Tom Allen, founder of Curve Royalty Systems, urges caution and patience for those pinning their hopes on a tech-driven miracle
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Category archives: Analysis
Judges in the US have hinted that the mechanical royalty rate paid to publishers and songwriters for vinyl sales should rise. The major labels’ lawyers have come out swinging.
MBW brings you the blow-by-blow of an extraordinary legal battle taking place in the US. It’s got everything!
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With touring costs spiralling, artists mustn’t dismiss how much they’re wasting on FX payments.
Voly founder Ian Flanagan reveals how much a major league artist could have saved on their tour had they shopped around
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Music merchandise is big business. But for touring artists, it’s callously inequitable.
Eamonn Forde explores the economics of selling merch at music venues
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Once again, nearly 98% of 18-to-49-year-olds in the US didn’t watch the Grammys on Sunday
The 2021 Superbowl’s live TV audience was more than ten times the size of the 2022 Grammys
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BMG’s annual revenues grew 10.1% to $784m in 2021
Bertelsmann confirms music company’s latest annual fiscal numbers
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An MBW reader just blew open the Spotify fake artists story. Here’s what they have to say.
This is an email you’re gonna want to read
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Remember Spotify’s fake artists? They’re still going strong – and still attracting scandal.
Have you heard of Firefly or Chillmi? Two of the biggest indie labels going, with so many artists on their books!
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From Spotify’s $7bn payout in 2021, to the global record industry’s $25.9bn revenues: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
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52,600 artists generated over $10k on Spotify last year – and 15,140 of them uploaded their own music
Revelatory new stats published on Spotify’s updated Loud & Clear website today
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