News Australian local music is in decline, and UK, Canada aren’t far behind, new report warns Streaming recommendation algorithms favor content in the user's language. That isn't working well for countries like Australia, Canada and the UK
News APAC lags world in premium streaming, but Japan a ‘driving force’ leading change, Luminate report says Globally, 82% of music and TV/movie streams come via paid subscription accounts; in the APAC region, that's just 62% reports Luminate
News UK artists generated more than $1bn on Spotify in 2024, up 8% from a year earlier Spotify says the total royalty haul from UK artists has more than doubled since 2018
Analysis News From Amazon Music’s audiobook bundle to WMG’s subscription streaming growth… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Analysis News ‘Middle class’ of artists growing larger, Luminate report finds, as 29,253 clocked between 1m and 10m on-demand audio streams in H1 The number of "mid-tier" artists grew by more than 5% in the past year, Luminate's Midyear Music Report says
News Universal Music expands Africa presence with Sewasew licensing deal in Ethiopia 'First-of-its kind' deal will bring artists signed to UMG's labels to the Ethiopia-focused streaming service
Analysis News Gap between music and video streaming prices widens as Netflix announces $3 hike to Premium subscriptions Netflix Premium will now cost $22.99 per month in the US, up $3 from $19.99, an increase of 15%
Analysis Blog In defence of white noise. The following op-ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde
News Record labels welcome UK competition authority report on streaming, as Merck Mercuriadis slams CMA for not using ‘powers they have to fix the problems they identify’ Streaming market study report receives mixed response from the music industry
Interviews ‘Streaming has unshackled us to compete and unshackled artists to be heard.’ Mom + Pop founders discuss the development of the label and the challenges that come with working in the independent market today
News Merck Mercuriadis slams ‘tragedy’ of UK streaming inquiry outcome for songwriters, as record labels applaud industry’s ‘strong progress’ Representatives for music labels and musicians were quizzed on the Economics of Music Streaming in the UK this week
News What do the world’s biggest music companies really think about the economics of streaming? A summary of what a number of leading global music companies argued to Britain's Competition and Markets Authority
Analysis News Netflix raises prices in the US (again). Will Spotify refuse to follow (again)? Netflix has raised its prices six times since 2014. Spotify has not kept up.
News From Vivendi selling 2.9% of UMG to ABBA’s new album: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
Analysis Blog Fans’ Embrace of Streaming Sustained Music During A Tumultuous Year. Why, and What Does It Mean For 2021? DiMA CEO Garrett Levin: "Any honest reckoning of our business must examine what happens to the 69 cents of every dollar that digital music services pay to record companies, music publishers, and PROs."