Departing HMV boss Simon Fox is the surprise new chief executive of troubled newspaper group Trinity Mirror, which will pay him about a third less than his controversial predecessor, Sly Bailey.

It would appear that YouTube really is the new MTV.

Dispatch are untethered to a label and built up a following through a personal connection with fans, yet 100,000 see them play.

Talk That Talk, the album released by the Barbadian singer last year, returned to the number one slot with sales of just 9,578 CDs and downloads combined.

The ailing music retailer HMV has crashed to an £80m after-tax loss as its departing chief executive, Simon Fox, ran up big charges in his final results.

Chart hopeful Jinder is hoping to hit the heights as a musical giant - after becoming one of the tallest solo acts to land a record deal.

Troubled music retailer HMV slumped to a loss of £16.2 million today but said its recovery was on track as it ramps up sales of electronic devices.

EMI, the Coldplay and Beastie Boys music giant, has plunged to a loss of £349m in the year to March, as a result of significant writedowns.

Troubled music chain's finance director to quit just days after chief executive announces exit

HMV named a new chief executive today after the boss credited with keeping the music chain afloat announced plans to step down after six years in the role.

This week Snoop Dogg announced he's to change his moniker to Snoop Lion in line with his new reggae album 'Reincarnation'. Pop is littered with acts changing their names – whether to symbolise a change in direction or (as when Prince became a symbol and then Prince "1958–1993") to annoy their record company.

The on-stage reunion of Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan could be resurrected in time for Christmas.

He looks like an indie kid and sounds like Bob. But Jake Bugg's musical inspiration, he tells Nick Duerden, was a little yellow animation …

Beethoven opens and closes this bold recital from Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber.