Norway’s National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime opens investigation
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Author archives: Tim Ingham
Spotify’s global monthly active users top 200m, up by 20m in six months
“We’re about two times bigger than anyone else.”
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Is Liberty Media about to buy into talent agency CAA?
Report suggests that multi-media corporation is in discussions with Kanye West’s rep
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Official: Guy Moot and Carianne Marshall to take charge of Warner/Chappell Music
British executive Moot takes CEO job at world’s third-biggest music publisher
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Daniel Ek wasn’t lying: streaming is becoming less dominated by mega-hits
The number of streams attracted by the Top 50 audio streaming hits last year went DOWN
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Universal Music Group is worth $33bn, says Deutsche Bank
Investment group suggests Liberty Media, Tencent or Google could buy into UMG
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Universal expands in China and Asia with local hires and promotions
Aaron Wang, Tracy Mu and KT Ang all join major, as other execs are promoted
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How to have a streaming hit in the USA: hire 9.1 songwriters (and a rap artist)
BuzzAngle data reveals all you need to know about 2018’s top-selling singles and albums
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More than 1/4 of all music streamed in the USA last year was hip-hop
Overall on-demand stream volume will likely top a TRILLION this year
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UK record industry enjoys £109m annual growth – but album sales tanked in 2018
Album sales across physical and digital formats fell by 13.2m
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