Category archives: Analysis

Stat Of The Week: 1 in 5 plays on Tencent Music streaming services will be behind a paywall by the end of 2020

In China, where YouTube is blocked, TME is seeing its paywall strategy starting to reap financial benefits
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Stat Of The Week: 1 in 5 plays on Tencent Music streaming services will be behind a paywall by the end of 2020

In China, where YouTube is blocked, TME is seeing its paywall strategy starting to reap financial benefits
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3 reasons why it might make sense… for Apple to buy TikTok

The MBW Review is where we aim our microscope towards some of the music biz’s biggest recent goings-on. This time, we explore the current backlash in the US against ByteDance-owned video sharing app, TikTok. The MBW Review is supported by Instrumental….

Stat Of The Week: Half of Scandinavians pay for music streaming – but 69% pay for on-demand TV and movies

MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a new series in which we show why a single data point deserves the attention of the global music industry. Stat Of the Week is supported by Cinq Music Group, a technology-driven record label, distribution, and rights man…

The axing of ‘urban’ music: Good thing? Or ‘just a Band-Aid to the real conversation’?

Leading execs from 300, Atlantic Records, Columbia Records, Warner Records and more weigh in on the industry’s big debate
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