For 10 years now, Merlin has been fighting for independent labels’ digital rights – and it’s still growing. Music Week sits down with CEO Charles Caldas to talk through a ...
A few weeks back, Music Week jokingly compared the launch of a new Google music service with the arrival of an England World Cup campaign: a lot of hype ...
YouTube Music Premium has gone live in the UK, with Lyor Cohen hailing the subscription service as a gamechanger for the music industry.
The subscription service went live in the ...
At Capital’s forever-excellent Summertime Ball the other weekend, the predominately-teenage audience once again provided the ultimate litmus test for today’s crop of top pop performers.
If gathered music industry execs ...
Apple Music vs Spotify: Who’s really winning the battle for streaming supremacy?
Coke vs Pepsi. McDonald’s vs Burger King. And now, Apple Music vs Spotify is shaping up to ...
Key Spotify tastemaker George Ergatoudis has left the streaming giant and is heading for a job at rival Apple Music.
Spotify has confirmed Ergatoudis’ exit after two-and-a-half years, and the ...
BBC Radio 1 has lost another executive to a streaming service. This time, it’s Radio 1Xtra music editor Ryan Newman who’s off for a job at Apple Music.
Newman’s role ...
Music streaming is surging ahead in the UK – but we haven’t seen anything yet, according to a new report from PWC.
The professional services company’s annual Entertainment & ...
The latest streaming stats for rock music don’t make great reading for anyone who still loves and believes in the genre.
The figures are growing (up 29.75% on this time ...
The man who curated Spotify’s all-conquering Rap Caviar playlist has officially joined YouTube as director of urban music.
According to YouTube, Tuma Basa – who left his role as Spotify’s ...
