streaming model works best if you have a big catalogue; won't necessarily benefit individual writers and artists

http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/streaming-model-works-best-if-you-have-a-big-catalogue-clive-gardiner/060432

BBC preview of 2015 in music

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30392168

Mica Levi on the Under The Skin soundtrack

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/dec/27/mica-levi-under-the-skin-scarlett-johansson?CMP=share_btn_fb

One Direction's secret investment in 5 Seconds of Summer

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6273836/one-direction-secret-investment-5-seconds-summer

2014 - when songwriters burned the chorus and built the bridge

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/dec/22/2014-when-songwriters-burned-the-chorus-and-built-the-bridge

Lucian Grainge's end of year memo to employees

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/6414010/lucian-grainges-end-of-year-memo-to-employees-its-no

Lohan Presencer on Apple, YouTube, Spotify....

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/22/lohan-presencer-apple-youtube-spotify-ministry-of-sound

Fatboy Slim on the making of Rockafeller Skank

Anatomy of a Hit: how Meghan Trainor made the UK chart without selling downloads

https://insights.spotify.com/uk/2014/12/16/anatomy-of-a-hit-how-meghan-trainor-made-the-uk-chart-without-selling-downloads/

make YouTube look less like Spotify and more like Pandora says Mark Mulligan

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2014/12/12/why-it-is-time-to-make-youtube-look-less-like-spotify-and-more-like-pandora/

Mike Will Made It interview

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/mike-will-made-it-interview-ransom-2014?curator=MusicREDEF

Ed Sheeran "owes career to Spotify"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30436855

the genesis of Now That's What I Call Music

http://www.wrongmog.com/2014/12/how-we-made-now-thats-what-i-call-music/

Anatomy of a Hit - Kelly Clarkson's Since U Been Gone

http://www.npr.org/2014/12/02/368013489/anatomy-of-a-hit-kelly-clarksons-since-u-been-gone?curator=MusicREDEF

the story of how Lorde became famous

http://mic.com/articles/105476/lorde-may-be-the-last-true-rock-star

maybe Lars Ulrich was right (about Napster)

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2014/12/01/maybe-lars-ulrich-right?curator=MusicREDEF

one band who loves Spotify (Moke Hill)

http://www.wired.com/2014/11/one-band-who-loves-spotify?curator=MusicREDEF

Paul McGuinness interview - talks about U2's breakthrough

Clive Calder's farewell letter to his staff

https://www.facebook.com/timsmith1965/posts/10152832888226142

Spotify overtaking YouTube for emerging artists

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6327644/streaming-spotify-overtaking-youtube?curator=MusicREDEF

Pomplamoose tour profits or lack thereof

https://medium.com/@jackconte/pomplamoose-2014-tour-profits-67435851ba37

why Irving Azoff's new company has (some) leverage over YouTube

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/6327148/why-irving-azoffs-new-company-has-some-leverage-over

The Shazam Effect and other hit predicting data

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/12/the-shazam-effect/382237/

8 trends in 2014 pop music production

http://popmusictheory.com/8-trends-pop-music-2014/?curator=MusicREDEF

Daniel Glass, Mark Mulligan and others on YouTube Music Key

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/6319710/daniel-glass-martin-bandier-robb-mcdaniels-and-more

how to write a boy band hit by One Direction songwriters

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/14/how-to-write-a-boyband-hit-by-one-direction-songwriters

Scott Borchetta on what Taylor Swift earnt from Spotify

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/6312453/taylor-swift-earned-less-than-500000-from-spotify-this

Bandcamp now offers artists the chance to launch their own subscription services

http://www.factmag.com/2014/11/12/bandcamp-artists-subscription-services/

10 thoughts on YouTube Music Key from Mark Mulligan

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2014/11/12/10-thoughts-on-youtube-music-key/

Spotify's Daniel Ek responds to Taylor Swift

http://www.spotifyartists.com/2-billion-and-counting/

How Kitsuné Cultivated a Loyal Fashion Fanbase Through Music

http://www.businessoffashion.com/2014/11/kitsune-cultivated-loyal-fashion-fanbase-music.html

Cory Doctorow interview explaining his position on copyright

http://www.salon.com/2014/11/06/cory_doctorow_were_all_sharecroppers_in_googles_fields_for_the_rest_of_eternity/

"Avicii's Wake Me Up earned less than you'd expect from streaming services"

http://www.edmsauce.com/2014/11/06/aviciis-wake-earned-less-youd-expect-streaming-services/

Clive Davis interview

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/nov/05/30-minutes-with-clive-jones-record-producer?CMP=twt_gu

Calvin Harris and EDM's hair metal phase

http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/pop-in-a-hopeless-place-calvin-harris-and-edms-hair-metal-phase/?curator=MusicREDEF

Mark Mulligan on Taylor Swift and Spotify windowing

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2014/11/03/windowing-shake-it-off/

Jimmy Douglass interview

http://www.thefader.com/2014/10/28/personal-history-jimmy-douglass-interview

YouTube's regular music audience and its impact on other services

http://musically.com/2014/10/29/youtube-music-audience/

Spotify and Echo Nest's Truffle Pig playlisting plans

http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/19/the-sonic-mad-scientists/

how much money One Direction make

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/29739709

inside the making of Pharrell's Happy (one of the most effective music videos of all time)

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3037310/innovation-by-design/inside-the-making-of-pharrells-happy

the soaring financial cost of blocking pirate sites

http://torrentfreak.com/the-soaring-financial-cost-of-blocking-pirate-sites-141019/

a lengthy interview with Daniel Glass

http://encore.celebrityaccess.com/index.php?encoreId=485&articleId=49770

Rick Rubin returns to the NYU dorm room where he founded Def Jam

ten hits you probably didn't know were cover versions

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29568083

good FT interview with Simon Cowell

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/933257b6-4f3d-11e4-9c88-00144feab7de.html#axzz3G11EzIIg

Who will be the First Fired Label Execs over Spotify Fiasco & Cannibalization?

http://thetrichordist.com/2014/10/09/who-will-be-the-first-fired-label-execs-over-spotify-cannibalization/

the costs of being an opening act

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6273989/opening-acts-losing-money

Anatomy of a hit: how Mr Probz came to America

https://insights.spotify.com/us/2014/09/30/anatomy-of-a-hit-how-mr-probz-came-to-america/

the music industry's 99 problems (mostly wrong)

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2014/09/02/music-industry-99-problems

how to write a hit song with a checklist by Mike Caren

http://reprints.longform.org/justin-timberlake-has-a-cold

also summarised here: http://www.thevine.com.au/music/news/number-ones-the-veronicas-you-ruin-me-20141001-287637/

and here: http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/09/27/pop-questions/

Bittorrent boss Matt Mason on Thom Yorke's surprise record

http://www.thefader.com/2014/09/26/interview-matt-mason-thom-york-album-bittorrent

what will the music business look like in five years?

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/6259266/guest-post-what-will-the-music-business-look-like-in

the art of unblocking websites without committing crimes

http://torrentfreak.com/the-art-of-unblocking-websites-without-committing-crimes-140923/

the three things streaming needs to fix next

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2014/09/22/the-three-things-streaming-needs-to-fix-next/

Failure

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140912225023-101213441-failure-turn-this-enemy-into-a-frenemy

Jay-Z on sampling

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140911/09383528493/jay-z-steps-up-to-plate-to-argue-that-tiny-music-samples-are-unprotected-copyright.shtml

Snapchat and Instagram music marketing action

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/09/snapchat-and-instagram-music-marketing-action-with-alesso-fall-out-boy-and-etienne-de-cr%C3%A9cy.html

about the lack of female artists on the cover of the NME

http://hystericalinjury.wordpress.com/2013/06/20/annies-nme-installation-a-former-nme-features-editor-responds/

Royal Blood and the Hipster-Industrial Complex

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/understanding-the-phenomenon-of-royal-blood

Calvin Harris's billion streams on Spotify may be worth $7 million

http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/calvin-harris-s-billion-streams-on-spotify-are-worth-7-million/059527

how to make a GIF from a YouTube video

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/09/how-to-make-a-gif-from-a-youtube-video.html

Tracey Thorn on Kate Bush

http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/09/tracey-thorn-kate-bush-hammersmith-apollo-ecstatic-triumph-life-s-work

CD Baby Free direct to fan downloads

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/09/cd-baby-free-direct-to-fan-download-sales-even-if-youre-distributed-by-tunecore-others.html

Distrokid - unlimited digital music distribution for $19.99 per year

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/08/open-letter-to-robb-mcdaniels-founder-and-ceo-of-ingrooves.html

what you need to know about sync agreements before signing

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/08/what-you-need-to-know-about-music-license-agreements-before-signing.html

predicting the Mercury Music Prize nominations

http://shortlist.com/entertainment/music/predicting-the-2014-mercury-prize-nominations

an industry insider reveals why streaming music's already profitable

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/08/an-industry-insider-explains-why-streaming-musics-already-profitable.html

Lessons from Macklemore

http://newartistmodel.com/lessons-from-macklemore/

Mark Mulligan: what future for the album in the on-demand age?

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2014/07/15/what-future-for-the-album-in-the-on-demand-age/

there will be a collapse in arena bands within a decade

http://www.businessinsider.com/analyst-there-will-be-a-collapse-in-arena-bands-within-a-decade-2014-7

Bob Lefsetz's guide to digital presence

http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2014/07/23/digital-presence/

how Al Yankovic got a number one album in the US

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/arts/music/weird-al-yankovic-scores-with-mandatory-fun.html

how streaming music kills jazz and classical

http://www.salon.com/2014/07/20/its_not_just_david_byrne_and_radiohead_spotify_pandora_and_how_streaming_music_kills_jazz_and_classical/

Sam Smith's Spotify gamble - did it pay off?

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/6174187/sam-smiths-spotify-gamble-did-it-pay-off?

George Ergatoudis predicting the death of albums

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/28142994

Keep on Running: 50 Years of Island Records documentary

interview with Spotify's Kevin Brown

http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/spotify-s-kevin-brown-access-creates-awareness-and-awareness-creates-consumption/

Hits interview Monte and Avery Lipman

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news09926m01

YouTube vs the indie labels - Billboard analysis of the contract

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/6128540/analysis-youtube-indie-labels-contract-subscription-service

Believe/YouTube deal

http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/youtube-why-one-significant-indie-music-group-has-signed-licensing-deal/058772

BitTorrent bundles

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/06/with-100-million-bundles-delivered-bittorrent-bundle-is-an-established-force-in-music-marketing.html

digital music transparency

http://musically.com/2014/06/17/digital-music-transparency-brian-message/

classic musicians rail against the new economics of music

http://pando.com/2014/06/09/no-spotify-for-old-men-classic-musicians-rail-against-the-new-economics-of-music/

Artists will receive nothing from the $3 billion Beats acquisition, sources say

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2014/06/09/artists-will-receive-nothing-3-billion-beats-acquisition-sources-say

the ultimate band portraits on film

http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/20168/1/the-ultimate-irl-band-portraits-on-film

interviews with bloggers Pigeons & Planes and Disco Naivete

http://diymag.com/2014/06/02/discovery-the-curators-bloggers-ea-cover-feature-thisisdiy

the great music industry power shift - from records to live

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/the-great-music-industry-power-shift/

who so many artists want to break up with major labels - Vice article

http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/are-major-labels-broken-azealia-banks-mia-childish-gambino-2014

Jeff Smith interview

http://www.saga.co.uk/saga-magazine/2014/may/radio-2-playlist-jeff-smith.aspx

how an obsession with stats is damaging the UK music business

http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4147817-how-radio-1s-obsession-with-stats-is-damaging-the-uk-music-business

Billboard adds Twitter charts

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/05/billboard-adds-twitter-charts-teaches-you-how-to-game-them.html

Radio 1 playlist secrets uncovered

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/may/25/radio-1-playlist-secrets-uncovered-battle-of-brands

Kygo Billboard piece

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/code/6062371/kygo-talks-mixing-for-diplo-coldplay-and-upcoming-tour#Uz8hEasu14RQOePZ.01

Anatomy of a no. 1 debut on Billboard's Heatseekers chart

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/05/anatomy-of-a-number-one-debut-on-billboards-heatseeker-chart.html

Hits article about Shazam

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news09879m01

Jimmy Iovine knows what music you want

Pop music - what's happened to the money?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/10812126/Pop-music-Whats-happened-to-the-money-money-money.html

Spotify's Wall Street window may have 'disappeared'

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2014/05/05/spotifyipodisappearing

14 hit songs meant for other artists

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/14-hit-songs-meant-for-other-artists

Pop/EDM Violinist Lindsey Stirling's Online Explosion Ahead of New Album Shatter Me

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news09848m01

YouTube reveals the top music channels

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/04/youtube-accidentally-reveals-top-1-of-music-channels-in-new-google-preferred-lineup.html

interview with Sia about songwriting

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/20/magazine/sia-furler-the-socially-phobic-pop-star.html

Spotify has iTunes on the run

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news09834m01

Bill Werde vs Angela Cheng - is the Billboard chart broken?

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/is-the-billboard-chart-broken-or-is-one-internet-troll-trying-to-sabotage-lady-gaga-dope-2014

experts deconstruct the appeal of Happy by Pharrell

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/apr/08/pharrell-williams-happy-single

Research finds YouTube hurts music album sales (with reference to Warner Music)

http://torrentfreak.com/youtube-hurts-music-album-sales-research-finds-140409/

Stop making viral videos, start making a YouTube content strategy

http://bzzzsocial.com/stop-making-viral-videos-start-making-youtube-content-strategy/

Lucian Grainge Buzzfeed article

http://www.buzzfeed.com/richardmorgan/how-universal-music-ceo-lucian-grainge-became-the-most-power

Teenagers on Reddit talk about what's cool

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2014/apr/02/teenagers-adolescents-cool-snapchat-street-cred

Beggars Group streaming payments

http://musically.com/2014/04/07/beggars-group-recalibrates-50-streaming-payment-to-artists-and-attacks-youtube/

explanation of how much Facebook posts get seen and why

http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/03/the-filtered-feed-problem/

Bill Werde on how rumours and outright lies spread on the internet with reference to Lady Gaga

http://billwerde.tumblr.com/post/81315438479/on-angela-cheng-lady-gaga-and-the-culpability-of

Hits on Richard Griffiths, Steve Barnett and others

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news09802

interview with Joel Katz

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news09804

interview with Patrick Leonard about working with Madonna

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5944767/madonna-producer-patrick-leonard-talks-like-a-prayer-at-25

why Wu Tang will release just one copy of its secret album

http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2014/03/26/why-wu-tang-will-release-just-one-copy-of-its-secret-album/

OWSLA's Nick Thayer breaks down how much he earns

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2014/03/24/nickthayer

interview with Spotify's Ken Parks

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/5930388/spotifys-ken-parks-on-an-ipo-the-echo-nest-purchase-qa

Lucian Grainge piece in the LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-fi-ct-music-business-change-20140309,0,536651,full.story#axzz2vP7nOTeL

10 new rules of the music industry

http://theboombox.com/10-new-rules-of-the-music-industry/

"I'm a producer engineer and I'm invisible on digital music services"

http://thisindustrythingofours.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/im-a-producer-engineer-and-im-invisible-on-digital-music-services/

8 steps to a million YouTube music channel views

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/02/8-steps-to-a-million-youtube-music-channel-views.html

an independent artist's take on Spotify

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ron-pope/spotify-independent-artists_b_4803404.html

here's every American state's favourite band

http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-every-states-favorite-band-2014-2

Impatience Has Its Reward - Books Are Rolled Out Faster

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/books/impatience-has-its-reward-books-are-rolled-out-faster.html

The Beatles and the history of merchandising in music

http://www.themusicnetwork.com/50-years-beatles-history-merchandising-music/

what is really cannibalising download sales?

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2014/02/07/what-is-really-cannibalising-download-sales/

The music industry's YouTube problem

http://musically.com/2014/02/07/music-allys-midem-recap-the-music-industrys-youtube-problem/

Roseanne Cash on Spotify, YouTube and social media

http://mashable.com/2014/02/07/rosanne-cash/

Daft Punk interview from 2007

http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/6701-daft-punk/

A Chuck Philips article about how the record industry was in 2001: high risk, low margin

http://articles.latimes.com/2001/may/31/news/mn-4713

7 things a record deal teaches you about the music industry by Spose

http://www.cracked.com/article_20939_7-things-record-deal-teaches-you-about-music-industry_p2.html

Google and piracy

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2014/02/04/pirategoogle

how big is music on YouTube?

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/01/how-big-is-music-on-you-tube-hint-really-big-infographic.html

London Grammar Jazz Summers

http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/london-grammar-teaching-the-music-business-important-lessons/057487

Max Martin

http://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/entertainment-articles/max-martin-powerful-person-music-business-people-never-even-head-name/

Will Beats Music trump Spotify with its artist charm offensive?

http://www.theguardian.com/media/media-blog/2014/jan/15/beats-music-spotify-artist-royalties-dr-dre-trent-reznor

Troy Carter interview

http://www.fastcompany.com/3024171/step-up-troy-carter

What Beats Music needs to do to be a success

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/14/what-beats-music-needs-to-do-to-be-a-success/

Beats Music enters online streaming market

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/arts/music/beats-music-enters-online-streaming-market.html?_r=0

are clueless labels ruining mix platforms like Soundcloud?

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/01/are-clueless-labels-ruining-mix-platforms-like-soundcloud.html