Over the coming days, a panel of three copyright judges in Washington DC will hear proposals from stakeholders regarding the mechanical royalties paid to songwriters and publishers over the next ...
A "world-first" agreement has been struck between representatives of rights-holders and major search engines, which aims to reduce the availability of unauthorised online content in the UK.
The agreement sees the ...
Abbey Road MD Isabel Garvey on music’s most high-profile VR project yet: Inside Abbey Road, in partnership with Google...
“We loved the idea of giving music fans a real insight ...
If 2016 taught us anything, it would be to never trust your predictions. Comfortable assumptions about the year just gone were proved wildly wrong. 2017 is going to be a ...
In an exclusive interview with Music Week, Sony/ATV CEO Martin Bandier has announced the world’s biggest music publisher is actively looking to acquire song catalogues and publishing companies.
The firm ...
Google Play Music has revealed a list of 10 ‘ones to watch’ for 2017.
The list, which has been compiled using both track performance analytics and the expert ears of ...
The music industry was trying to work out what a Donald Trump Presidency will mean for the biz as the world reeled from his shock election win.
Last week saw ...
Google has unveiled an updated version of its music streaming service Google Play Music.
Beginning this week on Andorid, iOS and online, the new service is rolling out across 62 ...
It’s a bitter irony that our annual Women In Music issue should coincide with Donald Trump’s shock win in the US Presidential election.
WIM has become a glorious annual celebration ...
When is $2 billion not enough? When it’s coming from Google, according to leading music business trade bodies the IFPI and BPI.
This morning Google announced its YouTube Content ID ...