News ‘Urban music’ under fire as senior industry execs voice unease over widely-used term Jon Platt, Sam Taylor, DJ Semtex and more aren't fans of phrase's wider adoption
News Sir Lucian Grainge: ‘We can accelerate artist careers beyond anyone else.’ Universal boss addresses Capitol Music Group's annual conference
Analysis News The music business’s biggest stories of the past week: Universal, Vivendi, Sony, Apple, Troy Carter Here's what caught our attention over the past seven days...
News Universal and Sony are now turning over more than $500k from streaming every hour And they're both generating over $1m an hour from all formats...
Interviews ‘I saw people I really trusted turn into monsters…’ The story of Kiesza, a streaming mega-hit... and what happens when things go wrong with a major label
News Deezer raises $185m as new investment values company at over $1bn Access and Orange come back to the table, alongside Dubai-based Rotana
News YouTube Music is on a worldwide recruitment blitz for senior executives Over 15 senior music roles are currently advertised by Google-owned company
News Universal now generating over $50m every week from streaming – overall label revenues jumped 7.4% in H1 2018 Publishing revenues grew 11.1% in the period
News Vivendi set to sell up to 50% of Universal Music Group within 18 months – but rules out IPO "A sale of up to 50% of UMG’s share capital to one or more strategic partners, in order to extract the highest value"
News YouTube ups Victoria Campoamor to Global Head of Publishing Strategy and Operations Exec will relocate from London to New York for worldwide role
Analysis Blog Music piracy: It’s time to acknowledge the unlicensed elephant in the room MUSO's Andy Chatterley believes the industry is missing out on an opportunity presented by piracy
Analysis ‘The music industry of 2018 is witnessing the end of failure.’ Today’s business has no need for the bargain bin anymore. But, asks Peter Robinson, is that really such a good thing?
Analysis News How the global music copyright business grew by $1.5bn in 2016 (and why that’s amazing news today) Spotify's Director Of Economics, Will Page, explains how the music industry's size is accelerating
Interviews ‘Artists with longevity are like athletes – they always want to see how they can get better.’ Joie Manda on a career in hip-hop, and why the genre's been 'having a moment for 40 years'
Uncategorized ‘A lot of artists end up frustrated if they sign away their independence.’ Following a period of rapid global expansion, Ditto Music now has 19 offices around the world – and says it’s investing to build the music industry model of the future...