News Sirius XM subscribers hit 30.6m as it adds 2.2m users in a year 587,000 net new subscribers added quarter-on-quarter
News Beatport ‘dramatically improves profitability’… by dropping streaming SFX reverts to download-only storefront, starts making money again
News SOCAN moves into mechanical rights collection by acquiring Audiam Jeff Price's New York business snapped up by Canadian society
News Pressure builds on freemium model as Deezer launches paid-only in the US Users offered 30-day free trial
News Len Blavatnik: ‘I want to be in the music biz for a very long time’ Rarely quoted Warner owner marks five years of Access's involvement with WMG
News Apple: Music streaming should pay songwriters $910 every million plays New statutory rate proposal filed with the Copyright Royalty Board
News Sony/ATV promotes Michael Abitbol to SVP, Business & Legal Affairs for Digital 'It is more vital than ever that digital deals reflect the true value of songs'
News This deal will change everything for the music business in Russia Universal signs an $8m advance with VK parent Mail.ru
News Should the UK chart start counting radio airplay figures? BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra Head of Music argues the case
Blog News Google’s ‘How To Fight Piracy’: An alternative version 'Google persistently directs fans to illegal sites in preference to those legitimate services'
News The Official UK Top 10 Singles Chart is starting to get pretty boring Only one new entry in Top 5 rankings in a month-and-a-half
News Nielsen confirms YouTube has fallen behind audio streaming in the US Data is broadly in line with BuzzAngle stats from earlier this week
News Universal poaches the Head of iTunes and Apple Music in Germany Patrick Mushatsi-Kareba leaves Apple after eight years in the music team
News Download sales have fallen 24% in the past year in the US market Around 130m fewer downloads were bought in H1 2016 than the same period last year
News App designed to help indies optimise streaming playlist strategy launches Entertainment Intelligence says platform will 'empower clients to modify their playlist strategy'