Analysis Blog ‘The main issue we have as an industry is lack of economic inclusion for black people.’ British artist manager Allan Siema discusses empirical data that shows non-white individuals still dominate the UK music industry workforce
Analysis Hipgnosis, with a catalog worth nearly $1bn, is becoming less reliant on modern pop hits New trading update from Merck Mercuriadis' company reveals much about its performance in the past year
News Tencent rival NetEase launches Hong Kong IPO Company is reportedly aiming to raise around $2.6bn through secondary listing
News Kobalt rejects Spotify’s ‘baseless allegations’ in Eminem publishing dispute Spotify claims that Kobalt granted licenses to the streaming platform for songs published by Eight Mile Style
News ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus named President of CISAC, taking over from Jean-Michel Jarre Ulvaeus was elected President by CISAC’s General Assembly
News Apple Music is dominating streams for US hip-hop releases (even more than you might think) Ebro Darden says "we've tried our best to align with the artist's creative agenda"
News Guy Oseary steps down from role at Live Nation’s Maverick Michael Rapino: "Guy built an incredible team at Maverick and his work with U2 and Madonna is unmatched."
News Streaming fallout in India: Tencent-backed Gaana refuses to pay record label Tips ‘high royalties’ – so Tips pulls its catalog "Somehow we couldn't reach a common ground."
Analysis TikTok owner Bytedance generated over $17bn in 2019 – more than YouTube made from ads Bytedance generated around $47m every day last year. Should Alphabet be worried?
News 82% of festival-goers ‘feel confident’ to return to live events after COVID-19 lockdown is lifted (report) 110,000 festival-goers from countries such as the UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands were surveyed
News Belgian rapper Zwangere Guy signs worldwide publishing deal with Strictly Confidential Debut album Wie Is Guy and follow up Brutaal both went to No.1 in Belgium's chart
Interviews ‘To succeed in a business that doesn’t really want anyone to succeed, you have to be quite confident.’ Justin Tranter is the latest interview in MBW's World's Greatest Songwriters series
Analysis Spotify’s $100m+ Joe Rogan deal redefines its podcast strategy. Songwriters and record labels should be watching closely. Why Spotify's big money buys might concern music's most powerful rightsholders
News BMG launches neighboring rights service, The Who’s Roger Daltrey signs up Heading the new service is VP Operations Strategy David Miller
Analysis News Goldman Sachs just cut its 2020 paid music streaming revenue forecast by $2.2bn… but the future still looks bright Adjustments to the financial giant's forecasts say much about the future of the music business at large