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Mark Mulligans ways in with why 2021 was such a bumper year for the major labels.
Happy 2022 everyone, and here's to a bumper year (hopefully) with lots of exciting new music on its way. Talking of bumper years looks...

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Jan 13, 20221 min read
GOVT VS RECORD COMPANIES
Bad news for record companies as the government continues to push for better renumeration for songwriters pushing for a better and simply...

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Nov 26, 20211 min read


UK comp Watchdog to investigate uk labels
The pay out from streaming and whether the right people are receiving it keeps rolling on with the UK competition watchdog starting to...

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Oct 21, 20211 min read


MONey money money
Sorry we haven't posted for a while but its been busy busy busy, news of the week is all the $$$$$ that the big record companies are...

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Aug 4, 20211 min read


spotify pushes their prices up
Spotify has finally raised its prices in what many will see as much needed move to try and raise their ARPU (the amount people spend on a...

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May 1, 20211 min read


netflix wobble but revenues up
Great article on slowing Netflix subscriber figures on the back of a lack of big hits on the platform due to production stopping due to...

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Apr 22, 20211 min read


Spotify seek transparency
As the debate continues about Spotify's fair payment (or not) to artists & writers etc, they're making an effort to come a little clearer...

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Mar 22, 20211 min read


indie labels & artists grew the most in 2020
Good news for independent artists and indie labels as they're had the biggest growth across streaming last year showing there is a...

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Mar 5, 20211 min read


Big year for the us music industry but has it peaked
Last year was another bumper year for the US music industry with revenue of over $12 billion dollars and the biggest leap in...

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Mar 2, 20211 min read
Music glut
Some interesting stats were thrown up at Monday's Spotify 'stream on' event with the platform explaining that 66,000 new tracks are...

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Feb 25, 20211 min read


Streaming - tim ingham deep dive..
A interesting piece of journalism and deep dive into the streaming debate, basically outlining the fact not all musicians can be...

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Jan 22, 20211 min read


THE RESULTS ARE IN (KINDA)
The majors have weighed in with their arguments on the streaming debate, some sensible and salient points made by all parties. Read all...

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Jan 19, 20211 min read


GoVT / label head showdown
The government vs major label heads tête-à -tête takes place tomorrow and you can guarantee the majors will be prepped and ready to sell...

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Jan 18, 20211 min read


Government going to the label heads with their streaming enquiry...
The government are going all the way to the top in their enquiry into streaming in the UK with a virtual consultation involving all the...

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Jan 13, 20211 min read


apple music close to approaching 100m users
Apple's annual update announced that Apple Music had a record year and the rumour is the platform is approaching a 100m users, there was...

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Jan 10, 20211 min read


streaming just got bigger in the uk
Its been a tough year for many in the music industry this year but if you're one of the lucky ones who make money out of streaming its...

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Jan 5, 20211 min read


Nile rodgers shares his thoughts on streaming..
Yet more musicians and manager sharing their thoughts on the state of the streaming industry in front of the government review, Nile...

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Dec 9, 20201 min read
the three majors accused of operating like a cartel
The government investigation into the streaming economy and how its tipped in favour of the three major labels continues with evidence...

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Dec 2, 20201 min read
70 millions plus tracks on spotify..where to go next
An interesting article on Rolling Stone about the dilemma facing Spotify and other DSPs with unending amount of tracks that are...

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Nov 23, 20201 min read


European music managers call for a change in the streaming economy
EMMA have released a statement calling for the reform in the way the streaming ecosystem pays its artists and songwriters, out dated and...

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Nov 9, 20201 min read
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