This week saw global independent rights group Merlin become the latest organization to partner with SoundCloud, following previous deals the streaming service had struck with Warner Music Group and the National Music Publishers Association….

  In April 2014, Jay Z stood on the steps of City Hall — flanked by Mayor Eric Garcetti and other officials — and announced he would bring the Budweiser Made In America to Los Angeles….

One Direction, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay helped UK artists account for one in seven of the albums sold globally during 2014, the BPI has said. With 13.7% of worldwide sales, it’s the highest British share since the BPI began recording those figures in 2000….

The commercial representative of 20,000 indie labels and distributors across the world, Merlin, has agreed an above-board licensing partnership with SoundCloud….

Here’s a look at the latest artist signings across the music industry, including record labels, artist management firms, publishing companies, booking agencies and more….

Concert discovery and ticket sales go together like peanut butter and jelly — at least for Americans. The 50/50 merger of Songkick and Crowdsurge, announced Thursday, should make finding and buying concert tickets much easier….

  Amazon, one of the original members of the recently founded MIC Coalition (Music Innovators, Consumers), has withdrawn from the group. …

In an internal memo to Universal Music Publishing Group, the company she took over on january after leaving the No. 2 spot at Sony/ATV, Jody Gerson addresses the songwriter equation of the recently hot topic of breakage, as well as the pending reformation of the consent decrees currently under review in Washington D.C….

Janet Jackson, the only solo-woman to have three albums on SPIN’s list of the 300 Best Albums from the Past 30 Years, confirmed today that she’ll be releasing a new record this fall. Rumors about the alleged upcoming LP have been swirling for a while now, but the singer made it official with a press release following…

Yet again, TIDAL demonstrates the ability to pull in the big names: Lil Wayne has just released the lead single from his upcoming Free Weezy Album on the streaming service: a glitchy, orchestral track called “Glory.” As far as Weezy singles go, it’s not much to write home about — lyrically fine, but its production doesn’t do anything new…