BBC Radio 1 now reaches 17% of the UK population, down from 23% in 2011

Commercial radio and BBC Radio 2’s reach has remained consistent in same timeframe
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SoundCloud hires Josh Nicoll as Head of Independent Label Services

Former [PIAS] exec will work with Lisa Ellis, SoundClouds Global Head of Music, Artist Relations and Label Services
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Mike Chadwick to retire this summer, leaving behind role at The Orchard

Co-Founder of Essential Music & Marketing has had a 42-year career in independent music
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Tencent Music is ‘windowing’ premium music behind a streaming paywall – with ‘encouraging results’

TME is putting premium music behind a paywall. Should Spotify and Apple follow suit?
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Elliot Grainge’s 10K Projects hires Brittney King Brock as GM and President of Operations

10K works with artists including 6ix9ine, Trippie Redd, Lil Gnar and Austin Brown
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Warner boss Steve Cooper warns against ‘devaluation’ of music from freemium streaming services, and their ‘mismanaged’ family plans

Rhetoric from major label group hardens in wake of India Spotify fallout
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Warner’s quarterly recorded music revenues grow 22.4% to hit $933m

Warner’s streaming revenues pip Sony, generating $537m from Spotify et al
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The average salary of a Spotify employee hit $132,301 last year – more than double what it was in 2011

How the salaries at streaming music’s market leader have changed over the past decade
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