Music Business Analysis
Analysis News Daniel Ek's company has earmarked between $400m and $500m to spend on acquiring podcast content and tools this year Analysis News Album generated $500,000 for Sheeran and Atlantic Records on Spotify in its first three days of availability Analysis How does Spotify's ad revenue strategy line up with its podcast initiatives? Analysis Blog TuneCore's Chris Dampier explains the measly rewards being passed to songwriters from sell-out concerts Analysis MBW analysis of Pollstar data shows significant decline in blockbuster concert revenue worldwide Analysis Blog A five-point plan for change from Island Records’ UK President of Urban, Alex Boateng... Analysis New BPI stats show decline in volume growth in world's third biggest market Analysis Blog Lucas Keller, founder of Milk + Honey, sounds off on record label A&R... Analysis Blog Are charts which appear every seven days really cut out for the modern era? Analysis According to MBW's calculations, in the first half of 2019... it was Sony/ATV signing Louis Bell Analysis "It is not clear to us that the fire in the LA storage facility should have any impact on either the valuation of UMG or the sale process." Analysis News Genre still dominates streaming – but with less market share than in H1 2018 Analysis Lil Nas X was the biggest track in H1 2019 – but he couldnt prevent a slight slowdown in the numbers Analysis Blog How much money can streaming services expect to pay in future – and why Atlas Music Publishing's CEO is thinking differently... Analysis Blog Downtown CEO Justin Kalifowitz says the industry can be doing much more for its star talent