Analysis News An acquisition you should care about: Pex buys music rights platform Dubset in $25m+ deal "This acquisition will immediately expand rights holders’ abilities to locate, protect, and monetize use of their catalog"
Analysis News The global recorded music business generated over $50m a day last year – and more than $2m of it went to DIY artists Midia Research's numbers suggest DIY artists took a 4.1% market share, with Universal Music Group on 30%
Analysis News DIY artists generated $821m in 2019 – now Amuse is launching a Pro subscription tier to ‘accelerate their careers’ "With Pro, we’re giving our users more features to accelerate their careers, at an accessible price," says Amuse boss Diego Farais
Analysis News Universal claims 80%-plus share of 2019’s Top 10 biggest global artists… led by Taylor Swift Major has signed and/or distributes eight of this year's biggest acts (and also works with BTS)
Analysis What the US record industry should fear about its future – and what it deserves to celebrate Netflix, vinyl, streaming and Spotify's share of revenues all feature in MBW's review of the USA market
Analysis News Streaming is getting bigger in Japan, with the likes of Spotify generating over $380m in market last year Industry audio streaming revenues grew 33.8% in Japan last year, shows MBW analysis
Analysis News Did Germany just overtake the UK as the world’s third biggest recorded music market? BVMI numbers are slightly bigger than UK's for last year – but there's a caveat
Analysis It’s happened: The major labels are now generating over $1m every hour from streaming MBW analysis shows that Universal saw recorded music streaming growth in excess of $600m in 2019
Analysis YouTube says it paid the music industry over $3bn last year – equivalent to 20% of its annual ad revenue. Is that good? On balance, YouTube looks likely to have just become the global music industry's second biggest streaming partner
Analysis Blog The Great Secret Of The Modern Music Business MBW columnist Peter Robinson on the role of the music critic, and the reality of today's industry
Analysis Blog A Call to Arms: ‘Universal, Sony, Warner, Spotify, Apple, Amazon, YouTube… dig deep and help us.’ Ministry Of Sound Chairman Lohan Presencer calls on music's biggest companies to stump up for small venues
Analysis News Jay-Z’s TIDAL saw global revenues rise to $148m in 2018 (update) Losses narrow at streaming service which famously served superstars with equity stakes
Analysis Daniel Ek talks paid-for promotion, podcasts and Spotify’s mission to become ‘the world’s No.1 audio platform’ What does Spotify's CEO have to say on key issues facing the company in 2020?
Analysis News Sony Music revenues grew by over $250m in calendar 2019, topping $4bn Fine Line by Harry Styles was Sony Music's biggest seller in calendar Q4 last year
Analysis News Grammys 2020 TV audience fell by over a million viewers versus last year, as just 5.4% of 18-to-49-year-olds tuned in That's the lowest percentage in key age bracket of all time