News After Spotify’s cash-for-promotion ad launch, now SoundCloud artists can pay to boost their tracks Original tracks can be boosted to the top of listeners’ feeds
News Vivendi to appoint banks for Universal stake sell-off on Thursday – report Vivendi is officially looking to sell off 50% of UMG
News Can the major labels overcome these 5 threats in the years ahead? European revenues, piracy, and the growth in streaming platform strength are all challenges
News Universal close to generating $10m per day from streaming, as Q1 label revenues grow 19.2% Firm's biggest-selling artists in Q1 were Ariana Grande, the A Star Is Born soundtrack, Back Number, Queen and Billie Eilish
News Symphonic Distribution expands into China Company has integrated with Tencent, NetEase, and soon, Alibaba
News Liberty Media: We’re still interested in buying a stake in Universal – but we’d probably prefer to control it "Would we prefer a path to control? Usually in life we do..."
News Marshmello just played a live set to 10m people in video game Fortnite – and that wasn’t even the most interesting move he made this weekend DJ's new single, performed in Hindi, is out now, featuring Pritam
News How much money did Fortnite make last year? Free-to-play title generated more than any other game in history during 2018
Analysis News Universal is having a huge year – right on time for sale-hungry Vivendi UMG's current performance suggests that, with a strong Q4, it will turn over somewhere close to $7bn in the full year of 2018
News Merlin expands New York and London offices with new hires Merlin recently celebrated its 10th anniversary
Analysis This is how we should be measuring global streaming subscribers Glenn Peoples on the fast-growing music subscription base - and where it goes next
News Deezer’s new Middle East deal is not good news for Spotify or Apple Platform will soon be the exclusive streaming partner of its new investor, Rotana
News Midem attendance grew 9% this year – but it was still half the size of its glory days Approximately 10,000 delegates attended in 2001
News Rob Stringer talks Spotify, YouTube, The Orchard and Sony’s ‘aggressive investment’ in data tools Address in Japan covers a range of areas essential to Sony's business
Blog ‘Indian youth is waiting to be enticed by knock-out digital platforms. It’s a matter of time’ Absolute Label Services Director Simon Wills returned from the BPI, AIM and DIT's trade mission to India excited about the opportunities that are on the horizon