Interviews ‘In A&R, you need to be able to have open and honest conversations with artists’ Decca Vice President Tom Lewis on the past, present and future of the iconic label
Interviews ‘The thrill of finding a new act, developing it, and then really breaking it – it’s still the biggest buzz.’ Modest!'s Richard Griffiths, Harry Magee and Will Bloomfield on how they built their company – and the future
News The global recorded music business is on course to top $20bn in annual revenues in 2019 – but it can’t over-rely on the USA Mark Mulligan says that global sales hit $18.9bn this year
News Ed Sheeran’s Divide tour generated $432m in 2018 – a new world record Sheeran and Taylor Swift secure the year's two biggest tours
News UK artists are, on average, seeing four Spotify streams abroad for every one at home Will Page presentation reveals how well British acts are performing overseas
News Latest version of Article 13 will fail to fix YouTube ‘Value Gap’, warns Vivendi and the record industry Vivendi, IFPI and IMPALA all sign exasperated open letter regarding European Copyright Directive
News Why has Sony Music just launched a streaming service (and Spotify rival) in Japan? Streaming has overtaken downloads in revenue terms for first time this year in the market
Analysis News Spotify still pays artists out of one big ‘pot’. Should the company change its policy? Is the 'pro rata' system of payment fit for the modern era?
News Apple acquires A&R and creative services company Platoon Veteran AWAL/Apple exec Denzyl Feigelson will lead standalone business from its London HQ
Analysis News Apple Music reportedly tops 56m subscribers, up 6m in the past six months Number of Apple Music subscribers has grown to 56m, up from 50m in May, reports FT
Interviews ‘True superstars are often outliers – they bring the light to them, rather than going to the light.’ Max Lousada on big buys, breaking artists, and his first year in charge of Warner's global recorded music operation
News Has Three Six Zero just launched its own label in partnership with Sony? Mark Gillespie exec produced new movie, starring Natalie Portman
News Spotify hasn’t been licensed by Universal, Sony or Warner for India (yet) The big three major labels are yet to sign on the dotted line
Analysis Why Spotify needs to up its game outside of Europe and the Americas (and is making big bets to do so) If Spotify's expanding into India, its investors should prepare themselves for a tough challenge ahead
Analysis News How Taylor Swift’s big demand will affect $280m+ of Universal’s money Why the pop icon is also, in one regard, a punk-rock rebel