streaming income is now greater than download income in 24 territories

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/02/streaming-music-income-is-greater-than-downloads-in-24-territories-.html

U2's bet on Apple still paying off

http://us.kantar.com/tech/mobile/2015/kantar-data-on-free-u2-album-usage?curator=MediaREDEF

how Video Games was made

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr12/articles/it-0412.htm

Lefsetz on stardom

http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2015/02/18/stardom/

Swedish songwriters accuse streaming companies of short changing them

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/16/swedish-songwriters-accuse-spotify-music-streaming-companies-of-short-changing-them?CMP=share_btn_fb

Mark Ronson's Spotify earnings

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=294652

Max Martin: hotter than ever

http://mic.com/articles/110236/the-grammys-just-proved-that-one-man-was-behind-all-the-biggest-pop-music-in-2014

music supervisors explain the songs that make their shows great

http://www.thefader.com/2015/02/11/5-music-supervisors-explain-the-songs-that-make-their-shows-great?curator=MusicREDEF

Avicii's manager Ash Pounouri on Spotify

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/6465422/avicii-manager-defends-spotify-too-many-people-have-the

major labels keep 73% of Spotify Premium payouts

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/artists-get-7-of-streaming-cash-labels-take-46/

Rick Rubin talks about his and other people's tracks for genius.com

http://genius.com/RickRubin

Nick Raphael interview

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=294517

the future of Shazam

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/shazam-the-progress-and-appeal-of-the-whats-that-song-app-thats-now-worth-1-billion-10016833.html

music accounted for 62 of the top 250 YouTube channels in 2014

http://musically.com/2015/02/02/top-music-youtube-channels-2014/

how Hozier broke through (Rolling Stone piece)

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/behind-hoziers-unlikely-rise-20150129

Casablanca Records past and present

https://medium.com/cuepoint/from-cocaine-disco-to-electronic-dance-the-loaded-legacy-of-casablanca-records-3bffdc8d71e3