News Scooter Braun to deliver keynote at Midem SB Projects founder to discuss his career to date at annual conference in Cannes
Interviews “Every songwriter needs to sit there, keep going, and wait for ‘it’ to happen” ABBA legend Benny Andersson is our latest World's Greatest Songwriter
News Daniel Ek and Troy Carter named Music Visionaries of the Year Spotify execs honored by the UJA-Federation of New York
News Is the UK music industry set for a gender pay gap row? As UK music companies get ready to publicly reveal gender pay gap statistics, how might any disparity be improved?
Analysis Is the music business ready for 10 years of hard work? UK market turned over nearly £1bn less last year than it did in 2001
News Dubset inks deal with TIDAL to distribute remixes on streaming platform Platform now distributes to Spotify, Apple Music and TIDAL
News There were 4 times as many paid on-demand audio streams as ‘free’ ones in the US last year Streams happening on subscription tiers rose 57.5% to hit 301.3bn, according to BuzzAngle report
Analysis UK album sales have been cut in half since 2010 45.8m physical albums (ie. CD and vinyl) and 13.8m digital albums sold in 2017
News Vevo revenues rise 30% to hit $650m in 2017, profitability forecast in 2018 Video streaming service on course to turn a profit by early 2018
News Facebook signs global licensing deal with Universal Music Group Recorded music and publishing both included in agreement
News Universal and YouTube agree multi-year global licensing deal Sir Lucian Grainge praises "important step forward" in relationship with digital giant
News Deezer plants flag in music identification space with SongCatcher Move follows Apple’s $400m purchase of Shazam earlier this month
News Vevo boss Erik Huggers out after two years as CEO Vevo currently believed to be turning over around $500m a year
News Pandora on-demand now available for ‘free’ – if users watch a 15 second video 'Pandora continues to deliver product enhancements that create the ultimate music streaming destination'
Analysis News Shazam might have cost Apple $400m, but it will pay for itself handsomely Will music identification app prove to be an essential subscriber funnel for Apple?