Music industry
Industry revenues in Japan, world’s second biggest recorded music market, didn’t grow in 2019
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- Tuesday, 03 September 2019
Recorded music trade revenues fell very slightly (-0.25%) in the first half of 2019 in Japan, according to MBW research – but there was brighter news for the business behind the topline numbers.
Would You Invest Your Own Money Into Your Favorite Artist’s Music?
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- Tuesday, 03 September 2019
Why a fan-fueled “equity crowdfunding” model may be ready to explode.
3 Solutions for Diverse & Sustainable Festival Booking
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- Tuesday, 03 September 2019
Recently, festivals and associations reported a weakening trend for 2019: The ticket sales of big festivals are decreasing due to repetitive line-ups and rising ticket prices.
How did a Swedish saxophonist build Kobalt?
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- Tuesday, 03 September 2019
You may not have heard of Kobalt before, but you probably engage with the music it oversees every day, if not almost every hour.
La cassette audio entre en résistance
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- Tuesday, 03 September 2019
Quasiment disparu, ce format renaît chez de petites compagnies de production musicale. Même si les ventes restent plutôt confidentielles.
Elissa, Lebanese pop star, retires from 'mafia-like' music industry
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- Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Last year, Elissa also hinted at problems with her record label Rotana after it signed a deal with music streaming service Deezer. The deal saw her songs removed from a key Arab music streaming platform on which she had received hundreds of millions of plays.
Mexican music industry optimistic for more growth ahead
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- Tuesday, 20 August 2019
We were the 16th biggest market overall worldwide and as streaming adoption becomes more widespread I believe we’ll start to see Mexico push towards becoming a Top 10 market”.
The Rise, and Urbanization, of Big Music Festivals
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- Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Far from the hippie, peace-and-love archetype of Woodstock, today’s music-festival economy is a seriously big business.
Why, in a post-Tencent/Universal world, the three major music companies are worth nearly $90bn
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- Tuesday, 20 August 2019
The three major music companies are collectively worth more than $85 billion – and they have Tencent to thank.
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