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MIDiA shows $35.1 billion in global recorded music revenues - but what does that number actually mean?

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MIDiA • 6 min read

MIDiA shows $35.1 billion in global recorded music revenues - but what does that number actually mean?

It’s music stats season and tomorrow the IFPI’s £25,000-a-pop Global Music Report is released. MIDiA released its own global recorded music revenues report earlier this week - and with significant differences in headline numbers likely, we take a look at why that is…

Sam Taylor • 20 Mar 2024

Hipgnosis Songs Fund share price takes another battering as SONG says HSM made an “error” in key financial metric

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Hipgnosis • 5 min read

Hipgnosis Songs Fund share price takes another battering as SONG says HSM made an “error” in key financial metric

If you thought the Hipgnosis vs Hipgnosis drama was already peaking, think again. It might barely even have started. In an announcement today, SONG yet again marked down the value of its assets sending the share price plummeting further…

Sam Taylor • 18 Mar 2024

Think you understand the music industry’s revenue stats? Think again…

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Industry Stats • 4 min read

Think you understand the music industry’s revenue stats? Think again…

Headline stats for UK, France, Germany and Spain have been released in advance of IFPI’s Global Music Report - but they’re not as straightforward as they might seem. You can look at two sets of numbers that appear to represent the same thing, but are actually completely different.…

Sam Taylor • 15 Mar 2024

Believe x WMG takeover dance warms up as financial regulator is called in

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Believe • 10 min read

Believe x WMG takeover dance warms up as financial regulator is called in

We’re not calling it a takeover battle - yet. After Warner quietly threatened to get the French financial markets authority to step into its maybe/maybe-not bid for Believe the independent committee at the French indie giant has gone straight for the throat and called them in itself…

Sam Taylor • 12 Mar 2024

Popcorn, rotisserie chickens and lattes are out; air fryers, women’s socks and vinyl are in say ONS boffins

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Vinyl • 3 min read

Popcorn, rotisserie chickens and lattes are out; air fryers, women’s socks and vinyl are in say ONS boffins

Did you know that you can buy heated ponchos that you plug in and wear? Us neither. They are increasingly popular - though not as popular as air fryers, which saw 1175% YoY growth to September 2023. Meanwhile, the ONS has added vinyl music to the consumer price index for the first time in 32 years.…

Sam Taylor • 11 Mar 2024

CNM statement shows that Spotify’s rage about new French streaming levy misrepresents key facts

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Spotify • 6 min read

CNM statement shows that Spotify’s rage about new French streaming levy misrepresents key facts

Spotify seems to be angry with the world right now. After threatening to pull out of Uruguay over ER, it said that the new French streaming levy meant it would have to “disinvest” from the country. What’s wrong, and why is it lashing out quite so hard at France’s Centre national de la musique?…

Sam Taylor • 08 Mar 2024

France has stood firm against Spotify’s bullying - and Spotify is having a tantrum

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Spotify • 4 min read

France has stood firm against Spotify’s bullying - and Spotify is having a tantrum

Spotify has announced that it is raising its prices in France as the result of a new levy on streaming subscriptions. Previously the company threatened to “disinvest from France” if the government went ahead and introduced the legislation. Instead, users will be charged an extra 13 cents a month…

Sam Taylor • 07 Mar 2024

WMG is toying with an offer for Believe that would wipe out Warner’s cash reserves - but is it serious, would Believe shareholders sell and can WMG afford to bet the farm?

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Believe • 6 min read

WMG is toying with an offer for Believe that would wipe out Warner’s cash reserves - but is it serious, would Believe shareholders sell and can WMG afford to bet the farm?

As Believe moves forward with its plans to go private, Warner Music might have tossed a great big Kyncl-shaped two billion dollar spanner in the works, presaging a potentially long-drawn out and bloody boardroom battle for control of the French company…

Sam Taylor • 07 Mar 2024

La France a tenu bon face à l'intimidation de Spotify - et Spotify pique une colère

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Spotify • 4 min read

La France a tenu bon face à l'intimidation de Spotify - et Spotify pique une colère

Spotify va augmenter ses prix en France en raison d'une nouvelle taxe sur le streaming. Auparavant, l'entreprise avait menacé de "désinvestir de la France" si le gouvernement mettait en place cette législation.…

Sam Taylor • 07 Mar 2024

Mean Millennials scrap streaming subscriptions, mail order music is booming - and Apple Music might be making £500 million or more in the UK

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ERA • 5 min read

Mean Millennials scrap streaming subscriptions, mail order music is booming - and Apple Music might be making £500 million or more in the UK

ERA’s annual stats bang shows a whole bunch of interesting things - including a booming market for mail order music, a declining audiobook opportunity - and a strong correlation with IFPI’s global stats…

Sam Taylor • 06 Mar 2024

Hipgnosis Songs Fund takes a haircut - and might have bigger problems to come

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Hipgnosis • 5 min read

Hipgnosis Songs Fund takes a haircut - and might have bigger problems to come

When City types talk about haircuts they might mean a short back and sides - but might also mean something has tanked in value. “My hedge fund took a haircut last week, so the new Ferrari will have to wait”. Hipgnosis has opened the wine, reached for the clippers and gone for a number two all over.…

Sam Taylor • 05 Mar 2024

Dodgy distributor 3tone linked to company being investigated by Serious Fraud Office

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3tone • 6 min read

Dodgy distributor 3tone linked to company being investigated by Serious Fraud Office

The collapse of pre-paid funeral provider Safe Hands is being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office - with millions of pounds flowing through companies associated with 3tone investor Carlton James…

Sam Taylor • 01 Mar 2024