News 90% of Nordic population stream music, but free services dominate Only 43% of the region's population are premium subscribers
Blog Releasing music is easy. Building a music career is harder than ever Absolute Label Services Director Simon Wills on Spotify's challenge to traditional gatekeepers and why career artists may feel not much has changed
News Warner/Chappell Music Mexico hires Carlos Ruiz Díaz as Managing Director Diaz reports to Gustavo Menendez, President, Warner/Chappell Music, Latin America
News YouTube: We’ve paid the music business $1.8bn in ad money over the past 12 months That's nearly double what YouTube paid out in 2016
News India’s JioMusic to rebrand as JioSaavn after $1bn merger – report Saavn's entire catalog will reportedly be made available on JioSaavn
News How do you compete with Shazam and Apple if you’re in the music recognition business? Brands and developers can now license SoundHound's music search technology
News Lyor Cohen warns music industry over ‘unintended consequences’ of Article 13 YouTube’s Global Head of Music slams Article 13 in a monthly newsletter to industry execs
Analysis What’s the value of a song when Artificial Intelligence is everywhere? 'AI is merely forcing us to reckon even more explicitly with the tension between originality and value, collaboration and consumption.'
News New IMPEL elects Board at first AGM in London Ryan Farley, Simon Harris, Mary Jo Mannella and Paul Tunkin added to original management team to complete organisation’s first Board of Directors
Analysis The mythical power of streaming playlists: is it more hype than substance? Is the end of the 'playlist era' soon upon us?
Interviews ‘Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would ever make a living out of music.’ Clarence Spalding on his career, his life – and managing the biggest country artists on earth
Analysis A&R ‘Moneyball’ is hotter than ever. But will it actually improve the music business? After Apple's acqui-hire of Asaii, what's next for AI-driven artist discovery?
News BMG extends digital licensing deal with GEMA to 48 more territories The deal has extended to territories such as Russia, Turkey, the Middle East and Africa
News Believe buys one of Europe’s biggest independent distributors – Germany’s Groove Attack Believe is in contention to become the largest independent music company in Germany
News Deezer launches in Middle East & North Africa with exclusive Rotana catalog The launch follows Deezer's exclusive digital distribution deal with Rotana Group earlier this year