Analysis Blog A quick guide to how money works in today’s high-risk music business How to judge the financial health of Spotify, SoundCloud, Pandora and the rest
Analysis Blockbuster artists increased their share of streaming cash in 2015 Justin Bieber, Drake and The Weeknd did very nicely on Spotify
Analysis No-one is indispensable at Lucian Grainge’s leaner, meaner Universal What does Pascal Nègre's departure tell us about UMG in 2016?
Analysis News Universal is music’s first billion dollar streaming record company Streaming income up more than €300m, total UMG income up more than €500m
Analysis Sony and Universal neck-and-neck in race to rely on streaming Both companies drawing 24% of income from streaming
Analysis Martin Mills: Majors must pay artists fairly if we’re to win safe harbour fight 'We have never been more divided than we are today'
Analysis Billboard’s Power 100 shames the music biz and should trouble us all The entire Top 30 is made up of white faces. Are we okay with that?
Analysis News Spain’s piracy fightback grows teeth: Recorded music market was up 7% in 2015 Streaming jumps up more than 35% to €64.5m
Analysis News Ouch: SoundCloud losses show a broken business model in desperate need of a fix Digital service is paying an average annual wage of nearly €80,000 to its staff
Analysis News Apple Music is now available in 59 countries that Spotify is not Apple's expansion in less than eight months is undoubtedly impressive
Analysis How much does SoundCloud really owe the music business? If SoundCloud was Spotify, it'd have paid hundreds of millions back to artists and songwriters
Analysis Sony and Warner’s equity cash giveaways tell us much about artist power in 2016 Why this isn't about money - although it totally is
Analysis PRS For Music vs. PPL: Who’s more cost-efficient? An in-depth look at the wages and distributions of two very important businesses
Analysis Spotify is converting more people into paying subscribers than ever before Service now has 28m paying subscribers and close to 100m active users