News TIDAL expands into Africa via MTN partnership – with monthly subs costing $4 (or less) Tie up with telco could reach over 10m customers in continent
Analysis News The major labels now turn over more than $1bn a month. But who’s ruling 2018? Streaming revenues at the major labels have almost doubled over the past two years
News Apple’s $400m Shazam buyout set to win approval in Europe Apple is expected to integrate Shazam's technology into its own app by some observers
News Nettwerk names Tom Gates SVP of A&R and Strategy Exec has worked with artists including Brand New, The Format and fun.
Analysis Blog The music industry must beware it doesn’t get eaten up by phone giants’ hunger for growth Telco giants are back in love with music - but is that definitely such as good thing?
Analysis What happens when artists and record labels build and buy their own media companies? Cherie Hu breaks down the increasing similarities between 'music companies' and 'media companies'
News Pandora Plus subscriptions given away with T-Mobile tariffs in the US T-Mobile also inks deal with Live Nation for discounted tickets and other perks
News CD Baby now publishes over a million songs – and says it’s ‘helping solve the industry’s publishing problem one songwriter at a time’ US-based company first moved into publishing space five years ago
News Universal signs YouTube star Lele Pons to global recordings deal Pons has more than 10m subscribers on YouTube
Interviews ‘We are continuing to invest in ways for artists to build alternative revenue opportunities’ Vivien Lewit, Global Head of Artist Services at YouTube and Google Play Music, discusses her beginnings in music and the business
News ‘Urban music’ under fire as senior industry execs voice unease over widely-used term Jon Platt, Sam Taylor, DJ Semtex and more aren't fans of phrase's wider adoption
News Sir Lucian Grainge: ‘We can accelerate artist careers beyond anyone else.’ Universal boss addresses Capitol Music Group's annual conference
Analysis News The music business’s biggest stories of the past week: Universal, Vivendi, Sony, Apple, Troy Carter Here's what caught our attention over the past seven days...
News Universal and Sony are now turning over more than $500k from streaming every hour And they're both generating over $1m an hour from all formats...