Analysis People over 45, not Millennials, are driving music subscription growth in the UK No less than 60% of new subscribers in the past year were 45 or older
Interviews ‘I’ve always been a person who’s comfortable with being uncomfortable.’ South Coast Music Group founder Arnold Taylor on DaBaby – and making it in the music business
News Why some record deals are being fast-tracked during Coronavirus lockdown Doug Davis, Tunji Balogun and Ty Stiklorius took part in a Zoom conversation about COVID-19's impact on the music business
News Bucks Music Group inks sub-publishing deal with Velvetica Music in France Deal sees companies represent each other in their respective territories
News The Hottest Independent Artists In The World: Nina Cobham, ELLIANA, Malaki, Ella Jane and mazie Our latest pick of new artists discovered by Instrumental's A&R platform
News TikTok crosses 2bn downloads, after racking up 500m in just 5 months TikTok reaches huge milestone amid COVID-19 crisis
Analysis News The music business has so much to learn from Epic Games From online retailing to virtual humans... the Fortnite maker is one step ahead on it all
Interviews ‘A great song is like a great script, somebody has to curate the vision.’ Atlantic Records' in-house producer Ebonie Smith discusses how she approaches production, lessons learned across her career, and why she’d like to do away with the term 'urban'
News Facebook goes on music biz hiring spree – as it announces plan to let creators charge for live-streamed events Run of music industry vacancies crop up amid major confirmation from social giant
News Indie label agency Merlin promotes Charlie Lexton to Chief Operating Officer Lexton joined Merlin as Head of Business Affairs in 2008
News Music Venue Trust Launches #saveourvenues campaign in support of over 500 grassroots UK music venues 'We have received some magnificent support so far from music companies, but we need a lot more to step up.'
News Merck Mercuriadis has spent over $1 billion on songs in less than 2 years… and he’s about to do it all over again Hipgnosis CEO joins the MBW Podcast to talk deals, ambitions... and industry controversy
News Taylor Swift: Scooter Braun paying $330m for Big Machine ‘wasn’t exactly a wise choice’ "Just another case of shameless greed in the time of Coronavirus. So tasteless, but very transparent."
News The Hottest Independent Artists In The World: Luz, Huron John, Dead Emerson, Bickle and Jenevieve Our latest pick of new artists discovered by Instrumental's A&R platform
News 2019 was a record year for Rap & Hip-Hop in the UK Rap and Hip-Hop releases comprised 21.5% of all consumption, up from 20.9% in 2018