Music Business Analysis

Fanbytes co-founder Timothy Armoo on pivoting three times - and then succeeding

Cherie Hu breaks down the increasing similarities between 'music companies' and 'media companies'

Spotify has a number of tricky issues to face down during its 2019 negotiations with the biggest labels

Following J.Cole and Drake albums, Apple's done it again...

Can both music 'pureplay' companies keep the likes of Amazon and Apple at bay?

Here's what caught our attention over the past seven days...

Apple and Spotify now have comfortably over 50m paying subs in the US and Canada between them

Total active users on the US-based platform fell yet again to 71.4m in Q2

Company on course for another $10bn-plus sales year in 2018

MUSO's Andy Chatterley believes the industry is missing out on an opportunity presented by piracy

Today’s business has no need for the bargain bin anymore. But, asks Peter Robinson, is that really such a good thing?

Free users, premium users, churn, Tencent, Daniel Ek, direct licensing - it's all here...

Why Spotify's reduced subscriptions in emerging markets makes for a smart business move

And it was a similar story in the UK...

Spotify's Director Of Economics, Will Page, explains how the music industry's size is accelerating