News US recorded music revenues hit $11.1bn in 2019 and streaming accounted for nearly 80% of it The RIAA has published its 2019 Year-End US Music Industry Revenue Report
Analysis It’s happened: The major labels are now generating over $1m every hour from streaming MBW analysis shows that Universal saw recorded music streaming growth in excess of $600m in 2019
News Kobalt signs Australian pop star Tones & I to neighboring rights deal Artist is behind the global hit, Dance Monkey
News Deezer expands playlist brands into ‘LIVE’ concerts; recorded gigs to be available exclusively on platform First event is Rocket LIVE in Paris on February 19
Analysis YouTube says it paid the music industry over $3bn last year – equivalent to 20% of its annual ad revenue. Is that good? On balance, YouTube looks likely to have just become the global music industry's second biggest streaming partner
News Rap & production duo Frankie Stew and Harvey Gunn sign with Absolute Duo have more than 21m streams across Spotify and Apple Music
News Streaming and playlisting expert Kieron Donoghue signs up as MBW’s new columnist Warner's former global boss of playlisting will join the likes of Cherie Hu and Peter Robinson on our pages
News Apple poaches Warner exec Jeff Bronikowski for Global Head of Music Strategic Initiatives role The list of ex-Warner execs running music at digital services grows again
Interviews ‘There’s nothing more exciting than finding a new idea…’ Raine Group partner Fred Davis talks big deals, new money and Daniel Ek
News SoundCloud secures $75m investment from Pandora owner SiriusXM SiriusXM has purchased $75 million of securities for a minority investment
Analysis News Jay-Z’s TIDAL saw global revenues rise to $148m in 2018 (update) Losses narrow at streaming service which famously served superstars with equity stakes
Interviews ‘You can make decent money in Italy out of streaming – but physical still maintains some strongholds.’ Artist First founder Claudio Ferrante gives his view on the world's 12th biggest music market
News ‘AI-enabled’ indie label SNAFU Records launches with $2.9m venture capital backing Company was founded by former Universal Music exec Ankit Desai
News Beatchain launches platform that vows to ‘enable artists to take control of their careers’ Platform has already seen more than 40,000 artists sign up
News Ingrooves expands into Japan, names industry veteran Ryukatsu Son as Managing Director for market Exec joins from Amazon Japan, where he was Head of Licensing, Digital Music