Analysis News Universal Music Group generated $2.7 billion in Q2; recorded music subscription streaming revenue grew 7.0% YoY BTS were UMG's biggest-selling artist globally in Q2 2022
Analysis Blog What’s music’s next new format? This op/ed comes from Inder Phull, CEO and co-founder of gaming and music metaverse company PIXELYNX
Analysis Blog Interviews Why I’m doubling our investment in the UK music industry, just when people say it’s losing global power. Lucas Keller’s belief in the hit-making ability of British songwriters, producers and artists is unwavering...
Analysis On the UK music industry market study: The show ain’t over till the IPO sings! Annabella Coldrick, CEO of the MMF, has her say on the Competition and Markets Authority's work
Analysis News From Epidemic Sound suing Meta/Facebook to new music ‘shrinking’… It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week - and why they matter
Analysis News On SoundCloud’s new deal with Warner Music (or why the debate over Fan-Powered Royalties is more complicated than ‘fairness’). A bold and brave agreement between two forward-thinking companies. But can FPR ever go 'mainstream'?
Analysis Blog How Four Tet vs. Domino points to our industry’s profit-share future This op/ed comes from UK-based Hunter Giles, who co-founded and leads Infinite Catalog, a royalty accounting software + service company
Analysis News Universal’s virtual band KINGSHIP just sold out its entire collection of 5,000 NFT ‘Key Cards’ KINGSHIP's members include four Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs
Analysis News Netflix lost 970,000 subscribers in Q2. How will Spotify fare? ARM, Netflix's equivalent of ARPU, was up 7% at constant currency YoY
Analysis News Amuse, now majority-owned by the UK’s Bridford Group, posts 61.5% revenue growth in 2021 In addition to growing its revenue last year, the firm also managed to reduce its operating loss by a third
Analysis News It’s official: New music is SHRINKING in popularity in the United States MBW crunches the numbers in Luminate's latest half-year report
Analysis News From Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s financial results to HYBE’s Disney deal… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up… The big stories from the past week
Analysis News So… how much did TikTok actually pay the music industry from its $4bn in revenues last year? Is the music business sleepwalking into a generational mistake in its deals with TikTok?
Analysis News What will music streaming services look like in a Web3 world? A panel of experts explore the topic of Web3 Music Services
Analysis News With $53m in annual revenues last year, Queen is still riding high from Bohemian Rhapsody (the movie) MBW digs through the band's UK filings... and they're doing very nicely