June 7th, 2013 by Music Ally

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US mobile music subscription service Muve Music has kicked off its first major label marketing campaign, with Universal Music

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March 27th, 2013 by Music Ally

German industry body Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) has released figures for the music market there in 2012, revealing that overall recorded music revenues dropped 3.2% last year to €1.44bn.

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March 22nd, 2013 by Music Ally

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Another day, another new streaming music service – and yet another that's drawing fire from licensing body Merlin for disrespecting independent labels.

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March 6th, 2013 by Music Ally

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The speculation about an on-demand streaming music service from Google is reaching deafening levels, with two seemingly well-sourced stories pushing the rumour on yesterday.

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February 27th, 2013 by Music Ally

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Universal Music Group's Francis Keeling comments about the prospect of Google entering the (audio) streaming music market.

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February 20th, 2013 by Music Ally

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Datapoint on the growth of streaming-music subscription services in the UK.

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February 5th, 2013 by Music Ally

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Universal Music Publishing Group has announced that it is following Sony/ATV's lead in pulling its digital performance rights from ASCAP and BMI, in order to strike direct deals with services like Pandora.

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January 21st, 2013 by Music Ally

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Several members of Universal Music UK's digital team have been brainstorming their expectations for 2013, laying out some of their ideas in a blog post.

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January 7th, 2013 by Music Ally

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India-focused streaming music service Dhingana has inked a two-year deal with Universal Music to run advertisements for some of its artists, including 'roadblock' ads that have to be watched or listened...

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