Analysis Blog Dropping ‘Urban’: Déjà vu All Over Again David C. Linton, Chairman of The Living Legends Foundation, offers a timely history lesson on the US business
Analysis Blog The Elephant In The Room Lawyer and US industry veteran, Ron Sweeney, gives his thoughts on what the major labels should do next
Analysis Blog ‘The main issue we have as an industry is lack of economic inclusion for black people.’ British artist manager Allan Siema discusses empirical data that shows non-white individuals still dominate the UK music industry workforce
Analysis Hipgnosis, with a catalog worth nearly $1bn, is becoming less reliant on modern pop hits New trading update from Merck Mercuriadis' company reveals much about its performance in the past year
Analysis Blog ‘This awareness of racism in the industry should not last for one day, or one week, or one year. This should last forever.’ Keith Harris OBE on 'Black Out Tuesday' and the importance of fighting racial inequality in business
Analysis TikTok owner Bytedance generated over $17bn in 2019 – more than YouTube made from ads Bytedance generated around $47m every day last year. Should Alphabet be worried?
Analysis The music industry is still obsessed with charts – but is it always looking at the right data? US consumer surveys from MusicWatch shows that measuring music's popularity goes far beyond the Spotify charts
Analysis News Is Len Blavatnik about to complete the shrewdest deal in the history of the record business? The case for Len Blavatnik having made the smartest acquisitive move in record industry history
Analysis Spotify’s $100m+ Joe Rogan deal redefines its podcast strategy. Songwriters and record labels should be watching closely. Why Spotify's big money buys might concern music's most powerful rightsholders
Analysis News Goldman Sachs just cut its 2020 paid music streaming revenue forecast by $2.2bn… but the future still looks bright Adjustments to the financial giant's forecasts say much about the future of the music business at large
Analysis News Another billion-dollar quarter for Sony Music, as streaming revenues jump 27.4% year-on-year Recorded music revenues rose 13.5% YoY in the quarter
Analysis Blog ‘Make your imagination real. Now is the time.’ Sean Glass on the opportunities presented by lockdown – and the changing face of entertainment media
Analysis News China’s NetEase Cloud Music, with over 800m users, gains rights to use 1.3m Warner Chappell songs Deal comes as Tencent exclusivity deals are said to be expected to expire over next two years
Analysis News Michael Rapino talks cost-cutting, fan-less concerts, and pressing pause on Live Nation’s big Mexico deal The five things you need to know about the live giant's Q1 earnings
Analysis Blog ‘Ultimately our people, our human capital, is the most important asset of our business, and we need to take care of it.’ Denis Ladegaillerie, Believe CEO, on what his company has done during COVID lockdown – and why