Music Business Analysis

MixCloud Nikhil Shah on building a sustainable streaming music service - and not over-spending

Why now is the perfect time for Daniel Ek's business to finally give composers credit

SoundExchange's Michael Huppe explains why radio must "move to digital – and all that entails"

The majors will generate $5bn from streaming this year - but who's king of the jungle?

Company flies through billion dollar barrier as total group sales exceed $3bn

Shape Of You clocked up more than 26m streams in its opening four days

Both Warner's recorded music and overall revenues hit historic highs in quarter

MBW learns details of new deal - and they've got industry fans concerned

MBW's projections suggest Daniel Ek's company could hit 100m subs by the end of 2018

LiHui Shen runs China's biggest independent record label. He's feeling very optimistic about the future.

The history of Patrick Sullivan and Ben Cockerham suggests their music knowledge is in high demand

BASCA's Vick Bain on why Swedish service should make 'everything clearer' for songwriters - and for listeners

We just bought 10,000 Spotify plays on the internet. It was easy.

Can the experienced record exec bring together Google Play and YouTube for the good of everybody?

The tall tale of three Swedish companies, with their own economic interests