Analysis News Spotify has lost $9bn in market cap value in less than three months A rough time for tech stocks has badly damaged streamer's valuation
Interviews ‘We are custodians of a great legacy, which we hugely respect, but we can’t let it weigh us down.’ Louis Bloom has been a loyal servant of Island Records UK for 16 years. Now, he’s running the place. What’s his plan?
News Spotify acquires minority stake in DistroKid, enabling artists to upload to multiple services… from Spotify Streaming service takes passive position in aggregator which works with 250,000 artists
News Spotify’s Latin playlists head Rocío Guerrero quits streaming platform to join Warner Music Group Exec built ¡Viva Latino! and Baila Reggaeton over a seven-year tenure
News ‘He’s the Obama of the music industry’: Jay-Z pays tribute as Jon Platt collects Spirit Of Life Award Shawn Carter and Beyoncé lead tributes to outgoing Warner/Chappell boss
News Believe buys majority stake in rock and metal label Nuclear Blast MBW understands acquisition cost Believe eight figures
Interviews ‘Artists can always handle the truth. What they can’t handle is being f**ked around.’ Jamie Oborne, Dirty Hit founder, on The 1975, Wolf Alice and more
News Apple Music poaches the BBC’s leading hip-hop radio DJ, Charlie Sloth Sloth joins George Ergatoudis, Ryan Newman, Zane Lowe and other ex-Radio 1 tastemakers at Apple
News Rob Stringer talks Spotify, A&R, YouTube… and the possibility of a major label-owned streaming service Sony exec grilled by the BBC on modern music industry talking points
News Warner and Sony buy $200m of shares in Tencent Music Entertainment ahead of streaming company’s US IPO The two companies have banked more than $1bn from Spotify shares - what will TME bring their way?
News Why Believe just bought 49% of one of France’s leading indie labels (and why it’s not worried about Spotify’s user uploads). Denis Ladegaillerie discusses his latest acquisition and Spotify's big move
News James Grant Group sells majority stake to Trilantic in $100m+ deal, rebrands as YM&U As reported by MBW earlier this month, private equity firm swoops for talent management co
Analysis Could SiriusXM’s buyout of Pandora finally deliver the first true ‘full-stack’ music company? Pandora is back in the game of music streaming - and can dare to dream big
Analysis News Spotify’s direct distribution deals: What do artists get paid? MBW runs the numbers on Spotify's new offering to artists
News US recorded music industry growth slowed in H1 2018 – with a dramatic fall in CD sales Overall market up 10%, but streaming growth down on prior year in monetary terms, CD revenues down 42%