Analysis Who’s more powerful: Universal Music or Sony/ATV? Which of the majors is taking the most market share?
Analysis Why Sony Music and Sony/ATV are on course for a big financial year Sony/ATV should pull in around $1.2bn in revenue in fiscal year
Analysis News Freemium made $500m less than Premium in the US last year But freemium has slightly increased its share of the total market
Analysis Why Universal is losing patience with freemium music UMG digital income down 2.8% on a constant currency basis in 2014, MBW discovers
Analysis Blog Apple won’t own the music biz unless it wins the ‘freemium wars’ Lucian Grainge, Rob Wells, Taylor Swift and Daniel Ek all point to a fiery future
Analysis Spotify is paying out 100% more money for its biggest tracks than it was a year ago Approximately US $2m was paid out to firm's Top 50 last week
Analysis News Streaming soars in Finland – but music market down 14% in 2014 Ad-supported services shoot up, but downloads and CD suffer
Analysis Piracy has devastated the Spanish music industry for over a decade. Finally, it’s fighting back. Streaming claims 32% of market in 2014, as income rises 21%
Analysis News Japan’s recorded music business fell again in 2014 Digital music sales set to rise, but CD falls 6%
Analysis News Major labels keep 73% of Spotify premium payouts – report But in terms of net profit, labels take just €0.26, says SNEP
Analysis News Streaming overtakes iTunes in France – but music market falls 5.3% Streaming revenues leap up 35% as downloads fall 14%
Analysis News Sweden’s recorded music market falls as CD sales plummet Income from CD sales fell by a massive 38%
Analysis The world’s biggest music stars: Who’s faking it on Twitter? Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga under the spotlight
Analysis Apple makes more money every 3 weeks than the entire recorded music industry does in a year See how small 'major' music companies are compared to Cupertino giant