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
Analysis News Which US company might soon buy 10% of Universal Music Group… in a multi-billion dollar deal? New filing also suggests Vivendi might float 70%, rather than 60%, of UMG
Analysis Blog The music industry just took a backwards step on streaming pricing… in glorious HD Why Amazon and Apple's latest announcements bear the hallmarks of an own goal for music rightsholders
Analysis Blog Unearthing the music industry’s buried treasure Chris Sheehan, founder of Karousel Music's Buried Treasure, on why re-energizing the past could unlock huge potential for the music industry
Analysis News After Spotify’s (slight) price hike, Warner Music Group boss Steve Cooper expects music streaming prices will begin ‘closing the gap’ on video services Cooper responds to Spotify's confirmation that it will be raising some prices in key markets, including the US
Analysis Is a reckoning coming to the way collection societies spend songwriters’ money? Stat Of The Week: Why new data from PRS For Music and GEMA may raise alarm on Wall Street
Analysis Goldman Sachs: Universal is worth over $50bn, and global music streaming revenues will rise $3bn this year Latest Music In The Air report has been obtained by MBW - and it'll put a spring in the industry's step
Analysis News Spotify’s average subscriber is now paying less than $5 per month Bang goes the ARPU (again), as SPOT reveals figure fell to just €4.12 in the first three months of 2021
Analysis Netflix is going ‘wobbly’ without fresh hits. The music industry is learning to live with the same thing. Netflix is relying on classic movies, rather than new ones. Meanwhile, the music industry is saying: "Hasta la vista, ARPU."
Analysis News Apple Music just made a lot of claims about what it pays artists. Let’s take a closer look. A new email from Apple has revealed some big numbers, and a couple of digs at Spotify. MBW gives its take.
Analysis Blog The music industry must respond to the greatest challenge humanity faces. Introducing EarthPercent. This MBW op/ed comes from Mike Smith, Global President of Downtown Music Publishing
Analysis News TikTok users watch the app for an average of 89 minutes per day – and there’s 732m of them worldwide Leaked pitch deck reveals a slew of the Bytedance app's key numbers in 2021