Analysis News Why, in a post-Tencent/Universal world, the three major music companies are worth nearly $90bn MBW estimates that Universal, Sony and Warner are now collectively worth just shy of $89bn
Analysis Spotify is still adding more users across Europe and North America than in Asia, the Middle East and Africa combined SPOT is reaching less than 1.5% of its potential addressable market outside of Europe and the Americas
Analysis News The major labels are close to generating $1m from streaming every hour – but global growth is actually slowing down MBW analysis shows that global major label streaming revenue growth slowed by 19.1% YoY in the first six months of this year
Analysis News Pandora user base fell by 6.5m in Q2 – but parent SiriusXM posts record $2bn in quarterly revenues SiriusXM's radio platform ended Q2 with 29.3 million self-pay subscribers
Analysis News Lil Nas X helps drive Sony Music streaming revenues up 27% to $605m in last quarter Major labels now turning over more than $20m from streaming every single day
Analysis News Live Nation has pushed concert prices up in the past 18 months.. and it’s paid off to the tune of $500m Live Nation has raised ticket prices, globally, for the best seats at amphitheater and arena shows by close to a third since Q1 2018
Analysis Blog AI in the music industry is nothing to be scared of – it’s a step towards an exciting new future. Mubert's Alexey Kochetkov enters the debate over human versus algorithmic music creation
Analysis Spotify is investing $500m in podcasts. But it’s U-turned on content investments before. Anyone remember Spotify apps? Or 'Trading Playlists'?
Analysis News Apple is investing in original podcasts – and Spotify investors aren’t happy about it Daniel Ek's company has earmarked between $400m and $500m to spend on acquiring podcast content and tools this year
Analysis Blog Where are the missing song royalties? Annabella Coldrick, the CEO of the Music Managers’ Forum, has had enough. She wants to know where her members’ missing money is – and now...
Analysis News Ed Sheeran’s No.6 Collaborations album isn’t a record-breaker – but it just cleared 100m Spotify streams in three days Album generated $500,000 for Sheeran and Atlantic Records on Spotify in its first three days of availability
Analysis Spotify needs to scale its ad business. Can podcasts fix the problem, and if so, how? How does Spotify's ad revenue strategy line up with its podcast initiatives?
Analysis Blog How to Turn a $147 Song into a $79 million Tour (Or: How Songwriters Are Getting Stiffed On Live Music Royalties) TuneCore's Chris Dampier explains the measly rewards being passed to songwriters from sell-out concerts
Analysis Live music business slumps in first half of 2019, with world’s Top 100 tours down $752m year-on-year MBW analysis of Pollstar data shows significant decline in blockbuster concert revenue worldwide
Analysis Blog My Manifesto: Island Records’ Alex Boateng A five-point plan for change from Island Records’ UK President of Urban, Alex Boateng...