Analysis YouTube’s dominance takes a beating from Spotify, Apple Music and co New BuzzAngle stats show that audio platforms are now dominating streaming
Analysis Why TIDAL is the perfect acquisition target for Apple In many ways, Jay Z's company is exactly what Jimmy Iovine is looking for
Analysis Spotify and Apple are at each other’s throats – with the music biz caught in the middle The fallout between these two digital music giants is starting to get ill-tempered...
Analysis News Only one track in UK radio’s Top 20 songs of 2016 was originally released this year Are the market's broadcasters giving new UK artists a fair crack of the whip?
Analysis Blog The music industry must innovate to tackle secondary ticketing rip-offs Alison Lamb's blog explores the problem of fans being hurt by ticket resale platforms
Analysis YouTube faces superstar backlash over DMCA – but is it the best strategy? Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga, Gwen Stefani and more have signed a new petition
Analysis News Apple Music turns up heat on Spotify with 15m subscribers Platform is now on the way to paying music biz $1bn every year
Analysis Blog YouTube risks doing ‘irreparable damage to the future of artists’ Sixx:A.M explain why they believes Google is not doing 'the right thing'
Analysis What the tech industry needs to learn about the music biz: Sympathy For The Devil (pt. 3) Consultant Andy Edwards lays out what Silicon Valley must realise if it wants the best relationship
Analysis Apple takes its Chance to show up the music biz… as Google licks its lips As a self-release storms the chart, what does the future hold for major rights-holders?
Analysis Spotify’s average subscriber paid 5% less last year – but premium conversion grew 7% The average subscriber was paying $0.28 less a month - but 31.5% of users subscribed
Analysis Spotify must watch its spending if it wants sympathy from the music biz The average Spotify employee is paid $107k a year. Is that lean enough for labels?
Analysis YouTube is paying less than £0.0009 per stream to UK record labels MBW calculates per-stream rates from new BPI data - and it's not joyous reading
Analysis It pays out more than Spotify and is growing fast. Neighbouring rights: the music biz’s unsung hero. How labels and artists are raking it in from TV, radio, public performance and online radio
Analysis Sympathy for the devil: Why do so few music startups succeed? 'This problem affects all of us in the digital music value chain'