News Swedish telco firm Telia sells Spotify stake for $272m, avoiding stock market uncertainty Deal suggests that Spotify's current valuation must be at least above $19.4bn
Analysis News Kobalt revenues jumped 24% to $321m in FY2017 – will get close to $500m this year Willard Ahdritz walks MBW through the company's numbers
News Warner buys A&R scouting tool Sodatone to boost ‘search for the superstars of tomorrow’ Max Lousada says acquisition of startup will 'help differentiate us' in A&R arms race
News The BBC’s 2018 definition of ‘New Music’ is a brilliantly British mess This is complete nonsense. We're actually sorry to waste your time with it.
News Sony Music’s ex-boss in China, Timothy Xu, named CEO of Taihe Music Group TMG merged with Baidu Music in 2015 to form a join label/platform operation
News Simon Fuller: ‘The identity of artists is being lost on streaming platforms’ Artist manager and entrepreneur speaks out about his concerns for the future of the music business
News Spotify expects to have close to 100m paying subscribers by the end of 2018 Premium growth to remain flat on 2017, forecasts company - but user base to top 200m
Analysis The odds of an artist becoming a ‘top tier’ earner on Spotify today? Less than 1%. How the service is current divided between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots'
News Spotify rival Saavn merges with JioMusic in $1bn-valued deal India's biggest corporation, Reliance Industries Limited, masterminds merger
Analysis News US recorded music market generated $8.7bn last year – up by over $1bn on 2016 Streaming formats now account for 65% of US marketplace
Interviews ‘I realised that no-one in the music business knew what they were doing’ High Time founder Carl Hitchborn on growing his business - and taking advantage of music industry failures
News INgrooves is for sale at $100m pricetag – report Could Sony acquire company to boost its US market share stats?
Interviews After spending nearly $250m on Carlin, Round Hill Music is hungry for more Josh Gruss talks acquisitions, major publishers and buying copyrights
News Daniel Ek could net up to $2bn from Spotify share sales when company goes public (if he wants to) Co-founder Martin Lorentzon could sell up to $2.9bn-worth of shares
News Spotify hires Vevo’s Tom Connaughton as Head of Artist & Label Marketing, UK Troy Carter says exec will be "a tremendous asset" to Spotify