Raoul Chatterjee doesn’t look like a man under pressure. Music Week meets him at MIDEM, where he cuts a rare cool, calm, deal-making figure amidst the hot and flustered Britpack ...
Helena Djurkovic has been appointed as the new chief executive of not-for-profit licensing agency Educational Recording Agency (ERA). Djurkovic will take up the role at ERA on June 5 ...
ERA has issued a pointed response to the IFPI’s Global Music Report and its focus on the impact of record labels on the recorded music market by highlighting the significance ...
As Record Store Day looms, a raft of leading independent retailers and experts have told Music Week that there is still plenty of life in the vinyl revival - despite ...
For years now, music retail has pleaded with the music industry not to stack all its big releases at the end of the year, and let a few big records ...
Executives from across the music industry have hailed Ed Sheeran, as stunning sales for his new album ÷ moved the singer-songwriter into the global superstar bracket.
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The Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) has revealed that, for the first time ever, entertainment spending on subscription models outstripped money spent on physical and download formats in 2016. But music ...
At the turn of the millennium, the IFPI reported that CDs accounted for 76% of albums sold globally. Since then, the adoption of digital technology relating to both streaming and ...
BPI chief Geoff Taylor has hailed the power of streaming in driving the market “back towards growth”, after BPI and ERA year-end figures showed a significant rise in music consumption. ...
The music industry appears to have turned a corner, after new ERA (Entertainment Retailers Association) data revealed that the biz grew 4.6% to hit £1.11 billion in 2016, outstripping games ...
