Interviews ‘It’s alright to feel fear – so long as you ignore it.’ Richard Russell has laid his life bare in a new memoir. He tells MBW about independence, insecurity and identity...
Analysis Live Nation spent more on ticketing in Q2 than its fans did Michael Rapino discusses Live Nation's horrible Q2 - and the bright future in 2021 and beyond
Interviews Ditto Management on going Top 5 in the UK: ‘We’re not in the old school music industry club – we’ve got data instead!’ Matt Dodds on the first year of Ditto's management company – and its plans to break "household names" globally
Analysis News As Round Hill sues TuneCore for $33m, could war break out between publishers and indie distributors? Could Richard Busch's latest industry lawsuit inspire other indie publishers to take legal action?
News Elektra France inks exclusive deal with South African artist Master KG Signing comes through WMG’s partnership with Africori
Analysis News Sony Music’s streaming revenues grew 15.6% in H1 2020 – but pandemic hit calendar Q2 period Streaming keeps moving up, but physical and licensing revenues hurt in three months to end of June
News Universal’s stake in Spotify is worth over $1.6bn… but it’s got no plans to sell up Vivendi's CEO and CFO state that they have "no intention" of selling UMG's shareholding in streaming giant
News Licensed music is coming to Snapchat, as parent strikes deals with Warner, UMPG and more It looks like Snapchat will be more closely rivalling TikTok in the weeks ahead...
News YouTube threatens to remove music videos in Denmark over songwriter royalty fallout Koda claims that YouTube is trying to pay its member nearly 70% less in royalties
News Triller warned that it ‘must legitimize its business by properly licensing all music on its platform’ NMPA comments on platform's music licensing
News Jeff Bezos isn’t sure if Twitch pays royalties to artists (it doesn’t) Amazon boss not aware of licensing fallout on his company's livestreaming platform
Analysis News Spotify thinks the Top 40 is over (and other key takeaways from its Q2 results) What we learned about Premium subs around the world, that Universal deal and SPOT's advertising woes
News TikTok CEO slams rival Facebook for ‘maligning attacks’, opens app’s code to examination Mayer addresses security concerns and competition in wide-ranging blog post
News Spotify subscriber count grew by 8m in Q2 – but advertising revenues fell 21% year-on-year Ad-supported revenues fall 21% year-on-year in COVID-hit quarter
News Watch out TikTok: US-based rival Triller is raising between $200m and $300m Company is starting to pinch leading TikTok influencers for its platform