Interviews ‘A breakthrough artist is a much more complex idea than a breakthrough song’ Twenty One Pilots manager Chris Woltman explains the band's patient rise to the top
News The 5 biggest music business news stories of 2017. (Yes, 2017.) Google, Facebook, Columbia and Spotify will all feature heavily on MBW next year
News You can now search Apple Music by composer When tracks are in your library - songwriter info is attached
News Sir Lucian Grainge’s festive message – read it in full Exec covers Kanye West, streaming, SoundCloud and more in end of year missive
News ASCAP inks five-year deal with RMLC – including improved royalty rate More than 10m works covered by major radio deal
Interviews Atlantic Records’ Julie Greenwald: ‘It’s not enough to be smart. You have to be smart… and out-hustle everyone’ Julie Greenwald talks Atlantic Records, Craig Kallman, streaming and Lyor Cohen
Analysis News The global music copyright business is worth more than you think – and grew by nearly $1bn last year Spotify's economics chief Will Page explains how both publishing and records are growing
Analysis News Streaming drives Warner Music’s biggest annual revenues in 8 years Major music company posts more than $3.2bn in sales to end of September
News Apple Music surpasses 20m paying subscribers 17 months after launch Apple has added ten million subscribers in 2016 alone
Interviews Steve Barnett on running Capitol: ‘Your faith has to be greater than your fear’ The Universal exec talks about Lucian Grainge, industry politics and his years at Columbia
News Aggressive Live Nation buys again with 7th major acquisition of 2016 Splendour in the Grass snapped up with Secret Sounds Group
News Why these 7 music business execs just visited Palestine – and want you to join them in 2017 Martin Goldschmidt leads project in Ramallah with six industry friends
News Beyonce single Daddy Lessons lands on Spotify and Apple Music Re-record of Lemonade track Daddy Lessons breaks out of Tidal exclusive
News Ole Obermann officially appointed to head Business Development at Warner Exec joins after a decade at Sony Music Entertainment
Analysis Blog How managers are helping drive forward artists’ recording careers The MMF's Annabella Coldrick talks to some of the most entrepreneurial music execs around