What scrapping Copyright Royalty Board’s new rates might mean for songwriters and publishers
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The major labels generated over $1.5bn more from streaming in 2018 than they did in the previous year
Majors now turning over the equivalent of $19m a day from the likes of Spotify
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5 of Spotify’s biggest imminent challenges in 2019
In many ways, Spotify enjoyed a spectacular end to 2018. The company finished the year with its first ever quarterly operating profit – €94m ($107 million) — something that challenged many of the long-term naysayers about its business model. In additio…
Universal Music Group is being valued at $42bn – and could set in motion a major label sales frenzy
The sale of up to 50% of UMG could tempt Sony and Warner to consider their options
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Spotify hit 96m paying subscribers in 2018 – and just posted its first ever operating profit
Firm predicts that subscriber count will reach approximately 122m by end of 2019
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Over 2.3m people visited MBW last year, clocking up more than 6.5m page views
January was a record month, with over 700,000 impressions on the MBW site
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‘Independent’ music continues to be romanticized. But what does it really mean?
Matt Brinkworth of Omnian Music Group reflects on the true meaning of ‘indie’ in 2019
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English-language music is losing its stranglehold on global pop charts – and YouTube is driving the change
When YouTube’s charts say what’s popular, you better believe it. And, right now, “what’s popular” applies increasingly less to U.S. pop stars.
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Seven startups Spotify should (try to) buy to better serve artists
Merch, hardware, A&R, crowd-funding and more offered by some impressive young companies
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SoundCloud revenues grew 80% to top $100m in 2017, as losses narrowed 27%
Subscription revenues nearly doubled in the year, up to $82m
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