Warner Music Group has struck a licensing deal with Google for two music services the technology giant is launching later this summer, according to executives familiar with the agreement. Google will offer two distinct subscription services – one through its YouTube online video property and another via its Google Play platform. Executives at Warner, which…

In yet another sign of the changing media landscape, Pandora announced today that it will make what is perhaps their biggest resource other than music, their audience data, available to two media buying platforms, STRATA and Mediaocean’s “Donovan” and “Mediabank” products. Pandora’s chief revenue officer John Trimble was unsurprisingly torch-bearing for his company and industry,…

ASCAP collected $941 million in revenue last year, down 4.5% from its 2011 total of $982 million. But royalty payments increased slightly to $827 million, up from $824 million in the previous year. The decline in revenue was due to royalty payment decreases from the radio industry and from retail background music services, according to…