Larry Jackson/Jimmy Iovine interview in New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/22/arts/music/apple-music-platform-promoter-both.html?_r=1

George Ergatoudis interview

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=303970

Anne Marie: SO… HOW DO YOU BREAK AN ARTIST IN THE STREAMING AGE?

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/break-artist-streaming-age/

Billboard's 2016 A&R Power Players List Revealed

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/7587807/billboards-2016-ar-power-players-list-revealed

‘I HATE THE WORD “RULES”. IT’S THE ANTITHESIS OF A&R.’

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/dont-like-rules-theyre-antithesis-ar/

Vanity Fair interview Adele

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2016/10/adele-cover-story?curator=MusicREDEF

The Monstercat Label Model: From YouTube Channel to One Million Record Sales

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/6150386/the-monstercat-label-model-from-youtube-channel-to-one

musicologists including Peter Oxendale

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/12/arts/music/the-man-musicians-call-when-two-tunes-sound-alike.html?_r=0

BBC RADIO 1’S MOST-PLAYED ARTISTS THIS YEAR

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/bbc-radio-1s-played-artists-year-enough-uk-acts/

How record companies use the data Spotify/Apple send them

the Amen Break - the most sampled song of all time

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-most-sampled-song-of-all-time/?curator=MusicREDEF

a YouTube to mp3 ripper site may be the 103rd largest in the world

http://www.onlinemarketingrockstars.de/philip-matesanz-youtube-mp3-english/

Bon Iver interview

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/sep/24/bon-iver-justin-vernon-22-million-interview

SPOTIFY EXEC: ‘RADIO IS OF THE PAST. IT’S NOT RELEVANT’

http://musically.com/2016/09/23/spotify-exec-radio-past-not-relevant/

Hidden in plain sight: a global underground dance music scene with millions of fans. Are gamers the biggest millennial subculture in music? An exploration of ‘online-only’ music.

https://medium.com/music-x-tech-x-future/hidden-in-plain-sight-a-global-underground-dance-music-scene-with-millions-of-fans-ca8f2c1f4cce?curator=MusicREDEF#.kl0s5n7a3

how Spotify are getting it wrong by hogging all the playlist action

https://medium.com/@ExtendedDigest/this-image-perfectly-illustrates-how-spotify-are-getting-it-wrong-4db38a148b22#.sb2ffhw72

Chainsmokers hit earning $300k a week just in the US

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=302878

the characteristics of a Billboard no. 1 hit song

http://flypaper.soundfly.com/features/defining-deconstructing-the-characteristics-of-a-billboard-1-hit-song/

Frank Ocean's business moves

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7494773/frank-oceans-blonde-business-moves

Bryson Tiller and Apple Music

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bryson-tiller-drake-apple-music-and-the-making-of-a-trap-soul-star-20151030

Spotify IPO watch

https://musictech.solutions/2016/08/25/spotify-ipo-watch-blame-%E2%89%A0-profit/

Sean Glass on Apple Music Exclusives

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/apple-music-exclusives-insiders-view/

Spotify's relationship to the majors

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-contract-three-major-labels-wants-pay-less/

Skewed VIEWS: The Huge Truth About Drake’s Record-Breaking Chart Run (on Apple Music)

http://www.stereogum.com/1892123/skewed-views-the-huge-truth-about-drakes-record-breaking-chart-run/news/?utm_source=share-tw&utm_medium=button

WILL SPOTIFY AND APPLE MUSIC RETURN THE BIZ TO PRE-NAPSTER PROSPERITY?

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=302257

Spotify NYC office tour

http://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-office-tour-2016-7?IR=T

music producers inc. Chainsmokers explain how they created a hit

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/arts/music/chainsmokers-flume-clams-casino.html

Why this musician (Powell) put his email on a Billboard

http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/32168/1/why-this-musician-put-his-email-on-a-billboard

Hits on US streaming vs sales

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=302007

Kim Kardashian Taylor Swift Snapchat Kanye West

http://www.vox.com/2016/7/18/12210858/kim-kardashian-taylor-swift-snapchat-kanye-west

Spotify's playlisting team

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-raids-bbc-radio-for-star-talent-to-boost-uk-playlist-team/

good analysis of Taylor Swift vs YouTube

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jul/13/taylor-swift-youtube-music-royalties-battle

the unsung heroes of the music streaming boom

https://www.buzzfeed.com/reggieugwu/the-unsung-heroes-of-the-music-streaming-boom?utm_term=.lxxjQXjzo#.yhVqDeqr7

Record Labels Need A Change Of Culture In The ‘Dashboard Era’ Of The Music Industry

https://medium.com/@Samuelpotts/record-labels-need-a-change-of-culture-in-the-dashboard-era-of-the-music-industry-585e91f6de99#.l4hmf94m5

Why Is The UK Singles Chart So Stagnant? Radio 1's Head Of Music: “The Playing Field Is Not Level”

Read more at http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/why-is-the-uk-singles-chart-so-stagnant-radio-1s-head-of-music-the-playing-field-is-not-level#lobw6cOS16dEaBXQ.99

the UK's biggest selling 60 albums of all-time

http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/uk-s-60-biggest-selling-albums-of-all-time-revealed/065239

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-60-official-biggest-selling-albums-of-all-time-revealed__15551/

how Spotify Fresh Finds works

http://qz.com/628812/spotify-is-using-an-anonymous-army-of-50000-hipsters-to-find-hot-new-songs/

what would Brexit mean for the UK Music Biz?

http://www.musicweek.com/live/read/what-would-brexit-mean-for-the-uk-music-biz/065120

ONLY ONE TRACK IN UK RADIO’S TOP 20 SONGS OF 2016 WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED THIS YEAR

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/only-one-track-in-uk-radios-top-20-songs-of-2016-was-originally-released-this-year/

Lady Leshurr on Snapchat

http://www.thefader.com/2016/06/20/lady-leshurr-snapchat-interview

Is YouTube Building A New Music Industry?

https://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/is-youtube-building-a-new-music-industry/

Getting more from YouTube

http://www.completemusicupdate.com/article/cmutge-getting-more-from-youtube/

Kenny Gates blog about the time he sold [PIAS] to Edel

http://www.pias.com/blog/sold-company-bought-back/

Big Jon Platt interview

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/a-lot-of-people-in-the-music-business-give-a-good-meeting-we-get-results/

Spotify must watch its spending to earn music biz sympathy - plus a prediction that they will pay less to labels once they've floated

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-must-watch-its-spending-to-earn-music-biz-sympathy/

SPOTIFY AT 10: THE CHALLENGING ROAD AHEAD

http://musically.com/2016/05/24/spotify-at-10-the-challenging-road-ahead/

the two Spotify charts you need to see by Mark Mulligan

https://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/25/the-2-spotify-charts-you-need-to-see/

Most Music Tech Startups Didn’t Know Shit About How Labels Worked And other truths about the new music business a response to David Pakman

https://medium.com/cuepoint/david-youre-one-of-the-smartest-guys-on-the-block-and-i-have-massive-respect-for-your-opinions-7454aa874611#.kwv3wwk8x

THE MAN WHO DISCOVERED PRINCE

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/the-man-who-discovered-prince-owen-husney?curator=MusicREDEF

Hits on windowing and Brandon Creed

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=301219 

interview with Michelle Lewis and Kay Hanley, founders of Songwriters of Northern America

http://www.scpr.org/programs/the-frame/2016/05/19/49009/hello-spotify-goodbye-songwriters/

The Dos and Don't of promoting your music on YouTube

https://blog.stem.is/the-dos-and-donts-of-promoting-your-music-on-youtube-4005ad709da1#.xf8ufq7e5

Wayne Hector interview

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/how-to-write-a-one-direction-song-behind-the-curtain-of-the-songwriting-process-ivor-novello-wayne-a7038581.html

YOUTUBE AND THE MUSIC BUSINESS: SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (PT. 2)

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/youtube-and-the-music-business-sympathy-for-the-devil-pt-2/

interview with Stephen Cooper

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/7370414/music-isnt-a-commodity-warner-music-ceo-stephen-cooper-on

the music industry buried more than 150 startups

https://medium.com/@pakman/the-music-industry-buried-more-than-150-startups-now-they-are-left-to-dance-with-the-giants-ecfd0b20243e#.26to6rthf

How UK's Exit From The EU Could Effect Music Industry

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/05/how-uks-exit-from-the-eu-could-effect-music-industry-.html

Inside Meghan Trainor’s Y2K Pop Reinvention

http://www.vulture.com/2016/05/ricky-reed-on-meghan-trainors-y2k-reinvention.html?curator=MusicREDEF#

"what I learned from 3 years of working for major labels"

http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2016/04/what-i-learned-from-3-years-of-working-for-major-labels/s/615114/

The music industry seems to love YouTube. Why do they keep saying they hate it?

http://www.recode.net/2016/5/10/11645760/youtube-hank-green-response-irving-azoff-artist-rights?curator=MusicREDEF

Impressive interview with the writer/director of Prince's Purple Rain film

http://www.salon.com/2016/05/05/how_purple_rain_found_its_anthem_we_both_knew_we_needed_to_find_just_the_right_song/?curator=MusicREDEF

when Apple turns off the iTunes store

https://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/06/after-the-download-when-apple-turns-off-the-itunes-store/

another inspiring Scooter Braun interview

http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2016/05/scooter-braun-kanye-west-manager/

Apple Music stole my music

https://blog.vellumatlanta.com/2016/05/04/apple-stole-my-music-no-seriously/?curator=MusicREDEF

THE MOST TIMELESS SONGS OF ALL-TIME: USING SPOTIFY TO MEASURE THE POPULARITY OF OLDER MUSIC.

http://poly-graph.co/timeless/

How Beyonce became an 'albums artist' - and what radio is doing about it

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36160506

After The Album: How Playlists Are Re-Defining Listening

https://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2016/04/26/after-the-album-how-playlists-are-re-defining-listening/?curator=MusicREDEF

MMF GUIDE: HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF STREAMING

http://themmf.net/2016/04/21/mmf-guide-how-to-make-the-most-of-streaming/#.VyCzyPkrKhf

Mark Mulligan: Streaming Hits 67.5 Million Subscribers But Identity Crisis Looms

https://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2016/04/09/streaming-hits-67-5-million-subscribers-but-identity-crisis-looms/

YouTube’s Content ID : $375.00 Per Million Views… aka “Block In All Countries”…

https://thetrichordist.com/2015/03/04/youtubes-content-id-375-00-per-million-views-this-is-what-were-fighting-for/

72% of Spotify Listeners Are Millennials. Here's How They Use the Service

http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/infographic-what-marketers-need-know-about-millennials-music-habits-170869

What Are The Odds Of Landing A Pop Hit? 11 super-producers and songwriters

http://www.thefader.com/2016/04/12/odds-of-landing-a-pop-hit

Spotify's Billion Dollar Challenge

https://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2016/03/30/spotifys-billion-dollar-challenge/

Mark Mulligan makes the case for diversifying beyond the £9.99 a month model

https://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2016/03/23/what-other-technology-sector-thinks-that-it-has-arrived-at-its-destination/

how Spotify fuelled the rapid rise of Lukas Graham

http://musically.com/2016/03/23/7-years-streaming-lukas-graham/

good article by Mike Posner about his surprise hit

http://observer.com/2016/03/i-took-a-pill-in-ibiza-the-impossible-irony-of-my-latest-hit-song-is-hard-to-ignore/

Jamie Oborne interview

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/managers-should-make-decisions-on-reason-logic-and-knowing-their-artists/

Adele's Manager Jonathan Dickins Talks '25' Rollout, Streaming, Our Fascination with the New

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6882407/adele-manager-jonathan-dickins-25-rollout-streaming?curator=MusicREDEF

inspiring Scooter Braun interview

https://medium.com/what-ive-learned/no-one-s-gonna-remember-you-62f49e21e54b#.9wqsxqcrt

will streaming music kill songwriting?

http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/will-streaming-music-kill-songwriting?curator=MusicREDEF

Believe Digital: Spotify Playlists Can't Break An Artist Alone

http://musically.com/2016/02/08/believe-digital-spotify-playlists-cant-break-an-artist-alone/

Q&A with JT Myers re. Diplo, Spotify and Major Lazer - Lean On

https://medium.com/@songspace/alltogethernow-q-a-with-mtheory-founder-j-t-myers-3e57e7032c34?curator=MusicREDEF#.rn0rx67w9

only two of last year's biggest hits were written without outside help (songwriters)

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/only-two-of-last-years-biggest-hits-were-written-without-outside-help-guess-who/

the labels still don't get YouTube and it's costing them

https://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/08/the-labels-still-dont-get-youtube-and-its-costing-them/?curator=MusicREDEF

How an Unlikely Duo Became the Hottest Songwriters in Pop Music - Julia Michaels and Justin Tranter interview

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/arts/music/how-an-unlikely-duo-became-the-hottest-songwriters-in-pop-music.html?_r=1

Free for All: NYPL Enhances Public Domain Collections For Sharing and Reuse

http://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/01/05/share-public-domain-collections