Interviews ‘Good A&R is all about instinct – following the scent’ Label Of The Month is Jon Barlow's Sigma-signing dance powerhouse
News Sia management company Crush Music launches new label with Warner Crush is credited with discovering Fall Out Boy and other major acts
News Which Universal exec got a $24m pay-off when they left the building? Phantom share scheme rewards senior male figure
News Universal’s D2C boss Russel Coultart leaving the major, say sources Former EMI exec implemented a new in-house system at UMG
News UMG and XL dominate the BRIT Awards as Adele rules ceremony Universal winners include Tame Impala, Justin Bieber and James Bay
News BMG inks label partnership with Roxette star Per Gessle Artist has sold more than 75m records worldwide
News Canada is now giving the music biz $30m a year. Will the UK follow suit? British Columbia joins Ontario, giving rights-holders and venues $15m
News Taylor Swift’s 1989 led Universal’s 10 biggest money-makers last year UMG now judges its biggest records on revenue, not unit sales
News Streaming killing the music business? UMG just posted its biggest revenues in a decade Streaming, publishing and exchange rate play a key role
Analysis No-one is indispensable at Lucian Grainge’s leaner, meaner Universal What does Pascal Nègre's departure tell us about UMG in 2016?
Analysis News Universal is music’s first billion dollar streaming record company Streaming income up more than €300m, total UMG income up more than €500m
Analysis Sony and Universal neck-and-neck in race to rely on streaming Both companies drawing 24% of income from streaming
News Kanye West says his new album ‘will only be on TIDAL’. Sadly, he’s wrong. The Life of Pablo tops piracy charts as Kanye goes exclusive
News Darius Van Arman: Majors ‘too often abuse their scale advantage’ Secretly Canadian boss calls on majors not to be 'Two Face Harvey'
Analysis Billboard’s Power 100 shames the music biz and should trouble us all The entire Top 30 is made up of white faces. Are we okay with that?