If songs are more important than ever, why don’t more music publishers act like it?

Downtown CEO Justin Kalifowitz says the industry can be doing much more for its star talent
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The major record labels are signing over 50 artists a month. Is that too many?

The majors are inking deals with over 700 artists every year
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How much money is the US music publishing industry making? A billion dollars more than it was 4 years ago.

New stats from the NMPA, analyzed by MBW, reveal some surprising commercial facts
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Why spend $4.1bn on A&R? Because new artists are accelerating streaming’s growth.

Some more good news for Lil Nas X and his contemporaries…
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Record labels are spending more and more on signing (and paying) artists…

How the record business’s new-age economics are really starting to show
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Spotify is encouraging artists to make their own podcasts using Anchor

Why Spotify’s new strategy could result in a clearer ROI at the platform
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BBC Radio 1 now reaches 17% of the UK population, down from 23% in 2011

Commercial radio and BBC Radio 2’s reach has remained consistent in same timeframe
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Instagram’s new e-commerce features could transform music marketing – but only if the record industry is willing to change

Should record labels start approaching Instagram differently?
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The average salary of a Spotify employee hit $132,301 last year – more than double what it was in 2011

How the salaries at streaming music’s market leader have changed over the past decade
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The record industry is booming again – but the digital services who rescued it deserve better

Kim Bayley: ‘An insidious rise in name-calling towards digital services and an apparently wilful dismissal of their contribution is on the rise.’
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