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Universal launches new YouTube label in Australia

New imprint will promote stars from Boom network

EarMUSIC signs US distribution deal with Entertainment One

International Solutions handles label management

Global record industry income drops below $15bn for first time in decades

Digital claimed an equal monetary contribution to physical - or did it?

Faisel Durrani appointed EVP/GM of Def Jam Recordings

Former Live Nation exec returns to label

Inertia Group appoints Meg Williams as Head Of Promotions

Williams was a co-director of Spark & Opus

‘Indies should form collective on streaming playlists’

Cooking Vinyl's Sammy Andrews speaks up

Big Machine finance boss quits to launch biz management agency

Brad Kash starts up 7th Wave Entertainment Group

BMG bounds into Top 5 of UK record company groups

But overall albums market down 5.2% in Q1

Could Universal become a sister company of Sky?

DailyMotion negotiations underway with Orange

Want access to $20m? You just have to convince these two you’re worth it

Alignment looking to invest in established artists

INgrooves partners with Kitsune, Doghouse and Hit City

Upcoming releases include Citizens!, Heat and Matt Pond PA

Concord Music Group merges with Bicycle, raises $100m

Vanguard and Sugar Hill Records acquired

China hiding $190m karaoke goldmine from music biz

Copyright improvements in China are having a real impact on industry income

BMG grew 20% in 2014 as Bertelsmann revenues hit €16.7bn

EBITDA up to €2.37bn but profit falls due to print downscaling

Cooking Vinyl signs SideOneDummy in Australia

First release under new deal will be Superheaven album