MBW Contributing Editor, Rhian Jones, gives her take on the news
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Kobalt revenues jumped 24% to $321m in FY2017 – will get close to $500m this year
Willard Ahdritz walks MBW through the company’s numbers
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The odds of an artist becoming a ‘top tier’ earner on Spotify today? Less than 1%.
How the service is current divided between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots’
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Does the 21st century music industry need fan clubs?
Openstage’s Samuel Roberts on learning from the past to improve the future
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US recorded music market generated $8.7bn last year – up by over $1bn on 2016
Streaming formats now account for 65% of US marketplace
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The exec who took Netflix public just gave a storming defence of Spotify’s future business plan
CFO Barry McCarthy explains why Daniel Ek’s company believes it will beat its rivals “like a drum”
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Why are British executives ruling the modern music business?
Could it have something to do with their ability to fail – and continue to rise?
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Why Spotify should copy Netflix and raise its prices (and why that’s pretty much impossible)
Why inflation and promotional discounts are heaping pressure on Daniel Ek’s company to crank up their fees
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The great big Spotify scam: Did a Bulgarian playlister swindle their way to a fortune on streaming service?
Did a canny scammer suck over $1m from Spotify’s royalty pool last year?
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The major labels’ revenues grew by $1bn in 2017. But who had the biggest year?
Streaming revenues jumped by $1.4bn across Sony, Universal and Warner
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