Analysis News Over 66% of all music listening in the US is now of catalog records, rather than new releases New MRC Data report shows how catalog has increased its dominance over new music in 2021
Analysis News TikTok is parking its tanks on YouTube’s lawn… as report says its users are more engaged than its rival’s TikTok surpasses YouTube for average hours spent per month per user in both the US and the UK on Android
Analysis News Queen’s music is making crazy money. Could it be worth over a billion dollars? MBW digs behind the finances of a band with true evergreen appeal
Analysis News From Kobalt’s profitability to Scooter Braun’s new job: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
Analysis News Maneskin might be the music industry story of 2021… but they just split from their manager Maneskin now count over 29m monthly listeners on Spotify
Analysis Blog The rise of Maneskin reminds the world of the power of Eurovision – and of Italian music. "Does this signal the end of the Anglo-American dominance of popular music and a new-found pride for European countries in their domestic artists?"
Analysis Blog Let’s welcome Sony’s forward-thinking move on unrecouped artists. But let’s keep going. Annabella Coldrick, the CEO of the Music Managers' Forum, on the label policy that's got the whole industry talking
Analysis Blog What can music learn from the rise and rise of the video games business? Kim Bayley, the CEO of the UK's Entertainment Retailers Association, shares her thoughts
Analysis News Hipgnosis Songs Fund now owns a music catalog worth over $2.2 billion MBW pulls out three things you need to know about UK-listed company's latest annual results
Analysis Blog ‘We need to strengthen authors rights, think global and nurture our unity.’ Björn Ulvaeus, ABBA co-founder and President of CISAC calls for greater rights for creators in this op/ed
Analysis 3 things to know about Believe’s finances, as it launches IPO at a €2 billion company valuation MBW breaks down Believe's finances to get a handle on the company as it launches its long-awaited IPO
Analysis Blog Making change in diversity as a woman in music Paulette Long OBE discusses material steps the industry needs to take to a more diverse tomorrow
Analysis News From Sony’s big spending to BTS streams on Spotify: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past five days in the global music business
Analysis Blog PPL CEO Peter Leathem on the impact of COVID, emergency measures and a positive future Collection society boss reflects on "one of the most challenging years in PPL's history"
Analysis News From Universal’s 10% sell-off to Sony Music under investigation: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest headlines from the past five days in the music industry