IFPI In The News

Why Spotify needs to up its game outside of Europe and the Americas (and is making big bets to do so)

If Spotify's expanding into India, its investors should prepare themselves for a tough challenge ahead

Record industry attacks YouTube for ‘carpet-bombing propaganda’ over Article 13

Labels respond to latest Lyor Cohen op/ed, which claims artists will be paid less after Article 13

Lyor Cohen: Article 13 could mean ‘less money for artists and songwriters on YouTube’

'Article 13 would [open up] YouTube... to unmitigated liability and such a large financial risk, we would be forced to block huge amounts of video.'

YouTube: We’ve paid the music business $1.8bn in ad money over the past 12 months

That's nearly double what YouTube paid out in 2016

A&R ‘Moneyball’ is hotter than ever. But will it actually improve the music business?

After Apple's acqui-hire of Asaii, what's next for AI-driven artist discovery?

ERA: IFPI report ‘disenfranchises’ millions of physical music fans

UK's Entertainment Retailers Association protests at IFPI report which excludes physical formats

Music piracy ‘a significant issue’ says IFPI

IFPI publishes Music Consumer Insight Report 2018 which analyses recorded music engagement across 20 of the world’s largest markets

John Phelan appointed Director General of ICMP

Phelan joins after three years at IFPI