Industry

Earlier today, Charlotte Church gave the third annual John Peel Lecture at the Radio Festival 2013 in Salford, sharing an insight into her time in the music industry along with further exploring the role of women within the current professional music landscape, launching scathing...

Will Kennard, one half of dance maestros Chase and Status, has unveiled to the BBC his plans to open a free school in London's East End, aimed at developing musical talent in the area. In a short film for BBC1's 'This Week', Kennard explains his...

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...

Back-from-the-dead music retailer HMV launched their new digital download service last night; their latest (and some may call it their last) attempt to securing a slice of the UK download market. Whilst available through their hmvdigital.com portal, the service has launched with mobile as its...

Lauren Laverne has announced the full shortlist to the upcoming 2013 Mercury Music Prize awards. Whilst many have shown disappointment in the lack of London Grammar's inclusion for their debut If You Wait, the full list proves the excellence of Britain's current rise in musical...

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...

Following last year's successful addition of the inclusion of streams into the Official Singles Chart, the Official Charts Company have confirmed that streams of albums will now be incorporated into the weekly Official Albums Chart. According to The Official Charts company, the number of tracks...

Capital FM presenter & JLS star Marvin Humes has been announced as the new presenter of the Vodafone Big Top 40. The performer will take over the UK's biggest chart show every Sunday from 4pm starting in January. Marvin will also front a new evening...

The reluctance of a host of independent record labels to sign up for YouTube's upcoming subscription service could see works by major artists being banned from the video site, according to Sky News. The site has been accused over offering unfair terms in the contracts...

Someone pop the champagne.... or at least open up a can or two. The UK arm of Carlsberg, along with live entertainment company Live Nation, have confirmed the two parties have signed a 5-year contract across a range of UK festivals. The deal will continue...