Music streaming
Paul McCartney and Kate Bush lead call for change to music streaming payments
Open letter to Boris Johnson signed by 156 musicians including Led Zeppelin and Annie Lennox aims to reword 1988 Copyright Act
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
20, Apr, 2021 @1:25 PM
The music streaming debate: what the artists, songwriters and industry insiders say
The Guardian has talked to 25 figures from the music world ahead of publication of a parliamentary report
Lanre Bakare
10, Apr, 2021 @7:00 AM
The threat of inflation is not so imminent as No 11 would have us believe
While higher interest rates would add to the cost of financing the debt burden, central banks are unlikely to raise them soon
07, Mar, 2021 @7:00 AM
‘Record companies have me on a dartboard’: the man making millions buying classic hits
Hit songs can be a better investment than gold – and by snapping up the rights, Merck Mercuriadis has become the most disruptive force in music
Dorian Lynskey
27, Feb, 2021 @12:00 PM
Songwriters fight to be heard in streaming revenues debate
As music consumption has evolved, the songwriting community have seen their income diminish despite playing a greater role in shaping emerging artists
Rhian Jones
12, Feb, 2021 @9:28 AM
Spotify credits podcast popularity for 24% growth in subscribers
Strategic shift beyond music content helps streaming service to grow advertising income by 29% to €281m
Mark Sweney
03, Feb, 2021 @5:29 PM
Metallica and Michael Bublé producer cashes in on music streaming rights boom
Hipgnosis buys rights to Bob Rock’s Metallica album and Canadian artist’s songs for undisclosed sum
Jasper Jolly
21, Jan, 2021 @10:43 AM
Streaming deals reflect success of biggest artists, says label boss
Universal’s UK head tells MPs services are not perfect, as it emerges it can take over 1m streams to make £1,000
Mark Sweney
19, Jan, 2021 @4:53 PM
MP says record boss 'in cloud cuckoo land' over music streaming claims
John Nicolson responds to Universal Music UK chair after he says artists ‘very happy’ with payments
Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent
19, Jan, 2021 @3:39 PM
'Spotify are selling adverts, not music': how to stream ethically
Major services pay musicians as little as £0.004 per stream, a rate it’s impossible to live on. What other options are there?
Rhian Jones
16, Jan, 2021 @8:00 AM
UK lockdowns fuel record year for home entertainment spending
Netflix, Prime and Disney+ surge 38% to £2.9bn in 2020, with Frozen 2 the biggest selling video
Mark Sweney
08, Jan, 2021 @6:01 AM
The Guardian view on music streaming: the tide is high | Editorial
Editorial: Classic tracks by groups such as Blondie are fuelling an online music boom. But emerging artists need a bigger slice of the profits
Editorial
25, Dec, 2020 @5:16 PM
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