Music Business Analysis

Google tried to buy 50% of Sony/ATV a few years ago. Could it come again for a rightsholder?

What scrapping Copyright Royalty Board's new rates might mean for songwriters and publishers

The story behind the story of today: Warner suing Spotify, and Spotify calling the major "abusive"

Majors now turning over the equivalent of $19m a day from the likes of Spotify

The key issues Daniel Ek and his team have to face down over the next 10 months

The sale of up to 50% of UMG could tempt Sony and Warner to consider their options

Firm predicts that subscriber count will reach approximately 122m by end of 2019

January was a record month, with over 700,000 impressions on the MBW site

Matt Brinkworth of Omnian Music Group reflects on the true meaning of 'indie' in 2019

When YouTube’s charts say what's popular, you better believe it. And, right now, "what's popular" applies increasingly less to U.S. pop stars.

Merch, hardware, A&R, crowd-funding and more offered by some impressive young companies

Subscription revenues nearly doubled in the year, up to $82m

Who are the bosses of the music industry's bosses?

Monthly active users jumped 43m in 2018 – but subscriber growth is more complicated

Apple's Services division is becoming increasingly important for the US corporation, says MIDiA's Mark Mulligan