News Amy Thomson, who managed Swedish House Mafia and marketed Kanye West, reveals the most important things she knows about artist management and marketing Thomson also teases new platform which, she says, recovered $4m in royalties for an artist's catalog
News Could the music industry do more to help artists and songwriters whose income has been hit by Coronavirus? Should 'black box' money and discretionary advances be paid over to music's creative community amid the pandemic?
News SoundCloud Go+ rolled out in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden Premium tier is now available in 19 countries
News Coronavirus quarantine appears to be driving a global TikTok download boom Data from SensorTower, provided to MBW, shows a definite trend in the US and worldwide
News $500m-backed Saban Music Group’s first release tops Latin Airplay Chart Company is backed by multi-billionaire entertainment mogul, Haim Saban
Analysis News Confirmed: Music streaming WAS down last week amid Coronavirus quarantine… but not on YouTube MBW takes a look at streaming across the globe, the US, Italy and the UK
Analysis News Screw you, Coronavirus. At least music’s streaming business is still booming. How are music streaming services faring in a COVID-19-hit world?
News As concert income drops, could fan investments create a new revenue stream for artists? Swiss Estus AG invests $1.7m in Austrian fan-funding startup Global Rockstar
News Tencent Music generated over $1bn from online music last year, ending 2019 with 39.9m paying users TME generated $514m from paying online music subscribers in the year
News Raine Group forecasts that independent artist sector will earn over $2bn this year Merchant bank says 'DIY' artist income, specifically, will jump by 27% to $1.22 billion in 2020
News Amazon Music opens up streaming data with Amazon Music For Artists app App gives artists access to near-real-time streaming data, providing artists with the latest streaming data across their entire catalog
News Apple inks new deals with Universal, Sony and Warner for music streaming Deal does not include license for Apple Music and TV bundle
Interviews What’s it like to be a music company in the middle of the Coronavirus lockdown in Italy? Artist First founder Claudio Ferrante on life and business under Coronavirus lockdown in Italy
Analysis News Tencent Music isn’t actually a Chinese company. Why should the global music business care? Why the company's Cayman Islands setup should be closely scrutinized by music's biggest players
News Pro Music Rights sues ‘the entire music industry’ for allegedly ‘running an illegal cartel’ Lawsuit was filed in Connecticut federal court Monday (March 9)