The trio of reports revealed continued subscription growth but smaller improvements than in previous years as the major labels increasingly look to small and developing markets.
Spotify’s latest Loud & Clear report underscored the point: In the digital era, where you live is a form of arbitrage.
Super-premium offerings will allow platforms and labels “to segment and capture customer value at higher than ever levels,” UMG CEO Lucian Grange said Thursday (March 6).
Germany and Spain were driven by streaming gains, while physical sales in both countries, as well as in Japan, slowed from 2023.
The app’s share of time spent on social platforms declined last year as YouTube Shorts and others ascended. Are the days of its supremacy as a promotional vehicle over?
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek is currently “playing around” with an unreleased, secretive superfan product that should be a win for platforms, rights holders and subscribers.
Despite huge gains in industry revenues, individual creators feel they’re being cheated by streaming — a paradox that's proving difficult to solve.
The share of music from primarily English-speaking countries fell in 2024 -- a trend furthered by an increasingly globalized economy and digital tools allowing for wider distribution.
Platforms like Soundstripe are working to make music licensing simpler for content creators, which could help grow the U.S. synch market.
In response to a dramatically shifting landscape, the majors became increasingly focused on expanding their global artist services footprints this year.
