Analysis Blog The hardest-working words in the music business in 2023Eamonn Forde on the words that the music biz has been addicted to in the past 12 months – and what they really mean
Analysis Robert Kyncl: The EU shouldn’t miss the opportunity to include meaningful transparency and record-keeping obligations in the AI ActThe Warner Music Group boss gives a strong message on responsible AI ahead of crucial lawmaking decision
Analysis The Weighting Is The Hardest PartA change in Billboard Chart reporting threatens to marginalize vinyl records and the stores who sell them, says Nabil Ayers
Analysis Why I just resigned from my job in generative AI.Ed Newton-Rex has quit his role at Stability AI. In an exclusive op-ed, he shares why.
Analysis We Can Wipe It Out: The Beatles’ ‘greatest hits’ as a catalogue palimpsestEamonn Forde on the continual adjustments and tweaks being made to the Fab Four's Greatest Hits packages
Analysis The music industry obsesses over the wrong kind of ‘discovery’.MBW founder, Tim Ingham, on the strange reasons we fall in love with artists, and how hard that is to measure
Analysis Blog Superfans and supine fans: the music industry is getting its priorities the wrong way aroundThe following op-ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde
Analysis The mounting horror of music’s Frankenstream servicesThe following op-ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde
Analysis Blog In defence of white noise.The following op-ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde
Analysis Blog Tongue and cheek: the Rolling Stones and the unpalatable ascendancy of fauxganic marketingThe following op-ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde
Analysis Blog Leave It Be.The following op-ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde
Analysis Blog How Taylor Swift got to re-record her songs… and can any artist make a ‘Taylor’s Version’ of their own albums?The following op-ed comes from Larry Iser, managing partner at Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir LLP.
Analysis Blog How live acts can fully monetise their setlistsThe following op-ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde
Analysis Blog ‘Touring can push you past the limits of mind and body, leading to burnouts, breakdowns, overdoses and relapses.’Exhilarating shows, adoring fans and global adventures – what’s not to love about touring? Tamsin Embleton, MA, MBACP and Editor of a new book on the subject, has a few suggestions…
Analysis Blog ‘Monthly Active Users’ tells us something, but not nearly enough…The following MBW analysis comes from Russ Crupnick, Managing Partner of MusicWatch