Analysis The Universal fire may be ‘heartbreaking’ – but don’t expect much impact on the music biz story of the year "It is not clear to us that the fire in the LA storage facility should have any impact on either the valuation of UMG or the sale process."
Analysis News Hip-hop and R&B loses market share of US streams – but so does Rock, Pop and Latin Genre still dominates streaming – but with less market share than in H1 2018
Analysis Audio streaming growth fell by 5% in the United States in the first half of 2019 Lil Nas X was the biggest track in H1 2019 – but he couldnt prevent a slight slowdown in the numbers
Analysis Blog Should Spotify pay songwriters and publishers the same amount as it pays artists and record labels? How much money can streaming services expect to pay in future – and why Atlas Music Publishing's CEO is thinking differently...
Analysis Blog If songs are more important than ever, why don’t more music publishers act like it? Downtown CEO Justin Kalifowitz says the industry can be doing much more for its star talent
Analysis The major record labels are signing over 50 artists a month. Is that too many? The majors are inking deals with over 600 artists every year
Analysis How much money is the US music publishing industry making? A billion dollars more than it was 4 years ago. New stats from the NMPA, analyzed by MBW, reveal some surprising commercial facts
Analysis Why spend $4.1bn on A&R? Because new artists are accelerating streaming’s growth. Some more good news for Lil Nas X and his contemporaries...
Analysis Record labels are spending more and more on signing (and paying) artists… How the record business's new-age economics are really starting to show
Analysis News Spotify is encouraging artists to make their own podcasts using Anchor Why Spotify's new strategy could result in a clearer ROI at the platform
Analysis BBC Radio 1 now reaches 17% of the UK population, down from 23% in 2011 Commercial radio and BBC Radio 2's reach has remained consistent in same timeframe
Analysis Instagram’s new e-commerce features could transform music marketing – but only if the record industry is willing to change Should record labels start approaching Instagram differently?
Analysis News The average salary of a Spotify employee hit $132,301 last year – more than double what it was in 2011 How the salaries at streaming music's market leader have changed over the past decade
Analysis Blog The record industry is booming again – but the digital services who rescued it deserve better Kim Bayley: 'An insidious rise in name-calling towards digital services and an apparently wilful dismissal of their contribution is on the rise.'
Analysis News Universal is becoming more global – but, like the record industry, it’s actually becoming more American too How the United States has increased its financial power in the global record industry in the past few years