Analysis News Two years ago, Pandora was bought for $3.5bn. It’s since lost over 10m users. But SiriusXM's overall revenues grow handsomely year-on-year anyway
Analysis News From Universal’s scrubbed SPAC sell-off to Warner’s Doug Morris label buyout: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
Analysis Blog What would it really take to decentralize the music industry? Revelator CEO and Founder Bruno Guez outlines what it would take to fully decentralize music
Analysis News Are we witnessing the death of the streaming megahit? MBW analysis of MRC Data figures shows a dramatic reduction in streaming market share for Top 10 hits
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