Analysis Australia: Income from free streaming platforms FELL in 2014 Digital downloads are bringing in five times the income from streaming
Analysis Norway’s music market stopped growing in 2014 – because the CD crashed and burned Physical sales down 38%, downloads down 15%
Blog The music industry’s worst nightmare is nearly here: Amazon and Apple as content kings Amazon is becoming a content producer. Apple is already a label. Worried?
Analysis News Shazam valued at $1bn – but it hasn’t turned a profit for over 7 years Last posted a net profit in 2006 - £4.28m
News BMG teams with Nacho Cano’s publishing company Yogisongs Includes compositions from Mecano as well as solo work
News EC could kill off PRS/GEMA/STIM alliance by the summer Commission has 90 working days to take a decision
News Pandora’s share price tumbles 50% in a year Concern over a slowdown in listening hours hits hard
News Rock music is twice as popular as pop in America – but R&B rules streaming Rock takes 33% of album sales vs. pop's 11%
News New Spanish chart counts streams, downloads and CD sales Streaming accounts for 70% of Spain's national singles chart
News Radio, not YouTube, is still king of music discovery 51% of US consumers use radio to discover new music
News Is Universal fixing streaming’s transparency problem? Bono seems to think so… U2 man says UMG can 'direct-credit' artists with streaming payments
Analysis How long will streaming take to dominate the music business? Will streaming dominate US market by 2016?
Analysis Why the music business would be mad to let the CD die CD unit sales declined just 0.46% in the UK last year
Analysis UK digital album sales fall for first time in history Ed Sheeran's X best-selling album overall with 1.3m tally