Analysis Blog Music piracy: It’s time to acknowledge the unlicensed elephant in the room MUSO's Andy Chatterley believes the industry is missing out on an opportunity presented by piracy
Analysis ‘The music industry of 2018 is witnessing the end of failure.’ Today’s business has no need for the bargain bin anymore. But, asks Peter Robinson, is that really such a good thing?
Analysis News Spotify: 7 things you need to know about the company’s financial health and its Q2 results Free users, premium users, churn, Tencent, Daniel Ek, direct licensing - it's all here...
Analysis Spotify doesn’t cost $9.99 a month everywhere… and that makes a lot of sense. Why Spotify's reduced subscriptions in emerging markets makes for a smart business move
Analysis News 99.99% of the US population didn’t buy America’s No.1 album in the last chart week And it was a similar story in the UK...
Analysis News How the global music copyright business grew by $1.5bn in 2016 (and why that’s amazing news today) Spotify's Director Of Economics, Will Page, explains how the music industry's size is accelerating
Analysis News Spotify is worth more than $33bn, as stock price hits another all-time high Market value of Pandora has also soared over the past three months
Analysis News Music streams in the US grew by over 118bn in the first half of 2018 – the biggest jump in history Total audio streams grew year-on-year by more than 80bn in six months to end of June
Analysis The music business just got spanked by Google. Surely it’s now time to speak with one voice. Why did the music industry just lose a crucial vote? And why isn't anybody asking the question?
Analysis Did record labels already lose the fight to ‘window’ album releases? Why Jay Z and Beyoncé's latest move didn't make industry ripples like it once might have
Analysis How did Apple Music crush Spotify’s day-one streams of Drake’s new album? Why 170m vs. 132m doesn't seem to add up - until you dig into the factors surrounding it
Analysis Blog ‘Critics of Article 13 are weaving a narrative with no relationship to fact.’ BASCA Chairman Crispin Hunt on the law that could change everything for YouTube
Analysis Why you (probably) shouldn’t start a record label… Omnian Music Group's Matt Brinkworth pleads with would-be entrepreneurs to think carefully
Analysis News Spotify generated $40m+ in ticket sales last year. Now, it’s accelerating its presence in live music. A clear business opportunity is opening up for Spotify in the live events space...
Analysis News After revenues dropped last year, can Napster really compete in the streaming music space? US company turned over $172.4m last year, down from $208.1m in 2016