Analysis News Positive signs: Music streaming spend is rising in the US, even amid Coronavirus lockdown News is in contrast to report out of Spain earlier this month
News Live Nation to slash costs by up to $500m this year as boss Michael Rapino sacrifices $3m annual salary Michael Rapino: "[We] believe that Live Nation has the financial strength to weather this difficult time."
News TikTok commits $375m to COVID-19 relief efforts 'We want to magnify all we are seeing across our community and translate it into concrete relief for those most affected by this crisis.'
News Sony invests $400m in Chinese video streaming platform Bilibili Sony has acquired a 4.98% stake in the company
Interviews Nile Rodgers on his production, his philosophy – and why he believes you should ’embrace failure’ Our World's Greatest Producers series kicks off with a legend: Nile Rodgers
News SoundExchange hits $7bn in lifetime royalty distributions SoundExchange also distributed a total of $224m during Q1 2020
Interviews ‘A&R is about giving a voice to artists that you believe are important.’ Omnian Music MD Jane Abernethy discusses working with artists and A&R and the challenges and developments she’s experienced in the independent music sector
News Spotify enables more artists & businesses to run audio ads as self-serve ‘Ad Studio’ moves out of beta and expands into 18 new markets 'Ad Studio marks the start of a new chapter.'
News The Hottest Independent Artists In The World: Adeline, Brye, Matilda Mann, Mnelia and Rozei Meet the latest group of indie artists handpicked from Instrumental's 'Hot' list
News Austin Daboh leaving Apple for senior role at Atlantic Records UK Former Spotify exec hired in EVP position at major record company
News London’s BST Hyde Park 2020 canceled due to Coronavirus 'It is with great sadness that we have made the difficult decision to cancel BST Hyde Park 2020.'
News PRS for Music pays out record $215m in April 2020 distribution PRS counts 145,500 songwriter, composer and music publisher members in the UK and worldwide
News Warner’s Arts Music division inks global deal with Fred Rogers Productions for hit children’s series Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood New music from the show will soon be released under the deal
News Post Malone countersues musician in dispute over credit for hit, Circles Tyler Armes is suing Post Malone to be credited as a co-writer and co-producer on the No.1 single
News MBW launches World’s Greatest Producers series, supported by Hipgnosis Songs Fund First in our new series will be an in-depth interview with Nile Rodgers himself
News Round Hill acquires catalog of Goo Goo Dolls frontman Johnny Rzeznik Goo Goo Dolls have sold 12 million records worldwide
News Apple Music launches $50m advance fund for independent labels hit by COVID-19 impact And MBW's sources suggest that Apple's global subscriber numbers continued to grow month-on-month in March
News Sales of music and merch through artist website hosting provider Bandzoogle surpass $60m Platform powers over 45,000 websites