News That U2 Apple stunt wasn’t the disaster you might think it was 24% of surveyed consumers listened to U2 in January
Analysis Why Universal is losing patience with freemium music UMG digital income down 2.8% on a constant currency basis in 2014, MBW discovers
News Spotify introduces lyrics but phases out third-party apps on desktop 'Following in the footsteps of app integrations such as Songkick'
News Streaming worth more than downloads in 24 markets for [PIAS] France and The Netherlands amongst territories
News Apple ordered to pay $532.9m in iTunes patent infringement trial Cupertino giant pledges to appeal verdict
News Warner Music concludes $11.5m settlement case with artists More than 2,000 artists settle with major label group
Analysis Blog Apple won’t own the music biz unless it wins the ‘freemium wars’ Lucian Grainge, Rob Wells, Taylor Swift and Daniel Ek all point to a fiery future
News 24-7 Entertainment CEO Frank Taubert steps down after 15 years Exec struck one of Europe's first subscription digital music deals
News India’s Wynk Music cruises to 5m downloads milestone Sony Music runs exclusives on the new service
News Vevo rival AdRev paid out $14.8m to music rights-holders in 2014 AdRev currently represents more than 7 million copyrights
News Warner pulls catalogue from Simfy in Germany Streaming service promises 'every song, anytime and anywhere'
News Major labels look to crush The Pirate Bay in Sweden Bredbandsbolaget protests move, citing internet freedom
News Pandora: Our $0.001 per stream payout is ‘very fair’ on artists. And besides, now we can help them sell tickets. Pandora pays around 1/6th of Spotify's per-stream rate