An open letter, signed by 125 music artists has criticised Pandora's campaign to cut its royalty payments in blunt terms.
March 7th, 2012 by Music Ally
Universal Music Group's Francis Keeling is moving up in the world: he's just been named as the label's global head of digital business, a promotion from his existing role as VP of digital at Universal...
December 14th, 2011 by Music Ally
Universal Music Group's digital boss Rob Wells has been talking to CNET about the impact of new digital music services, fending off suggestions that they may cannibalise existing sales of downloads.
May 26th, 2011 by Music Ally
Universal Music Group's digital boss Rob Wells was on stage at Music Matters in Singapore earlier today for a discussion about cloud music, but it's his comments on Pandora that may cause a stir. "I don't...
January 22nd, 2010 by Music Ally
More from Rob Wells at yesterday's IFPI Digital Music Report launch - he talked about the ongoing negotiations over Virgin Media's MusicFish service. "They went into a deal with us and then assumed that...
January 22nd, 2010 by Music Ally
In four of its launch territories, Spotify is paying labels a share of its subscription and advertising revenues, rather than per-stream payments, according to UMG's digital boss Rob Wells.
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