YouTube loses US music streaming dominance as subscription plays jump 124%

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Google mulling SoundCloud buyout, say whispers – as Sony and Universal’s stakes are revealed

Document reveals majors’ ownership stakes as the big G comes a’knocking…

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Universal acquires Japan’s ‘full stack’ music company, Office Augusta

Office Augusta runs divisions across management, label, publishing and more

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Warner CEO Steve Cooper: ‘We’ve grown market share more than any other major’

MBW obtains triumphant internal memo from WMG big cheese

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The 5 biggest music business news stories of 2017. (Yes, 2017.)

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Warner to launch ‘hundreds of virtual reality experiences’ with MelodyVR deal

Deal follows UMG’s push into VR earlier this year

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