The latest streaming stats for rock music don’t make great reading for anyone who still loves and believes in the genre.
The figures are growing (up 29.75% on this time ...
The global struggle for streaming supremacy has got the digital giants at each other’s throats. And you know what? That’s exactly where the music industry wants them.
The biz’s digital ...
This Thursday (May 17), Vivendi’s management board will present its initial findings on a possible IPO for Universal Music Group. It’s a potentially game-changing moment, both for the world’s ...
The streaming battleground has already taken over the office and the living room, now not even your car is safe.
Not for nothing did Spotify – who tend to know ...
The latest edition of Music Week is unofficially sponsored by that most elusive of words: ‘longevity’. Of course, becoming a permanent fixture in the ever-changing music industry’s firmament is no ...
A$AP Rocky (feat. Blocboy JB)Bad Company (Columbia)A$AP Rocky fans are hungry for a new album, and the Harlem chiller is fuelling the rumours by doing what he does ...
I was lucky enough to serve my time at NME during what’s come to be seen as a golden age for the weekly music magazine, which sadly closed its printed ...
So, Spotify’s long-awaited IPO is finally here, after the streaming giant filed last week. It could be the moment that seals its dominant position in music distribution, or maybe ...
The streaming revolution has reached every corner of the music business, but its effect on radio has always been greatly exaggerated.
Last week’s RAJAR figures showed radio is in ruder ...
In New York for the 2018 Grammy Awards, two things were immediately apparent. Firstly, I should have brought a warmer coat.
And secondly, the music streaming war in America ...
