News Martin Bandier: 44% rise in US streaming royalties for songwriters is ‘very positive ruling’ Sony/ATV chief ways in on landmark decision
Analysis The Billboard Power 100: an undignified, outmoded blight on a new music business 'An ugly advertisement for the blockbuster music business's worst insecurities and its most wretched vanity'?
News Major victory for songwriters as US streaming royalty rates rise 44% Landmark Copyright Royalty Board ruling changes the game in US market
News Former Warner streaming exec launches artist-friendly record label Playlists.net founder Kieron Donoghue to lead streaming-focused independent label, Humble Angel Records
News Universal sued by Enrique Iglesias for ‘systematically underpaying streaming royalties’ Lawsuit alleges that artist is owed "millions" of dollars
News YouTube is paying artists’ promotion budgets… if they promise not to criticize YouTube, says report Bloomberg report suggests deal is being done as industry relations with service improve
News YouTube muscles in on Vevo’s territory with new Official Artist Channels Official Artist Channels will consolidate artist's subscriber base into a single hub
News Scooter Braun to deliver keynote at Midem SB Projects founder to discuss his career to date at annual conference in Cannes
Interviews “Every songwriter needs to sit there, keep going, and wait for ‘it’ to happen” ABBA legend Benny Andersson is our latest World's Greatest Songwriter
News Daniel Ek and Troy Carter named Music Visionaries of the Year Spotify execs honored by the UJA-Federation of New York
News Is the UK music industry set for a gender pay gap row? As UK music companies get ready to publicly reveal gender pay gap statistics, how might any disparity be improved?
Analysis Is the music business ready for 10 years of hard work? UK market turned over nearly £1bn less last year than it did in 2001
News Dubset inks deal with TIDAL to distribute remixes on streaming platform Platform now distributes to Spotify, Apple Music and TIDAL
News There were 4 times as many paid on-demand audio streams as ‘free’ ones in the US last year Streams happening on subscription tiers rose 57.5% to hit 301.3bn, according to BuzzAngle report
Analysis UK album sales have been cut in half since 2010 45.8m physical albums (ie. CD and vinyl) and 13.8m digital albums sold in 2017