News London Gay Men’s Chorus to release charity single in aid of Orlando victims Proceeds will go to the Orlando Victims Fund and Galop, UK LGBT anti-violence and abuse charity
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News Bruce Springsteen and Bruno Mars join anti-DMCA crusade "The future is streaming. The future is also contingent on paying artists and writers fairly."
News Music data company Soundcharts raises $360k in seed funding Data analytics company now has 6,000 users including the major labels
News After artists slam DMCA, now YouTube faces Safe Harbour heat in Europe European Parliamentarians demand clarification; International Artist Organisation (IAO) demands transparency
Analysis Blog The music industry must innovate to tackle secondary ticketing rip-offs Alison Lamb's blog explores the problem of fans being hurt by ticket resale platforms
News SoundExchange payouts are still growing – but not like they used to… Michael Huppe reveals forecast of 7% growth in 2016
News Merlin on course to pay independent labels $500m a year by 2018 Independent body pays out $232m in past year from streaming services alone
News Another streaming service fails to IPO as Guvera flotation is blocked Australian company posted a net loss of US $61.2m in its last fiscal year
Analysis YouTube faces superstar backlash over DMCA – but is it the best strategy? Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga, Gwen Stefani and more have signed a new petition
News Twitter invests $70m in SoundCloud two years after walking away from $1bn deal Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey confirms the news
News YouTube says the voice of artist protest is ‘being heard’ at Google Platform points out that its audience listens for less time than Spotify's
News Universal, Sony, Warner vow to create a working Global Rights Database The Open Music Initiative also wins support from Spotify, YouTube and Pandora
News MBW surpasses 20,000 subscribers after biggest month so far Warner CEO Stephen Cooper, Columbia's Rob Stringer and Maverick/Quest's Scott Rodger tell us why they read
Analysis Blog YouTube risks doing ‘irreparable damage to the future of artists’ Sixx:A.M explain why they believes Google is not doing 'the right thing'