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Senator Al Franken said regulators need to ensure meaningful competition in ever-evolving digital music industry.

App Store policy under investigation by FTC as Spotify and others forced to charge more than Apple Music

Company's plans to monetise music videos emerged as important stepping stone towards on-demand audio service, reports Music Ally.

Social networking giant has spoken with a variety of record labels, but the exact reason for talks is still unknown.

Days before Apple Music launches Google unveils free ad-supported tier to its Play Music platform

Streaming platform has struggled in competition with Spotify and Pandora and now faces Apple Music.

Photographer says pop star 'can afford to pay for photographs' like Apple.

Company made a U-turn after Swift decided to shake off the streaming service.

In an open letter Swift described Apple's 3 month trial period for their streaming service as 'unfair'.

Apple Music is a Spotify rival which streams music and includes a new, free radio station called Beats One

Apple is aiming for 100 million subscribers for its music streaming service.

Video content from BBC, ESPN and others comes to Spotify platform

Spotify rival brings podcast service to apps across iOS, Android and smart TVs

Music streaming service will launch in June.

IBM has made a breakthrough in silicon photonics that could revolutionise data transfer speeds to the cloud.

Apple prepares to relaunch Beats Music as a streaming service to take on Spotify and YouTube

US Federal Trade Commission is probing if Apple is misusing its position as largest seller of music downloads through its iTunes store.

Music streaming service Grooveshark issues public apology and suggests alternative sites to users.

Apple reckons owning exclusive rights will force music lovers who dislike subscription pay for content.

Google says video creators will be paid 55% of the total net revenues from subscription fees.

It is not known if he'll remove his entire back catalogue like Taylor Swift

Entertainment editor Toyin Owoseje rounds up the celebrity stories of the week.

Beyonce, Rihanna, Madonna are among co-owners of the new venture.

Beyonce's rapper husband enlists help from Rihanna and other famous friends to promote new venture.

Rapper's surprise album clocks 9.6 million streams.

International payments startup Adyen integrates bitcoin payment processor BitPay

Hip-hop star Jay-Z set to acquire Swedish streaming service Aspiro as part of a $56m (£37m) deal.

Sony announces that Spotify is coming to PlayStation consoles.

Apple takes over London startup Semetric, whose Musicmetric analytics tool could become integrated with Beats Music relaunch.

Vodafone is celebrating its 30th birthday with a pop-up 1980s high street in Covent Garden.