2015 was the year that streaming music services became obsessed with delivering the right song to the right user at the right moment.  Spotify’s latest approach combines human curation, algorithms and a beat meter…

Pandora’s quest to strike direct licensing deals with the world’s most significant rights-holders is going very smoothly. Warner/Chappell Music has announced a multi-year licensing agreement for its catalogue of musical works in the US market….

BBC Radio 1 has lost two heavily influential personalities to streaming this year: Zane Lowe to Apple and, as we learned yesterday, programming chief George Ergatoudis to Spotify. But what might have been the biggest poach of 2015 for music streaming services from the world of ‘radio’ hasn’t happened after all. The last show in Howard…

Michael Jackson‘s Thriller has become the first album ever to be certified 30 times multi-platinum for U.S. sales, marking more than 30 million sales in the States. …

It’s usually shrouded in secrecy, but a new interview has shed important light on how the Grammy nominees are decided – and it could cause a bit of controversy. Hits Daily Double has sat down with Recording Academy chief Neil Portnow to ask him some probing questions about the event, which takes place on February 15…

Kobalt Label Services has launched the first Apple TV official artist app. Specifically designed for the latest version of Apple TV, the app is for British rock band Placebo, who signed their catalogue for digital services to Kobalt in January….

Spotify has confirmed the appointment of George Ergatoudis in the newly-created position of Head of Content Programming for the UK. In his new role at Spotify, based in London, George Ergatoudis will be responsible for leading Spotify’s in-house music curation strategy and content programming for the UK….

Universal Music Publishing Group chairman and CEO Jody Gerson announces a pair of deals today (Dec. 15). The company has signed Demi Lovato for global publishing and has entered into a joint venture with Safehouse Publishing, a division of Safehouse Records, which is co-owned by Lovato, Nick Jonas and their manager, music exec Phil McIntyre….

Howard Stern on Tuesday announced he has re-upped  with satellite radio firm Sirius XM Radio, where his contract was set to expire at the end of the month, for another five years on the air….

On December 7, the rock world rumbled with Rush drummer Neil Peart‘s revelation that he planned to back away from touring. Three days later, Fred Jacobs, president of Jacobs Media and generally regarded as the creator of the classic rock radio format, wrote a blog post asking if other acts should follow Peart’s lead and quit before they risk “damaging their legacies.”…