industry as a whole is threatened’ Reservoir's Golnar Khosrowshahi talks A&R and the publishing landscape
News What state was Ministry Of Sound in before it was sold to Sony? Ministry's revenues were up in 2015 - but relied heavily on physical compilation sales
Interviews How megabucks-backed SESAC plans to simplify the music business Music rights organization's CEO John Josephson talks licensing, Facebook and global ambitions
News Pandora loses $120m in value as Sirius XM says buyout ‘not likely’ CFO David Frear dismisses chatter around takeover of troubled music streaming service
News UMG France exec Alexandre Deniot named Midem Director Deniot replaces Bruno Crolot who left after five years in July 2015