Music Business Analysis

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

How much difference will the company's dramatic downsizing really make to its bottom line?

How alterations in marketing spend, advertising revenue and international income could help fix Daniel Ek's business

Sound Advice's Robert Horsfall has been representing artists and labels for decades. He says change is in the air.

Per-head monthly spend on service has fallen to nearly $5 per month

Finance costs hammer Daniel Ek's company as subscriptions fly

What does Greg Maffei have up his sleeve for Pandora and Tim Westergren?

IMPALA's Helen Smith skewers 'safe harbour' - and explains why things might be about to change for YouTube et al.

UNIFIED's Matthew Rogers on safe harbour... and the tech companies which benefit from it

Secretly Group's Darius van Arman talks safe harbor, YouTube, SoundCloud - and the tyranny of copyright laws