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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."

Ethiopia Habtemariam: ‘The music business is changing all the time. If you’re not willing to innovate, you’re gonna be left in the dust.’

Motown's Ethiopia Habtemariam on hip-hop's explosion, ego in the music business – and Motown's new age

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...

Rolling Stone launches new industry charts, taking on Billboard’s 200 and Hot 100 in the USA

Charts to launch publicly on Monday, May 13

US music streaming revenues grew 30% in 2018 to hit $7.4bn, as subscriptions topped 50m

$9.8bn generated at retail, with $6.6bn making its way back to artists and labels in wholesale payments

Daniel Ek wasn’t lying: streaming is becoming less dominated by mega-hits

The number of plays attracted by the Top 50 audio streaming hits last year went DOWN

Universal Music Group is worth $33bn, says Deutsche Bank

Investment group suggests Liberty Media, Tencent or Google could buy into UMG

How to have a streaming hit in the USA: hire 9.1 songwriters (and a rap artist)

BuzzAngle data reveals all you need to know about 2018's top-selling singles and albums