digital

Rapidshare to shut down in March

Site recently tried to 'go legit' to no avail

Deezer Elite launches in 150 countries, attracts Placebo

Tracks are 1,411 kbps or higher

Mark Ronson’s Uptown Funk is making $100k a week on Spotify

In total, song has now clocked up around $880k

Japanese HQ digital music download store expands into US, UK and Germany

E-Onkyo Music launches in Beta in partnership with 7Digital

US copyright proposals: The good, the bad and the really, really bad

Jeff Price highlights concerns around mechanical rights in the US

To fight off Apple, Spotify must build on its disruption

'The global challenger has become the global defender'

Jay Z’s streaming service is expanding into 22 new markets

Tidal keeps on growing

Streaming is even more popular in Sweden than we thought

Streaming now represents 80% of all revenues in the territory

Pandora: We’ve paid $1.2bn to music industry

More direct licensing partnerships coming, says firm

Pandora has lost $100m since 2011

Revenues close to a billion, but net income still a challenge

Major labels license free music sharing app

To hear music, users must engage with ads

Kim Kardashian mobile game makes $14m a month – and now Katy Perry’s getting one

New title expected at the end of 2015 on iOS and Android

Vevo tops 10bn views in January

More than 2bn views achieved in US alone

Believe’s Zimbalam platform surpasses 100k users

Artists keep 90% of royalties from all sales.

Apple music streaming will be cheaper than Spotify Premium, here in the summer with ‘deep integration’ of Beats – report

How Apple will use the digital side of its $3bn purchase