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 ...
It wasn’t me. But it was pretty much everyone else.
Amidst this week’s Music Week revelation that it now takes an average of 4.84 people (up on last year's ...
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 ...
I write this the morning after the night before, in a deserted Music Week office, watching the final triumphant tweets come in from those award winners still out on the ...
Ten years ago, under the stewardship of EMI CEO Eric Nicoli, myself and 11 fellow music execs formed a council to identify skills needed for the music industry. We canvassed ...
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 ...
Re-watching the Kill Your Friends movie recently, two things leapt out. One, the insane level of Music Week product placement. And two, the equally insane levels of competition between – ...
Looking back over the remarkable career of the Manic Street Preachers, as we do in this week’s cover story, it’s clear that a little indulgence can go a long ...
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 ...
