Analysis News Netflix lost 970,000 subscribers in Q2. How will Spotify fare? ARM, Netflix's equivalent of ARPU, was up 7% at constant currency YoY
Analysis News From Steve Cooper’s (upcoming) exit from Warner, to Reservoir’s first year as a public company… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The big stories from the past week
Analysis News From Justin Timberlake’s catalog sale to Sony’s unrecouped balance program expansion: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
News Is TikTok (or ByteDance) slowly morphing into a record company? Evidence is building that such a description might one day fit...
Analysis News From The Weeknd’s Universal deal to Spotify’s Q1 results: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
Analysis Spotify faces its most crucial earnings call yet. Here are the 3 difficult questions MBW would be asking. After Netflix's shocker of a Q1, all eyes are on Spotify's equivalent fiscal announcement. Here's what MBW would ask Daniel Ek.
News Universal expands Capitol Records into China, led by General Manager Tom Tang UMG has also launched a new standalone International division in the market
News Spotify is still king of global streaming subscription – but it’s losing market share New stats from Midia show that Spotify had a 31% share of the subscription market at the end of Q2 2021
News Stockholm municipality saves ‘legendary’ ABBA recording studio, Baggpipe, from demolition For several years, the fate of the studio's future has been in limbo
News Pex launches new copyright dispute resolution service in partnership with WIPO Center New service is available within Pex's Attribution Engine
News Universal hits massive valuation of $54bn as it lists on Amsterdam Stock Exchange UMG's opening price is over a third bigger than the reference price that Vivendi confirmed yesterday of €18.50
News Universal valued at $39bn ahead of Amsterdam listing, as Vivendi sets reference price of €18.50 per share Vivendi is preparing to spin off 60% of UMG on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange on Tuesday September 21
News From Vivendi selling 2.9% of UMG to ABBA’s new album: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
News Republic Records China launches, as Universal expands its label operations in region Tony Wen will lead label in China, the first time Republic has launched an international division
Interviews News Instrumental invested over $4m in independent artists in H1 2021. Now it’s a distributor too. After Tencent investment, UK-born firm says it wants to become the world's "leading growth team for independent artists"