Analysis The US recorded music industry grew by over $1bn in 2020 – but faces big challenges over streaming’s pricing, and its future The RIAA's latest figures show a surging streaming market – with one notable cause for concern
Analysis Blog The Services Sector Is Transforming The Future Of The Music Industry Justin Kalifowitz, CEO of Downtown Music Holdings, paints a picture of how the music industry is changing
News ‘Winning a BRIT and going to No.1 first time is not the reality of how the music industry works.’ Check out an exclusive extract from Sound Advice — a new health-focused career guide for musicians and those that work with them
News IFPI launches ‘transformative’ shared system for performance rights revenue distribution in Asia IFPI and licensing companies in India, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand launch shared rights distribution system
Analysis Over 60,000 tracks are now uploaded to Spotify every day. That’s nearly one per second. The numbers behind some major announcements from Spotify unveiled this week
News Canadian music fund aiming to spend $200m launches, led by Michael McCarty Fund is specifically looking to buy music rights created in Canada
Analysis ‘I love streaming, I just hate the remuneration system sitting inside it.’ Tom Gray, musician and founder of #BrokenRecord, explains the objectives of the campaign
News EMPIRE opens West Asia and North Africa division, hires Suhel Nafar as VP, Strategy and Market Development Most recently, Nafar worked at Spotify as the Global Lead of Arab Music & Culture
News Jill Pedone joins Sumerian Records as Chief Strategy Officer Company also plans to expand into London later this year
News Big Hit and Universal ‘rewrite global music history’ with joint K-pop label, expanded partnership Global search for K-pop boy band set to begin in 2022 as Bang Si-Hyuk and Sir Lucian Grainge announce new pact
News Spotify bins Secret Genius, launches Noteable hub for songwriters, producers and publishers Noteable to act as 'one central space for the community,' says SPOT
News Grammy-winning artist and songwriter Jacob Collier renews publishing deal with Concord Deal includes Collier’s full catalog and future works
News Another giant podcast buy: iHeartMedia to acquire Triton Digital for $230m Acquisition is the latest of iHeartMedia’s investments in the audio technology space
Artist: Travis ScottSongwriter, Producer, Performer Travis Scott is a rapper, songwriter and producer, known for hits including Sicko Mode feat. Drake and Highest In The Room, and his performances on Fortnite
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