Analysis Blog ‘Monthly Active Users’ tells us something, but not nearly enough… The following MBW analysis comes from Russ Crupnick, Managing Partner of MusicWatch
Analysis Blog How AI is reshaping the music industry The following op/ed comes from Nick Breen, a Partner in the Entertainment and Media Industry Group at Global law firm Reed Smith
Analysis Blog Music’s addicted to the ‘Monthly Active User’ metric. But it tells us nothing. The following op/ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde
Analysis Blog ‘We should all be keeping a close eye on HYBE and how it fares in its quest to rival major labels on a worldwide basis.’ The following op/ed from MBW founder Tim Ingham first appeared as the leader in the latest issue of MBW’s premium quarterly sister publication, MBUK
Analysis Blog ‘Clustering reduces the risk of the wrong rights owners being paid and assists in making performer line-ups as complete and consistent as possible.’ PPL’s Chief Information Officer Mark Douglas examines the potential for ‘clustering’ to help solve problems ranging from accuracy to fraud…
Analysis Hyper space: when A&R overreaches itself The following op/ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde
Analysis Carving up, or growing the pie? Annabella Coldrick, Chief Executive of the UK-based Music Managers Forum, discusses the major record companies' share of the streaming pie
Analysis Blog If you are terrified about AI music stealing your audiences, what does that say about your faith in your own music? The following op/ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde
Analysis Blog ‘We must make life fair for creators, or we will lose the next Paul McCartney.’ CISAC President Bjorn Ulvaeus looks ahead to next week’s CISAC General Assembly in Mexico
Analysis Blog Closing the book on ‘storytelling’. Eamonn Forde on why music marketing's favorite buzzword is so often misplaced
Analysis Blog Do The Write Thing. Merck Mercuriadis, founder and CEO of Hipgnosis, writes a message to the industry on the day of the Ivor Novellos
Analysis Blog TikTok isn’t where ‘stars get started’. Stars start themselves. Music Venue Trust CEO Mark Davyd on the claims made about artist development by digital platforms, and the reality
Analysis The music industry freaked out over ‘fake Drake’. But are these AI tracks just the latest take on remixing? Jessica Powell, CEO of stem music company Audioshake, offers a different perspective on the music biz story of the moment
Analysis The algorithm is your new boss More so in music than any business, a dollar is worth more when it’s made than when it’s paid, says Will Page
Analysis Music-generating AI: Official art? Or artificial? Nick Eziefula, partner at Simkins, on the legal questions for the music biz raised by 'fake Drake' et al