The biggest news in the music industry last week was a bit of a damp squib. Universal Music Group and Spotify jointly announced Wednesday (July 22nd) that they’d re-upped their global licensing deal — ...

The total number of listeners on a music platform or network can be dazzling, and as the zeros roll out, brands take note and imagine the possibilities. Here comes the record scratch. If a platform or ...

Music companies are sure about one thing when it comes to YouTube: They wish it would pay more to stream their tunes. But they're far less certain about the reason so few of the video streams… By Ed ...

The parade of data-driven ad platform launches by companies that don’t traditionally monetize through advertising seemingly cannot be stopped. Last November, music labels got into the mix with the ...