Why Fate/Grand Order messes up any hope of a like-for-like comparison between Sony and Universal
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Let’s talk: How Apple’s Homepod, Amazon’s Echo and voice recognition are changing the music industry as we know it
Deviate Digital’s Sammy Andrews predicts where the voice-activated revolution is going to take us
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Warner streaming revenue jumped 43% in 2017, as total recorded music sales topped $3bn
Warner’s 12-month recorded music revenue tops $3bn as streaming contributes $1.4bn
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Sony Music generated $3.8bn in 2017, as streaming revenues jumped 33%
Streaming generated more than $1.5bn for major record company over last year
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This US charity is working to save lives in the music industry – and it’s coming to London
Music Support is hosting two special events in London this week
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The Billboard Power 100: an undignified, outmoded blight on a new music business
‘An ugly advertisement for the blockbuster music business’s worst insecurities and its most wretched vanity’?
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Is the music business ready for 10 years of hard work?
UK market turned over nearly £1bn less last year than it did in 2001
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UK album sales have been cut in half since 2010
There is plenty of good news knocking around the UK recorded music business today, with the revelation that the market’s annual retail revenues grew by over £100m in 2017. That, of course, is largely thanks to subscription streaming platforms, wh…
If Spotify’s worth $19bn… what’s the value of Daniel Ek’s stake?
If Ek still owns a 10% holding in company, he’s sitting pretty
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‘Why the music industry is failing to make the most out of the messenger bot revolution’
Tim Heineke on why the music biz needs to refresh the way its communicating with fans
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