News YouTube and the music business: Sympathy For The Devil (Pt. 2) How the music business possibly can - and possibly can't - work with its biggest digital partner
News Kobalt: New app is a ‘giant step’ towards transparency for songwriters 'Putting the power of Kobalt into the hands of creators has always been a top priority for me'
News Online video ‘value gap’ severely damages streaming payouts in France Video services claim 65% of plays, but pay just 10% of cash to artists and labels
News UMG poaches iMusica boss as Universal Brazil President exits after 13 years Paulo Lima to succeed José Eboli as President in crucial country for music's growth
News Pandora’s own biggest shareholder gives damning verdict on company Tim Westergren under fire from Corvex, which owns 10% in business
News Independent publishers fight against market concentration – and for more streaming cash Annette Barrett and Pierre Mossiat explain IMPF's mission
News Spirit B-Unique acquires Polar Patrol Publishing Acquisition includes tracks from Ed Sheeran's X co-written by Johnny Mcdaid
News The Stone Roses release first new material in 22 years on Virgin EMI and Columbia Ted Cockle's team will handle release of hugely anticipated album
News Streaming is paying Universal $4m a day – but iTunes income is crashing Vivendi-owned business posts billion dollar Q1 recorded music income
Analysis Sympathy for the devil: Why do so few music startups succeed? 'This problem affects all of us in the digital music value chain'
News Kobalt’s AMRA increases YouTube publishing payouts by 34% in EU Spotify collections were up 26% quarter-on-quarter
News Universal’s new-look digital team adds ex-Warner exec Jonathan Dworkin 'Jonathan is one of the top business development executives in the business'
News Drake’s Views destroys all-time streaming album record in the US Drizzy clocks up more than 247.9m streams in opening seven days
News PRS For Music’s annual payouts grow – but costs spiral by £10m Total costs including pensions hit £82m in the year
News Apple Music slashes subscription price by 50% for students Those enrolled in university get up to four years at 50% off