Independent publishers fight against market concentration – and for more streaming cash

Annette Barrett and Pierre Mossiat explain IMPF’s mission

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The Stone Roses release first new material in 22 years on Virgin EMI and Columbia

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Why did Universal Music Group’s profits dip in Q1 despite its revenue rise?

A €23m restructuring cost hurt UMG’s bottom line in the first three months of this year

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Vevo is moving into ‘long-form programming’ – and looking for stars

Platform on the lookout for ‘non-traditional sources such as internet based talent’

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YouTube launches tool to enable ‘faster, more accurate royalty distributions’

DDEX update is free to download and open-source

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