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Universal Music has made a habit of partnering to test new digital music services around the world, from the days of Orange’s Monkey in the UK, through Kleek in South Africa to last week’s announcement of Bradesco Music...

Lead: Bubbling under for years, the idea of fan patronage for artists has reached a fascinating point of maturity, with major label acts now looking (albeit tentatively) at what they can do here. “The only ingredient you...

Google and Samsung are working together in Latin America on a promotion for the Google Play Music All Access streaming service. Starting in Brazil, anyone who buys Samsung’s Galaxy S4 or S5 smartphones or its Galaxy...

You’ll have hopefully seen our alert yesterday about Spotify’s latest milestones: 10m paying subscribers and 40m active users. CEO Daniel Ek gave a sprinkling of interviews alongside the announcement, including...

It’s a big year for Brazil, with this summer’s World Cup turning the global spotlight on the country. It’s an interesting time for its music industry too, and a panel of experts gathered at Midem today to discuss what’s...

In our cover feature, we speak to Vikram Kumar, the CEO of encrypted file transfer service Mega, about how his service works, why it is different from Megaupload, how he thinks the content industry will receive it (and possibly...

Based on job postings and other leaked details, The Next Web is reporting that Spotify is close to launching in Mexico, Brazil and (unspecified) Asian markets. It is suggesting a debut in Singapore but rumours of a Japan...

The streaming service setting up shop in Brazil this week

Deezer's global expansion continues apace, with the streaming service setting up shop in Brazil this week.

Analyst firm Ovum claims 450m smartphones were sold in 2011