What you need to know about ‘event-related deferred revenue’… and Live Nation doing the right thing
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Category archives: Analysis
Big Radio Consolidation Spotlights The Need to Update Songwriters’ Rights
David Israelite, CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association, on Liberty Media, iHeart and the US consent decrees
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‘The current situation is going to dramatically change the music business, as a huge accelerator of user behavior on the digital side.’
Believe CEO Denis Ladegaillerie discusses the prospects for physical music amid COVID-19 lockdown
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A very positive sign: Music stream spending is rising in the US, even amid Coronavirus lockdown
News is in contrast to report out of Spain earlier this month
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‘Two years ago, things were bad for grassroots music venues. Now, we are at the cliff edge.’
CEO of UK’s Music Venues Trust says: “We need companies and high net worth individuals to step up now.”
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Kobalt forecasts profitability next year, after firm’s gross collections in FY2019 hit $616m
“In our forecasts we see that by end of June 2021, we will be group profitable,” says founder Willard Ahdritz
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Global Spotify chart streams rose 3% last week – but fell again in the United States
Deezer says there’s reason to be hopeful – and we need to wait things out
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What the music industry must do to protect our own ‘at-risk’ population
Matthew Smith of Royalty Exchange calls for faster payments – and more generous splits – for artists
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Leading a business in the midst of a crisis: ‘It almost always gets worse before it gets better.’
Tracy Maddux, the boss of CD Baby parent AVL, speaks from his unique experience on the subject
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The value of music: Hipgnosis’ share price is now HIGHER than it was pre-COVID-19
UK music rights company saw its market cap bounce 13% today in a vertiginous rise on London Stock Exchange
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