Just over a year ago, MBW broke the news that Apple Music had poached no less than four BBC radio producers to join former Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe within its walls. The exodus quickly became known as the…
Apple: Music streaming should pay songwriters $910 every million plays
Apple has filed a new proposal with the US Copyright Royalty Board which it hopes will simplify songwriting royalties in the States. The Cupertino giant has suggested that all on-demand streaming serv…
The state of the YouTube Music Economy
In 2016, YouTube finds itself in yet another spat with rights holders and this time the labels have brought artists to the battlefield. Playing a starring role is the issue of Safe Harbour, the provis…
At this rate, music downloads will be dead by 2020
Single-track download sales in the US have crashed by 42% since their peak just four years ago – sparking the real possibility that they could become a dead format within half a decade. In the first h…
Spotify and Apple are at each other’s throats – with the music biz caught in the middle
“You discovered a premium feature! You must have a Premium subscription to unlock it.” This is the message Spotify wants to pop up in front of users of its ad-supported service – but says Apple won’t …
UK music business remains bullish over international relations following Brexit outcome
52% of the British public voted to leave the European Union, and Prime Minister David Cameron announced his intentions to step down from October. The music business has been firmly in the remain camp,…
How Apple hopes to win the streaming war
Drake’s “Hotline Bling” video, Taylor Swift’s tour movie and the Weeknd’s “Can’t Feel My Face” have something in common: They’ve all been funded b…