Analysis Canada: Album sales down 5% in 2014 as downloads tumble More than 6bn streams in six months to December
News Music piracy has been ‘virtually eliminated’ in Norway Less than 1% of people under 30 say file-sharing is main source of music
Analysis Australia: Income from free streaming platforms FELL in 2014 Digital downloads are bringing in five times the income from streaming
Analysis Norway’s music market stopped growing in 2014 – because the CD crashed and burned Physical sales down 38%, downloads down 15%
Blog The music industry’s worst nightmare is nearly here: Amazon and Apple as content kings Amazon is becoming a content producer. Apple is already a label. Worried?
Analysis News Shazam valued at $1bn – but it hasn’t turned a profit for over 7 years Last posted a net profit in 2006 - £4.28m
News BMG teams with Nacho Cano’s publishing company Yogisongs Includes compositions from Mecano as well as solo work
News EC could kill off PRS/GEMA/STIM alliance by the summer Commission has 90 working days to take a decision
News Pandora’s share price tumbles 50% in a year Concern over a slowdown in listening hours hits hard
News Rock music is twice as popular as pop in America – but R&B rules streaming Rock takes 33% of album sales vs. pop's 11%
News New Spanish chart counts streams, downloads and CD sales Streaming accounts for 70% of Spain's national singles chart
News Radio, not YouTube, is still king of music discovery 51% of US consumers use radio to discover new music
News Is Universal fixing streaming’s transparency problem? Bono seems to think so… U2 man says UMG can 'direct-credit' artists with streaming payments
Analysis How long will streaming take to dominate the music business? Will streaming dominate US market by 2016?