Music Business Analysis
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There's no doubt 2020 was an innovative year for music and artists – but, says Dave Roberts, it owes a clear debt to 1964
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The CEO of Kiswe, which provided the tech for BTS' record-breaking digital concert earlier this year, on the future of shows in screens
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Pat Corcoran says he's owed $2.5m of his own money he invested in Chance, plus $3m in unpaid commissions
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Merck Mercuriadis: "We’ve been one of the FTSE 250’s biggest yielders and have now reached a £1.25 billion market cap."
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Peter Robinson wonders if the secret to a happy and successful artist career is focusing on your biggest fan – literally
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Stat Of The Week: How indie acts are central to the strategies of China's two biggest streaming music providers
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David Whitehead, an experienced artist manager who has worked with the likes of David Bowie, David Byrne, and Lloyd Cole, lays it all out for the next generation
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How Epidemic might pitch investors on its catalog, rather than its company
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Lyor Cohen calls on music industry to link arm-in-arm with YouTube to "pitch Madison Avenue"
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Reuters report points to another potential ten-figure moment for the modern record business
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What we learned from Michael Rapino and co. during firm's quarterly fiscal update last week
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MBW digs into the numbers behind Spotify's newly-announced Q3 results – and discovers a surprising failure in the company's mission to grow everywhere
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Firm's recorded music streaming revenues grew by over $120m in the three months to end of September
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Stat Of The Week: Universal Music Group had its best ever quarter in Q3 2020, generating over $2bn... despite its merch division seeing revenues fall 44.4% year-on-year
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Vivendi-owned company has already posted over $400m more from streaming in 2020 than it did at the same stage of 2019