Analysis Why Sony’s EMI buyout won’t make it the world’s biggest music company – but will make it the biggest publisher How Sony and Universal would have stacked up in the 12 months to end of March this year
News Instrumental supports MBW, backing regular ‘Review’ series 'It's a perfect partnership and we are proud to be supporting the regular features'
Analysis Why Billboard’s new chart changes will please some – but aggravate others The USA's leading chart is about to slash the value of 'free' streams versus their paid counterparts
Analysis Here’s exactly how many shares the major labels and Merlin bought in Spotify – and what those stakes are worth now Documents from 2008 reveal much about Spotify then - and now
Analysis Do the major labels know something about Spotify that Wall Street doesn’t? The majors have cashed in $1bn in shares despite optimism from Wall Street. Why?
Analysis If Universal’s going to go public, Vivendi should strike while the iron’s hot Why now might be the right time for the French media giant to make its move
Analysis Can Apple Music and Amazon catch Spotify’s subscriber base by the end of 2018? Apple is currently growing its subscriber base at around double the rate of Spotify's
Analysis How much will artists get paid from the major labels’ Spotify profits? Sony Corp just gave us a precious hint into the amount of money about to hit the artist community
Analysis The odds of an artist becoming a ‘top tier’ earner on Spotify today? Less than 1%. How the service is current divided between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots'
Analysis Why Spotify should copy Netflix and raise its prices (and why that’s pretty much impossible) Why inflation and promotional discounts are heaping pressure on Daniel Ek's company to crank up their fees
Analysis The Billboard Power 100: an undignified, outmoded blight on a new music business 'An ugly advertisement for the blockbuster music business's worst insecurities and its most wretched vanity'?
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
Analysis News If Spotify’s worth $19bn… what’s the value of Daniel Ek’s stake? If Ek still owns a 10% holding in company, he's sitting pretty
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?
Analysis Blog Spotify’s mini-merger with Tencent Music isn’t just about power – it’s about getting rich quick. What the 10% equity 'swap' between Spotify and Tencent Music really means