FUGA boss Pieter van Rijn on the future for licensing societies worldwide
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Category archives: 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?
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‘Big data is about to become a very big problem for the music industry.’
The co-founder of OCL suggests that Facebook’s problems may soon spill over into the entertainment business
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Spotify subscriber base reaches 75m, as firm’s revenues grow 37% in Q1
Company added an average of 1.3m new subscribers per month in Jan-March
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Sony has cashed in 50% of its Spotify shares, generating around $750m
Company’s remaining 50% haul is worth over $800m at current stock price
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More music is played on YouTube than on Spotify, Apple Music and every other audio streaming platform combined
Yet YouTube throws doubt on IFPI figure regarding total video service payout in 2017
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‘A golden age for music is dawning – with the old gatekeepers all but gone’
WIN chief Alison Wenham analyzes the music industry figures from the past two weeks
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In A&R, ‘gut vs. data’ isn’t a binary choice.
Instrumental founder Conrad Withey on the potent combination of man and machine (learning) in music
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In Rob Stringer’s first year in charge, Sony Music revenues jumped 12% to top $4bn
Overall revenues surpassed $1bn in Q1 this year, with streaming up 40%
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Independents ruled global market share in 2017 – but Universal was king of streaming
What each major label – and the independent sector – claimed in market share last year
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