Music Business News: Germany

‘Streaming gives wider access to all genres of music, and that is especially true of classical.’

Tomas Wise on his company's rebrand and the future for music publishing

Unlike SXSW, event promoter DEAG says it has ‘full insurance’ for Coronavirus cancellations

"Events canceled by the authorities due to COVID-19 are insured."

Six months free Spotify Premium offered on select Samsung Galaxy devices in the US, Germany and Italy

Spotify became Samsung’s ‘go-to music service provider’ in 2018

The global recorded music business generated over $50m a day last year – and more than $2m of it went to DIY artists

Midia Research's numbers suggest DIY artists took a 4.1% market share, with Universal Music Group on 30%

Spotify fake stream site smashed by record industry injunction in Germany

"This should be seen as a signal to other manipulation services that we are prepared to take action against them.”

DIY artists generated $821m in 2019 – now Amuse is launching a Pro subscription tier to ‘accelerate their careers’

"With Pro, we’re giving our users more features to accelerate their careers, at an accessible price," says Amuse boss Diego Farais

Did Germany just overtake the UK as the world’s third biggest recorded music market?

BVMI numbers are slightly bigger than UK's for last year – but there's a caveat

Streaming revenues topped $1bn in Germany for the first time last year, with total recorded music sales up 8.2%

Streaming accounted for 55.1% of total revenues