IF SPOTIFY’S GOING TO BECOME PROFITABLE, IT NEEDS TO MAKE SOME CHANGES

Spotify’s annual results, filed last month in Luxembourg, portray a business whose losses are far outpacing its revenue growth – with 2016’s sales up 52% to $3.3bn but net losses widening 133% to nearly $600m. The first apparent conclusion from… Continue Reading

New report profiles Generation Z’s relationship with music

The latest in a regular series of Insight Sessions was held yesterday (June 27), unveiling new music research by Mark Mulligan of MiDiA Research. The report for BPI/ERA, christened Generation Z: Meet the Young Millennials, explores the music consumption habits… Continue Reading

Know Your Market/Know Your Competition

Last time on The Ten Laws of Indie Success…   …We discussed The Law of Indie Success #9 Keep Financial Records. And questioned if 50 Cent could have avoided bankruptcy by living within his means. This week we see how Jay Z studied… Continue Reading