Following this week's news that YouTube's effective payment rate had plummeted in 2015, Google has published an update to the How Google Fights Piracy Report, as well as a ...
Spotify moves closer to IPO with Vogel hiring
Spotify has moved closer to an IPO by appointing Wall Street veteran Paul Vogel as its first head of investor relations. Vogel ...
Bon Jovi return to UMG
Bon Jovi will release their new album This House Is Not For Sale, in partnership with Island/Universal Music Group. The record will mark the band’s return ...
PRS backs CRM Directive
PRS for Music has backed the Collective Right Management (CRM) Directive which came into force yesterday. The CRM Directive is intended to provide long term legislative solutions to ...
Kobalt to double in size (again)
Over the past three years, Kobalt has doubled its revenues, from $118m in 2012 to $245m in 2015. Its FY15/16 quarter run-rate of $90m ...
By Emily Baker
The BPI is calling for a reform in Google’s approach to ‘notice and takedown’ procedure ahead of the expected removal of the 200 millionth infringing link this ...
PRS For Music has launched its new anti-piracy take-down tool, MAPS.
The newly developed system is intended to revolutionise the way PRS For Music tackles copyright infringement of its members’ repertoire - ...
Content protection and data-analytics service Muso has launched a new product called Retune, developed to help rights owners market their content directly to piracy audiences, and enable those audiences to ...
Zayn's Pillowtalk tops Billboard Hot 100
Zayn has debuted at No.1 in the Billboard Hot 100 with Pillowtalk, his first solo single since leaving One Direction. The track also tops ...
Music streaming revenue more than doubled last year
Worldwide revenue for the top 10 music-streaming apps was up 120% in 2015, compared with the previous 12 months. According to app ...
