Author archives: Tim Ingham

Billie Eilish proves that young people WILL stream blockbuster albums… when they’re encouraged to do so

Average listener of album on day one listened through 81% of 14-track album
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A stark warning for record labels: UK industry revenues FELL after inflation in 2018

Despite 34.9% rise in subscription money, 2018 carried some major concerns for UK labels
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Zane Lowe on why Apple Music is ‘in the storytelling business’ – and why Billie Eilish is ‘magic’

The Apple Music exec and Beats 1 anchor on what he wants to achieve – and the 17-year-old wunderkind
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Apple: Billie Eilish’s record-breaking new LP shows why ‘pre-adds’ are now the new ‘pre-orders’

Apple’s Oliver Schusser and Interscope’s Steve Berman on a new pop phenom
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Masterminding Marshmello: ‘How do we turn this into the next Disney?’

Moe Shalizi on managing, growing up – and developing a cultural phenomenon
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Three Six Zero acquires Will Smith’s management company, Westbrook Entertainment

Will Smith: ‘We love Mark [Gillespie]’s approach to business.’
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Big question: Could Google buy Universal Music Group?

Google tried to buy 50% of Sony/ATV a few years ago. Could it come again for a rightsholder?
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Spotify vs. songwriters: Sony/ATV’s Martin Bandier and Warner/Chappell’s Carianne Marshall urge composers to fight royalty rate challenge

“I am incredibly disappointed that Spotify and the other companies have chosen to attack songwriters by appealing the long-overdue rate increases.”
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Apple blasts Spotify for ‘suing’ songwriters: ‘A damaging step backwards for the music industry’

‘Underneath the rhetoric, Spotify’s aim is to make more money off others’ work.’
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