Top news of the week: 15.09.2022.
Sir Lucian Grainge on streaming growth, catalog deals and the balance of power between labels vs. DSPs
Universal's Chairman and CEO participated in a Q&A session at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference…
‘I’m confident that in the future, 15-20% of all music on the global charts will be by African artists.’
MBW’s World Leaders series interviews Martin Nielsen, CEO of African music streaming service Mdundo…
How The Music Industry Can Increase Its Overall Revenue
This week’s Trapital memo is brought to you by HitPiece. Discover new NFTs from your favorite artists through HitPiece Despite the controversial beta launch earlier this year, music NFT ...
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs: 7 Lessons I’ve Learnt in the Music Business
“Putting out a dud track isn’t going to ruin anything; every great artist does it.”
Linkfire launches its ‘next-generation’ bio link for artists
Linkfire's bio links have become a key part of the music marketing space, among those of its smart-links competitors.
Sunset Sounds: The Safe Return Of Live Music In Los Angeles
When COVID-19 shut the world down, it didn’t just leave music fans without a hobby. Many concert-goers were disconnected from the communities and spaces where they could truly be ...
YouTube’s annual music industry payouts grow to $6bn
YouTube paid out $6bn to the music industry in the 12-month period between July 2021 and June 2022, the company has announced.
‘With production music, there are no limits on the opportunities we can bring emerging talent.’
West One Music’s Global CEO Edwin Cox tells us more about the firm's origins, the evolution of the production music space, and how the globalisation of media has changed the way the company ...