MBW review

MBW crunches the 2021 numbers, and discovers a banner year for music's biggest players

Why David Crosby's story over the past two years tells us much about streaming, the current catalog frenzy, and acting on principle

Netflix has raised its prices six times since 2014. Spotify has not kept up.

MBW's analysis of latest MRC Data numbers show that less than a fifth of US market in H2 2021 was made up of new releases

It's neck-and-neck right now, with Universal $7 billion ahead of Spotify following a damaging wave of headlines about stand-up comedians

Hipgnosis has over $2.5 billion of deals in the pipeline. The question of who's going to pay for them requires a complex but important answer.

MBW rifles through the filings of Big Tech to see what the likes of Google and Spotify are proposing

How the genius of Bowie bonds is making a comeback, 14 years after they went away

No featured artists, new collaborators, and at least one "hypnotic" track

MBW crunches the numbers on AWAL, and asks if the UK competition watchdog is looking in the right direction

Prospectus published ahead of UMG's listing on the Amsterdam stock exchange on September 21

What the performance of Drizzy's new studio record tells us about a growing trend in the music business

MBW's number-crunching tells us it's going to be a gangbusters year for the majors

MBW breaks down Believe's finances to get a handle on the company as it launches its long-awaited IPO

Latest Music In The Air report has been obtained by MBW - and it'll put a spring in the industry's step