Analysis Blog ‘Streaming challenges can be met only by artists and labels working together.’ This MBW op/ed comes from Geoff Taylor, Chief Executive of the BPI, the UK’s trade body for the recorded music industry
Analysis Blog What’s music’s next new format? This op/ed comes from Inder Phull, CEO and co-founder of gaming and music metaverse company PIXELYNX
Analysis On the UK music industry market study: The show ain’t over till the IPO sings! Annabella Coldrick, CEO of the MMF, has her say on the Competition and Markets Authority's work
Analysis Blog How Four Tet vs. Domino points to our industry’s profit-share future This op/ed comes from UK-based Hunter Giles, who co-founded and leads Infinite Catalog, a royalty accounting software + service company
Analysis Blog The Decentralization Paradox The following MBW op/ed comes from Dan Symons, founder of SPLIT / LIP, a Web3 and metaverse business consultancy for rights owners
Analysis Blog ‘Why the ‘tortured artist’ cliché needs to get in the bin.’ Rhian Jones challenges a well-worn music industry trope, and surveys the damaging effect it can have on creative careers...
Analysis Blog ‘We have lagged behind other industries in identifying opportunities to collaborate.’ The revenue flow from licensees to labels to artists is dependent on accurate data and efficient management of that data. And the key to that, says the PPL’s CIO Mark Douglas, is collaboration…
Analysis Blog ‘Music creation has changed, fan behavior has changed, and therefore, artists’ needs for digital music distribution have changed too.’ The following MBW op/ed comes from Andreea Gleeson, Chief Executive Officer of DIY distribution company TuneCore
Analysis Blog The Gamification of Everything The following op/ed comes from Dan Symons, founder of SPLIT / LIP, a Web3 and metaverse business consultancy for rights owners
News Is Elon Musk going to save the music industry? This MBW op/ed comes from Ran Geffen, founder of XR connect development agency OMR and CEO of Amusica Song Management in Israel
Analysis Blog ‘What is currently an opaque black box of song royalties, needs to be transformed into a glass box.’ The following op/ed comes from Annabella Coldrick, Chief Executive of the UK's Music Managers Forum
Analysis Blog ‘This agreement guarantees a raise for CDs, vinyl and downloads, but we know that songwriters need much more to succeed – they need fairness.’ This op/ed comes from David Israelite, the President & CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA)
Analysis Blog Could the Music Catalog Rights Boom Generate Windfalls for Non-Superstars? YM&U Executive Manager, Alex Frankel, on tech that could expand the catalog rush to smaller artists and songwriters
Analysis Blog Why Ed Sheeran’s copyright victory matters – by the lawyers that represented him. The following op/ed comes from Simon Goodbody and Mark Krais, Partner and co-founding Partner at Bray & Krais Solicitors
Analysis Blog Yes, Blockchain might well revolutionise music royalties. No, it’s not going to happen anytime soon. Tom Allen, founder of Curve Royalty Systems, urges caution and patience for those pinning their hopes on a tech-driven miracle