Blog Where is the accountability in a ‘label services’ deal? Label services deals offer a lot of freedom - but is a sustainable business model sometimes forgotten?
Analysis Blog ‘There are 365m people in China willing to pay for entertainment. The music market is about to explode.’ LiHui Shen runs China's biggest independent record label. He's feeling very optimistic about the future.
Analysis Blog The buzzword of the music business is ‘transparency’ – perhaps it should be ‘simplicity’ Sound Advice's Robert Horsfall has been representing artists and labels for decades. He says change is in the air.
Blog News ‘The major labels are spending big on data. Indies must turn to tech to compete’ Absolute Label Services' Simon Wills on the company's new AI tool, and the importance of smart data
Blog News YouTube must not be allowed to benefit from ‘legalised piracy on an unimaginable scale’ BASCA's Vick Bain on why the EU cannot give YouTube a legal 'exception' from paying more for music
Analysis Blog YouTube’s double standards add insult to injury for the music business YouTube is charging TV fans $35 a month, while charging music fans... nothing.
Analysis Blog ‘Artist managers are missing out on millions by over-relying on big banks’ 'Financial institutions have been overcharging the music industry for years,' says Centtrip Music boss Tony North
Blog News The UK music industry tried to agree a ‘transparency code’ for streaming royalties. It collapsed – here’s why Andy Edwards explains what happened to his big idea
Analysis Blog Are the major labels in danger of turning music streaming into a monopoly owned by Apple? Songtradr's Paul Wiltshire warns majors not to kill off Spotify
Analysis Blog How managers are helping drive forward artists’ recording careers The MMF's Annabella Coldrick talks to some of the most entrepreneurial music execs around
Blog The 5 mistakes musicians keep making with their website The things independent artists must consider about their online presence
Analysis Blog ‘The music industry is leaving billions on the table because we frustrate fans’ Why direct-to-consumer music retail failed, and now might rise again
Analysis Blog Ticket touts made $3m from the last Mumford & Sons tour. $0 went back to the music industry. Everybody's Management founder Adam Tudhope pens pointed blog about secondary ticketing
Blog ‘Rather than a land grab, streaming should be a race to build the most excitement’ Former Apple Music employee Sean Glass tackles solutions for the problems he sees in the music business