BuzzAngle stats reveal more plays on subscription services than on video platforms in 2016The post YouTube loses US music streaming dominance as subscription plays jump 124% appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.
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And the biggest British debut album of 2016 is… hang on, what?
Bradley Walsh outsells Skepta, Biffy Clyro and Zayn with Chasing Dreams
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Google mulling SoundCloud buyout, say whispers – as Sony and Universal’s stakes are revealed
Document reveals majors’ ownership stakes as the big G comes a’knocking…
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Universal acquires Japan’s ‘full stack’ music company, Office Augusta
Office Augusta runs divisions across management, label, publishing and more
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Music business mourns ‘towering talent’ George Michael
Singer/songwriter died on Christmas day, aged just 53
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Warner CEO Steve Cooper: ‘We’ve grown market share more than any other major’
MBW obtains triumphant internal memo from WMG big cheese
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Facebook looks set to start making more of its own music
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Atlantic’s Mar Brown, ‘fantastic music man’, has died
Exec also worked at Interscope and Virgin Records during his career
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The 5 biggest music business news stories of 2017. (Yes, 2017.)
Google, Facebook, Columbia and Spotify will all feature heavily on MBW next yearThe post The 5 biggest music business news stories of 2017. (Yes, 2017.) appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.
Warner to launch ‘hundreds of virtual reality experiences’ with MelodyVR deal
Deal follows UMG’s push into VR earlier this year
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