News ‘Independent publishers have a special place in the music business’ How is peermusic meeting the challenges faced in the streaming era?
News Warner holds out on Pandora as UMG and Sony sign direct deals Traditional SoundExchange payout model looks to be under question
News UMPG signs Travis Scott as his album hits No.1 in the US Artist's new album has just leapt to No.1 in the US
News The UK singles chart is sluggish and dull. Is this the solution? There were no new entries in the singles Top 40 last week
News Apple Music now has 17 million subscribers, after securing 70 exclusives Spotify is outpacing the growth of its rival
News Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries takes ‘exclusive control’ of Deezer New French competition report reveals ownership structure
Analysis Blog Ticket touts made $3m from the last Mumford & Sons tour. $0 went back to the music industry. Everybody's Management founder Adam Tudhope pens pointed blog about secondary ticketing
Interviews ‘Artists are complicated people. You’ve got to be sensitive to that.’ Big Life's Tim Parry on breaking a big act worldwide - and missing Jazz Summers
News Universal isn’t quite done with streaming exclusives (but almost is) Major has apparently received "a flood" of supportive emails after Lucian Grainge's ban
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