Apple Music reaches a new milestone of 50m subscribers
Apple Music has 50 million subscribers? Hang on, didn’t it have 56 million in November 2018? Well yes, but that was a figure that included trials. Now Apple’s music-streaming service has
The four types of music subscription models in 2019
There’s a widespread perception that paid streaming subscriptions have become recorded music’s lifeline, restoring the sector to a state of growth and driving its ongoing global expansion. In fact, the
Spotify CEO joins protest against EU digital-revenues tax
It’s not just Article 13 and new copyright legislation causing controversy within the European Union. The EU could also be in line for a new law involving a 3% tax
SOUNDCLOUD REVENUES GREW 80% TO TOP $100M IN 2017, AS LOSSES NARROWED 27%
SoundCloud boss Kerry Trainor claimed last year that the streaming company generated more than $100m in 2017 – and it turns out he was good as his word. Berlin-based SoundCloud has just
PPL’s international collections grew by 43% in 2018
British collecting-society PPL has reported some figures for 2018: its international collections, for public and TV/radio performances (plus private copying) of its members’ tracks. The organisation collected £70.9m ($93.3m) in
‘Streaming Price Bible’ reveals one label’s 2018 per-stream rates
Every year, artist-rights blog The Trichordist publishes a new ‘Streaming Price Bible’ comparing the latest per-stream rates for the main music-streaming services. This year’s went live this morning, based as
The Five Most Powerful Individuals in the Music Industry Don’t Work in the Music Industry
They might not work directly with artists, songwriters, charts or hit records. But they can change the course of the global music industry just by hitting “send” on an email
Spirit Music Group now owned by Lyric Capital Group in a $350M deal
Independent publisher Spirit Music Group has announced a recapitalization, for which it has secured over $350 million, led by its COO Jon Singer. The company is now wholly-owned by the