Analysis News SoundExchange payouts grew 10% to a record $884m last year Organization distributed nearly half a billion dollars in second half of 2016
Analysis How Facebook can go from villain to hero: Pinch Vevo from YouTube Why the music business's own video channel could be the key to helping Mark Zuckerberg
Analysis Smashed by Spotify, can TIDAL find a future which doesn’t end badly? How long can Jay Z afford to bankroll his minnow of a streaming service?
Analysis Why Netflix’s growing profits will have left Spotify sweating Film and TV company's gross margins tower above those of Daniel Ek's company
Analysis What does the future hold for Sony Music and Sony/ATV? Why does Sony Corp seem to be treating Pictures and Gaming differently to music?
Analysis Is BBC radio playing enough independent music? Just 2% of Radio 1’s 100 most played tracks of 2016 were ‘pure’ independent releases
Analysis News Universal and Sony neck-and-neck in US video streaming market share – as Tunecore leads the indies Universal dominated the US last year - but was neck-and-neck with Sony for video streams
Analysis News Ed Sheeran breaks all-time Spotify record three times in four days Shape of you attracted more than 7m streams on the service yesterday (Jan 9)
Analysis News Warner gains, Sony holds, Universal falls in US 2016 market shares MBW estimates based on BuzzAngle's new report lay bare the winners and losers of 2016
Analysis 3 ominous problems the UK music business must overcome in 2017 When should the UK business turn its back on the album... and other questions
Analysis News ‘Facebook must strike a deal with music publishers as soon as possible’ Samantha Harvey has nearly 2m Facebook Likes - but her page is under siege
Analysis News The global music copyright business is worth more than you think – and grew by nearly $1bn last year Spotify's economics chief Will Page explains how both publishing and records are growing
Analysis News Why 2016 will go down as a giant year for the global recorded music business Every major market's income was up in H1, aside from Japan
Analysis News Streaming drives Warner Music’s biggest annual revenues in 8 years Major music company posts more than $3.2bn in sales to end of September
Analysis Record label A&R spend grew by $300m last year – but marketing spend fell Record companies appear to be prioritizing new talent investment