BPI In The News

Bill Gates said content would be king. So why are ad-funded services paying us so little?

The BPI's Geoff Taylor discusses labels' big challenges in 2015 - especially YouTube

What the BPI thinks of MBW’s recent analysis (and criticism) of UK A&R.

Geoff Taylor responds to MBW's recent analysis. And then we respond to Geoff.

Major label A&R crisis? What major label A&R crisis?

Alison Donald, Nick Gatfield and Jim Chancellor debate this week's scary numbers

Hang on… is the A&R hit rate of UK major labels just 5.7%?

A different way of looking at the BPI's latest A&R stats

Major label A&R spend has shot up in the UK. So why are old artists dominating this week’s chart?

James Bay, Jess Glynne and Years & Years keep 2015 young

Who spends more on A&R: Record labels or music publishers?

The two figures may be closer than you think

Nick Gatfield and BPI Chief Geoff Taylor join MBW at November’s Music Futures

MBW will host panel on A&R and data on November 12

Streaming set to surpass all-time download record in France

Historic achievement coming in market where downloads have struggled