Analysis How much money is the US music publishing industry making? A billion dollars more than it was 4 years ago. New stats from the NMPA, analyzed by MBW, reveal some surprising commercial facts
Analysis Why spend $4.1bn on A&R? Because new artists are accelerating streaming’s growth. Some more good news for Lil Nas X and his contemporaries...
Analysis Record labels are spending more and more on signing (and paying) artists… How the record business's new-age economics are really starting to show
News After Spotify’s launch in India, how is its global expansion progressing? An in-depth look at how Spotify performed in Q1 in terms of users and subscribers around the world
Analysis Instagram’s new e-commerce features could transform music marketing – but only if the record industry is willing to change Should record labels start approaching Instagram differently?
Analysis News Universal is becoming more global – but, like the record industry, it’s actually becoming more American too How the United States has increased its financial power in the global record industry in the past few years
Analysis News Why The Music Industry Needs The Video Gaming Industry’s Help To Scale Virtual Concerts Cherie Hu takes a deep dive into in-video-game concerts, following the huge impact made by Marshmello's performance in Fortnite
News The four types of music subscription models in 2019 What music fans are spending money on every month – and how it's going to evolve
Analysis Daniel Ek wasn’t lying: streaming is becoming less dominated by mega-hits The number of plays attracted by the Top 50 audio streaming hits last year went DOWN
News What Netflix’s ‘choose-your-own-soundtrack’ paradigm reveals about the future of the music industry If movies become more interactive on our televisions, what will it mean for licensing?
Analysis Why Spotify needs to up its game outside of Europe and the Americas (and is making big bets to do so) If Spotify's expanding into India, its investors should prepare themselves for a tough challenge ahead
Analysis Why did Warner just spend $180m to buy a merchandising company? Merch is becoming a huge, and vital, component of artist careers
Analysis News Universal is having a huge year – right on time for sale-hungry Vivendi UMG's current performance suggests that, with a strong Q4, it will turn over somewhere close to $7bn in the full year of 2018
Analysis One reason why Spotify’s deals with the major labels are balanced on a knife-edge Sony and Universal still own around 6% of Spotify – and won't want to see the company's value crumble
Analysis News Profits, payments and podcasts: 5 takeaways from Spotify’s Q3 earnings call Platform confirms it's going to charge artists and labels for tools in the future