Industry

Music application Spotify have confirmed that they have received law orders from dance label Ministry of Sound regarding suspected copyright infringement. According to The Guardian Ministry of Sound are seeking an injunction to remove users' playlists whereby they have seemingly created mirrored replicas of MoS...

As you may (or may not) be aware, Stagedoor FM regularly attends Sessions58; a night that fuses open-mic talent with the industry's finest. Whilst we leave impressed on a weekly basis, last night's 'show' probably was the finest example of the incredible talents that...

Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll fail to have noticed that tonight (10th November), MTV's European Music Awards (or EMAs) are taking place in Amsterdam. With performances by Miley Cyrus, Eminem, Bruno Mars, Robin Thicke, Katy Perry, Snoop Dogg, Imagine Dragons, Afrojack...

YouTube have announced the full nominations for their forthcoming Music Awards ceremony, set to take place on 3rd November. The nominations for the Kia Motors-sponsored event, were a culmination of response from online viewers, who have grouped nominees into six categories, Video of the Year,...

British recording artist James Blake has been awarded with the coveted 2013 Mercury Music Prize for his acclaimed album Overgrown. Speaking to radio host Nick Grimshaw straight after accepting the award, Blake informed that he was feeling "emotional, completely overwhelmed" with being the shock recipient,...

The BBC have shared further details of their BBC Music vision. At a special conference this morning (16th June), BBC Director General Tony Hall confirmed the vision for BBC Music was "about putting music right at the heart of the BBC & supporting young British...

Radio 1's Head of Music George Ergatoudis has said that streaming services will soon be included in the top 40 singles chart. Speaking at a Radio Academy event in London, Ergatoudis said play counts from services like Spotify and YouTube could be included as soon...

Fearne Cotton has announced she will be leaving Radio 1, confirming her pregnancy as she looks forward to a "new chapter". Announcing the news on her official website, Cotton, whose departure marks almost three weeks since Zane Lowe confirmed his intention to leave the station,...

Following its soft-launch earlier in the week, Jay Z is set to unveil the final details of his anticipated new streaming service, TIDAL. Already with confirmed support from the likes of Beyonce (obviously), Kanye West, Rihanna and Calvin Harris, an early preview video also showed...

The BBC today announced BBC Playlister, a new digital music product that will transform people’s relationship with music from the Corporation. BBC Playlister will let audiences add and save their favourite tracks heard on the BBC to a personal online playlist, which they can then...