When Apple unveiled its new streaming music service to iOS users on June 30, it also promised the service would be coming to Android sometime in the fall — a meaningful gesture considering its hostility towards Android in the past. The move indicated that Apple intends to continue competing heavily in the music industry, as…

In a letter to Sony/ATV Music Publishing songwriters, chairman/CEO Martin Bandier warns that songwriters’ incomes may be negatively impacted by changes being contemplated by Dept. of Justice’s continuing review of the consent decrees by which collection societies ASCAP and BMI operate….

The Internet is a bottomless pit, and therefore, the ocean of new music released digitally is seemingly endless, but Spotify wants to help. The streaming giant has revealed a new feature, the New Release Sorting Hat; yes, the name was inspired by Harry Potter, and we imagine Daniel Ek looks pretty comfy in a wizard’s robe….

Until now, BandsInTown’s Promoter has been primarily used by the big players like Live Nation and Universal.  Today the show promotion platform is relaunching as a more affordable service available to anyone who wants to sell more tickets….

The BBC is developing a new music streaming service that sounds more like a companion to Spotify than a direct competitor. Outlined in the broadcaster’s “British. Bold, Creative” report is a plan to rejigger its BBC Playlister feature into a playlist-centric service that would give listeners unfettered access to the 50,000-plus songs available in the BBC catalog during any…

It’s official: Sam Smith has recorded the new Bond theme song. The British soul singer’s upcoming release “Writing’s On The Wall” will feature in the upcoming James Bond film, Spectre. …

U.K. copyright collection society and performance rights organization PRS for Music is conducting one of the most extensive tariff reviews in its recent history as part of a Public Performance Tariff Simplification initiative. …

The enfeebled share price of SFX Entertainment has plummeted to new depths in recent weeks – bringing the US company’s market cap valuation down to less than 1% of the worth of rival Live Nation….

As explained in the below in-depth MBW analysis, the figure refers to the cash reported in home currencies by the recorded music divisions of UMG, Sony Music Entertainment (SME) and Warner Music Group (WMG) from Jan-June this year. Across the entire corporate groups of the major trio – that’s including recorded music, music publishing and…

A surfeit of entertainment options and a murky financial climate didn’t put-off Aussies from heading out to a show last year, according to the findings of a new Live Performance Australia study. …