News Sony, Syco & 4th Floor Creative develop Little Mix Amazon Alexa skill The skill allows fans to virtually join Little Mix in the recording studio or backstage
News SoundCloud inks deal with Dubset to clear remixes on its platform The Dubset partnership will kick off later this year with an invite-only beta program for individual remixes
News Hearo.fm launches cryptocurrency that will be integrated with new music streaming service Tune.fm Hearo.fm's cryptocurrency is called the JAM token
News Warner Music Group launches multi-million dollar startup investment fund, WMG Boost The multimillion-dollar fund will be used to invest in early-stage music-related businesses
Analysis Tencent Music uses ‘tipping’ to rack up revenues. Why aren’t Western music streaming platforms doing the same? Cherie Hu on what the likes of Spotify can learn from China's biggest streaming music company
Analysis Blog Vine and Musical.ly transformed the music industry – then they disappeared. Will history repeat itself? What does the death of innovative (and beneficial) digital music platforms mean for the future of the business?
Interviews Who is Sat Bisla? The MUSEXPO founder explains his journey through the music business - and his philosophy on life
Interviews Can this company attract $1bn for songwriters in the coming years? Royalty Exchange has big ambitions - and wants to make songwriters and publishers rich
News Cigarettes After Sex sign publishing deal with Big Deal and peermusic’s joint venture Group have more than 210 million streams on YouTube
News Kobalt Capital buys SONGS catalogue for around $160m Matt Pincus and Willard Ahdritz reach agreement for catalogue
News Interscope Geffen A&M extends deal with Benny Blanco labels John Janick pays tribute to super-producer as he renews agreement for Mad Love and Friends Keep Secrets
Interviews ‘I joined a cult for 4 years and lost $1m. But maybe, in the end, I won.’ Desmond Child's insane life story - the latest in our World's Greatest Songwriters series
News Ensign founder Nigel Grainge dies aged 70 Respected A&R figure signed Sinead O'Connor, The Boomtown Rats and Thin Lizzy
News Warner hires Jeff Bronikowski as SVP, promotes Tracy Gardner Gardner becomes Senior Vice President, Global Business Development and Strategy.