Analysis News Hipgnosis Songs Fund now owns a music catalog worth over $2.2 billion MBW pulls out three things you need to know about UK-listed company's latest annual results
News Sony’s spent $1.4bn on music acquisitions in the last six months… and Rob Stringer’s not stopping there Stringer spoke at Sony Corporation's Investor Relations (IR) day today (May 27)
Analysis Is a reckoning coming to the way collection societies spend songwriters’ money? Stat Of The Week: Why new data from PRS For Music and GEMA may raise alarm on Wall Street
News Germany’s recorded music revenues grew 9% to $2bn last year, thanks to streaming’s lockdown boom Streaming surges ahead in Germany, as CD continues to slide
Analysis News Universal Music Group is raising $3.5 billion in financing. Will a spending spree follow? MBW obtains new UMG org chart, showing the importance of its Dutch company
Analysis Artists have a 0.2% chance of generating $50k a year on Spotify. Let’s kick this stat around. Spotify's new website has started a debate. The world of soccer might provide some answers.
Analysis News The global recorded music industry grew by $1.5bn in 2020, despite the pandemic (report) New Midia report unveils estimates of industry growth in 2020
Analysis Live Nation just sold 170,000 tickets for 2021 UK summer festivals… within three days Astonishing level of ticket sales confirmed by Michael Rapino following British government announcing roadmap to re-opening
Analysis News Universal’s Amsterdam adventure will leave even slender shareholders of Vivendi loaded Vivendi is planning to distribute 60% equity in UMG to its shareholders. Here's how the math works out.
Analysis News Ex-Geffen head Neil Jacobson plots $200m US IPO to buy music rights, tech startups New S-1 filing reveals large-scale ambitions of The Music Acquisition Corporation
Analysis UK record industry nears $2bn in pandemic-hit 2020 – but streaming growth slows significantly Subscription streaming pulls in over $1.5bn in retail revenue alone, according to ERA figures
Analysis News Hipgnosis Songs Fund is now worth $1.7bn… and is on course to generate $120m-plus this year Merck Mercuriadis: "We’ve been one of the FTSE 250’s biggest yielders and have now reached a £1.25 billion market cap."
Analysis The independent artist market is exploding in China – with NetEase and Tencent battling to woo the best indie acts Stat Of The Week: How indie acts are central to the strategies of China's two biggest streaming music providers
Analysis Indie distribution giant Believe looks headed for a $2bn-plus IPO next year Reuters report points to another potential ten-figure moment for the modern record business
News YouTube just generated $5bn from ads in a single quarter – and YouTube Music has over 30m subscribers Alphabet video platform looks in contention to generate $18bn from ads this year