Top news of the week: 15.12.2022.
38 key music/tech funding rounds in 2022
Today's 2022 roundup article focuses on funding rounds for startups (and bigger companies) in and around music/tech.
12 big talking points around TikTok and music in 2022
TikTok was never far from the music industry headlines in 2022, for better or worse. We're looking at the biggest talking points.
The 10 Biggest Music Business Stories & Trends of 2022: TikTok, Taylor, Web3 & More
As the year winds down, a look back at the biggest moves, deals, ebbs and flows in another year of record-breaking success and fast-moving change.
SoundCloud’s revenues grew 19% YoY to $273m in 2021. Now it’s predicting that ‘fandom will be the next big format for the music business’.
2021 was the first year that SoundCloud's annual revenues topped a quarter of a billion dollars…
The Changing World Of Record Labels: Physical Retail
A look at how the role of physical retail and merchandising in the modern music business is evolving, from five of the top executives in the middle of that evolution.
Warner Nashville Co-Heads on the Label’s Big Streaming Year & Why Country is Due for a Latin Explosion
In their first joint interview since taking over in June, Ben Kline and Cris Lacy lean into the genre’s expanding palette with acts like Bailey Zimmerman and Giovannie & The Hired Guns.
22 stats to help you understand India’s music industry in 2022
Facts and figures about India’s music industry are hard to come by, and when they are shared, the numbers are most often self-proclaimed.
The Ledger: Five Ways 2022 Pushed Music Royalties Forward
From rising subscription prices to potential terrestrial radio payouts for artists and labels, the future is looking a little brighter for rights holders.