IPCN founder Rebecca Yang on the possibilities for the music business in the region
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Category archives: Analysis
United Airlines and the myth of ‘ad-free’ in paid music streaming
Cherie Hu on how lines are becoming blurred over what constitutes an ‘ad’ on Spotify et al
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Apple Music reportedly tops 56m subscribers, up 6m in the past six months
Number of Apple Music subscribers has grown to 56m, up from 50m in May, reports FT
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Why Spotify needs to up its game outside of Europe and the Americas (and is making big bets to do so)
If Spotify’s expanding into India, its investors should prepare themselves for a tough challenge ahead
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How Taylor Swift’s major act of generosity will affect $280m+ of Universal’s money
Why the pop icon is also, in one regard, a punk-rock rebel
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Why did Warner just spend $180m to buy a merchandising company?
Merch is becoming a huge, and vital, component of artist careers
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Universal is having a huge year – right on time for sale-hungry Vivendi
UMG’s current performance suggests that, with a strong Q4, it will turn over somewhere close to $7bn in the full year of 2018
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Liberty Media: We’re ‘absolutely’ interested at looking into buying a stake in Universal Music Group
The starting pistols go off on the biggest music rights deal of the year
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One reason why Spotify’s deals with the major labels are balanced on a knife edge
Sony and Universal still own around 6% of Spotify – and won’t want to see the company’s value crumble
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The future looks bleak for the album – can it be saved?
Music industry statistics paint a worrying picture for music’s most beloved format
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