Music Business Analysis

The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter

Steve Cooper reveals stunning stat – and MBW crunches the numbers on what it could mean

Merck Mercuriadis responds to criticism of his views regarding the major record companies and publishers

MBW crunches the numbers on AWAL, and asks if the UK competition watchdog is looking in the right direction

What the music industry can learn from the video games sector about the long-term power and potential of free content

Bowie estate strikes deal to license entirety of icon's recordings to Warner across the globe

Prospectus published ahead of UMG's listing on the Amsterdam stock exchange on September 21

The numbers are in.... and they show Drizzy's latest LP was around 60 million streams short of his record in week one

Spirit Bomb's Ian Simon on why he believes avatars can change the music biz – all for the better

What the performance of Drizzy's new studio record tells us about a growing trend in the music business

Major milestone crossed by Spotify's rival service, across YouTube Music and YouTube Premium

Three top lawyers from Covington & Burling spell out potential problems for rights-holders in the NFT space

Simon Robson explains Warner's strategy following slew of top-level changes worldwide

Curve Royalty Systems' Tom Allen says 'that's the way we've always done it' is no longer good enough

Columnist and author Eamonn Forde sets out his manifesto for post-lockdown concerts