How Ed Sheeran and co. wrote Shape of You

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/20/arts/music/ed-sheeran-shape-of-you.html

Electric Feel management

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8055046/electric-feel-management-interview-post-malone-camila-cabello?curator=MusicREDEF

Jo Charrington interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ar-isnt-something-you-can-just-wake-up-and-do-it-takes-time/

catalogue is king on streaming services

http://here.org.uk/2017/12/07/catalogue-is-king/

DOES THE MUSIC INDUSTRY’S DEFINITION OF ‘CATALOGUE’ NEED AN UPGRADE?

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/music-industrys-definition-catalogue-need-upgrade/

How YouTube Is Leveling the Playing Field for Indie Artists

https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/8055090/how-youtube-is-leveling-the-playing-field-for-indie-artists

the most streamed music of 2017

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42225469

How Not To Be A Chart Chump in the race for Xmas no. 1

https://medium.com/@ChartUpdate/how-not-to-be-a-chart-chump-97d4e4a5ffa3

interview with BEN COOK & ED HOWARD

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=309505

SPOTIFY TALKS PLAYLISTS, SKIP RATES AND NF’S NORDIC-FUELLED SUCCESS (#SLUSHMUSIC)

http://musically.com/2017/11/29/spotify-playlists-skip-rates-nf/?curator=MusicREDEF

how Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones made Thriller

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/thriller-how-michael-jackson-quincy-jones-made-bestselling-album-w512987?curator=MusicREDEF

POLYDOR SAYS IT’S ‘AT THE FOREFRONT OF BREAKING UK ACTS’ AFTER BRITS CRITICS’ CHOICE RESULT

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/polydor-says-its-at-the-forefront-of-breaking-uk-acts-after-brits-critics-choice-result/

Despacito - and incredible stats about how much music is added to Spotify

http://musically.com/2017/11/28/umg-jonathan-dworkin-despacito/

Who We Be: Austin Daboh Interviewed

http://clashmusic.com/features/who-we-be-austin-darbo-interviewed

EPIDEMIC SOUND GIVES ITS SIDE OF THE SPOTIFY ‘FAKE ARTISTS’ CONTROVERSY

http://musically.com/2017/11/20/epidemic-sound-spotify-fake-artists/

This Is What Post-IPO Life Will Look Like For Spotify

https://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/17/this-is-what-post-ipo-life-will-look-like-for-spotify/?curator=MusicREDEF

How Scooter Braun Went From Promoting Parties to Building An Entertainment Empire | Blueprint

Return of the Top 40 Troubadour: How Singer-Songwriters Reclaimed Pop Radio

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8015081/top-40-singer-songwriter-radio  

WISDOM: A PORTRAIT SERIES B R I A N M E S S A G E

http://themanifesto.co/brian-message/

From El Paso To Platinum: How Khalid Moved One Million Copies Of ‘American Teen’

https://genius.com/a/from-el-paso-to-platinum-how-khalid-moved-one-million-copies-of-american-teen

Latin Power Players 2017

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8022282/latin-music-power-players-2017-list

What's Behind YouTube's Struggle to Place Ads On Music Videos?

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/8022326/whats-behind-youtubes-struggle-to-place-ads-on-music

Spotify Reveals the Nominees for the 2017 Secret Genius Awards

https://news.spotify.com/sg-en/2017/09/28/spotify-reveals-the-nominees-for-the-2017-secret-genius-awards/

interview with Kobalt's Willard Ahdritz

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/kobalt-willard-ahdritz-building-company-future-music-business/

good article about digital ideas

https://blog.usejournal.com/why-the-music-industry-gets-digital-so-wrong-dd15cfeca5c1

Benny Blanco interview

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=309066

WHY THE RELEASE RADAR PLAYLIST IS SPOTIFY’S SECRET WEAPON

http://musically.com/2017/10/26/release-radar-playlist-spotify/?curator=MusicREDEF

Louis Bell on Co-Producing Post Malone's No. 1 Hit 'rockstar': 'We Weren't Thinking of the Hot 100 At All'

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8006781/louis-bell-rockstar-post-malone-interview

great interview with Poo Bear

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ive-never-felt-like-ive-really-made-it-in-the-music-business-and-i-never-want-to/

the 20 best pop songwriters in 2017

http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-20-best-pop-songwriters-in-2017-8763662?curator=MusicREDEF

what Spotify can learn from the Roman slave trade

https://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/13/what-spotify-can-learn-from-the-roman-slave-trade/

great interview with Chance The Rapper's manager

http://www.complex.com/music/2017/10/blueprint-with-pat-corcoran?curator=MusicREDEF

I Wrote a Hit Song With Justin Bieber. Want to See My Royalties?

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/10/03/hit-song-justin-bieber-royalties/

Five times Clive Davis changed the course of music, including sending Springsteen back to write more singles

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41482660

the most followed Spotify curators

https://www.edmsauce.com/2017/09/26/most-followed-spotify-curators/

Uncovering How Streaming Is Changing the Sound of Pop

https://pitchfork.com/features/article/uncovering-how-streaming-is-changing-the-sound-of-pop/?curator=MusicREDEF

Bloody Slippers: The Fairy-Tale Come-up of Cardi B

https://www.theringer.com/2017/9/21/16345124/cardi-b-bodak-yellow-career-rap-rise-nicki-minaj?curator=MusicREDEF

how reggaeton became a global phenomenon on Spotify

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2017/09/how-reggaeton-became-a-global-phenomenon-on-spotify.html

interview with Stuart Camp about Ed Sheeran

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/stuart-camp-ed-sheeran-weve-never-disagreed-over-anything-major-99-of-the-time-we-think-the-same-way/

fake Instagram followers

http://mediakix.com/2017/08/fake-instagram-influencers-followers-bots-study/#gs.yxWXccQ

A load of articles about songwriters compiled by MusicREDEF

https://redef.com/set/music-set-1497381154674

Lana Del Rey's Instagram and visuals

http://www.thefader.com/2017/07/13/lana-del-rey-social-media-instagram-essay-lust-for-life

http://www.musicweek.com/labels/read/she-does-everything-on-her-own-terms-polydor-co-presidents-tom-march-and-ben-mortimer-dissect-lana-del-rey-s-no-1/069296

Randall Wixen interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/randall-wixen-there-are-an-immense-number-of-songwriters-not-making-enough-money-to-live-on/

The Big Bet - streaming and majors labels in the US - from Hits

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=307537
http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=307543

FORGET ABOUT FAKE ARTISTS – IT’S TIME TO TALK ABOUT FAKE STREAMS.

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/forget-about-fake-artists-its-time-to-talk-about-fake-streams/

interview with Athena Koumis, Spotify editor of Fresh Finds playlist

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2017/07/her-job-is-to-curate-official-spotify-playlists-of-emerging-artists-video.html

Spotify's Tuma Basa On Curating RapCaviar, What Not to Do When Pitching and Why He's No 'Gatekeeper'

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/7866036/spotifys-tuma-basa-on-curating-rapcaviar-what-not-to-do?utm_source=twitter

Desmond Child interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/i-joined-a-cult-for-4-years-and-lost-1m-but-maybe-in-the-end-i-won/

The Streaming Problem: How Spammers, Superstars, and Tech Giants Gamed the Music Industry

http://www.vulture.com/2017/07/streaming-music-cheat-codes.html?curator=MusicREDEF

Fake Hits, and why the chart should only count elective plays on streaming services

http://www.de-online.co.uk/2017/07/02/fake-hits

Jonathan Dickins interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/jonathan-dickins-september-its-important-not-to-take-anything-for-granted-in-this-business/

A Conversation with Matt Pincus and Ron Perry of SONGS/RECORDS

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=307176

YouTube's Unofficial Dance Music Curators Take Their Brands Offline

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7841133/youtube-unofficial-dance-music-curators-labels?curator=MusicREDEF

Spotify Sponsored Songs

https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/19/spotify-sponsored-content/?curator=MusicREDEF

How to Have a Number One Song on Spotify, the Easy Way

https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/how-to-have-a-number-one-song-on-spotify-the-easy-way

great Justin Tranter interview

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/7825801/justin-tranter-homophobia-music-industry-interview?curator=MusicREDEF

new Spotify initiatives

https://www.fastcompany.com/3068915/spotify-artists-streaming-playlists-data?curator=MusicREDEF

Julia Michaels interview

http://clashmusic.com/features/sorry-not-sorry-julia-michaels-interviewed

how a Danish Warner artist broke China

http://musically.com/2017/06/07/wmg-christopher-charts-china-midem/

Richard Russell of XL interview by The New Yorker

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/15/richard-russells-xl-recordings-empire

The Secret Hit-Making Power of the Spotify Playlist

https://www.wired.com/2017/05/secret-hit-making-power-spotify-playlist/

Who Decides What Gets Played On The Radio? More And More, It's Listeners

https://www.buzzfeed.com/reggieugwu/who-decides-what-gets-played-on-the-radio-more-and-more-its?curator=MusicREDEF&utm_term=.iiXYvV9q5#.fi9VBP7Jj

Alan McGee interview - quite funny in places

http://www.pias.com/blog/to-this-day-im-still-not-allowed-in-the-sony-building/

Jason Flom interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/unless-youre-100-sure-your-artist-is-wrong-go-with-their-vision/

Inside the Podcast That's Giving Pop Songwriters Their Due. 'And the Writer Is ...' host Ross Golan on why penning hits won't necessarily make you rich.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/inside-ross-golans-and-the-writer-is-podcast-w478768?curator=MusicREDEF

Why Can We Still Buy Music?

https://medium.com/attention-econome/why-can-we-still-buy-music-d1019361d994?curator=MusicREDEF

Distrokid on "free" internet distribution

https://news.distrokid.com/how-to-tell-if-your-music-distributor-is-ripping-you-off-d8c8e9e69fa1

Patreon on how to build a company culture that lasts

https://patreonhq.com/how-to-build-culture-that-lasts-dc25b086cefd

Taylor Swift on Ed Sheeran

http://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4736211/ed-sheeran/?curator=MusicREDEF

interview with Philip Ginthör, CEO of Sony Music Entertainment GSA (Germany, Switzerland and Austria)

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/why-do-major-artists-keep-on-breaking-in-germany/

UNIVERSAL AND SPOTIFY’S DEAL IS AN EVEN BIGGER DEAL THAN IT LOOKS

https://www.midiaresearch.com/blog/universal-and-spotifys-deal-is-an-even-bigger-deal-than-it-looks/

Conor Maynard's guide to YouTube and Facebook

http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/conor-maynard-interview-i-am-recognised-more-now-than-when-i-had-top-10-singles-every-month-a3494951.html

Savan Kotecha interview

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/music-is-about-emotions-and-connecting-people-not-about-money-or-ego/

Max Martin interview

http://storytelling.di.se/max-martin-english/

DISSECTING THE DIGITAL DOLLAR – EXTRACT 2 – SHARING VALUE

https://themmf.net/2017/02/10/dissecting-the-digital-dollar-extract-2-sharing-value/#.WJ5UPVWLRPZ

Jeff Bezos and Steve Boom interview

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7684981/jeff-bezos-steve-boom-amazon-power-100-cover

how Spotify balances employee autonomy and accountability

https://hbr.org/2017/02/how-spotify-balances-employee-autonomy-and-accountability

DISSECTING THE DIGITAL DOLLAR PART 2 – EXTRACT 1 – DIVISION OF REVENUE

https://themmf.net/2017/02/01/dissecting-the-digital-dollar-part-2-extract-1-division-of-revenue/

Projecting Trends: The Music Streaming Playlist Economy

http://blog.synchtank.com/projecting-trends-the-music-streaming-playlist-economy

Justin Tranter interview - every session should have a woman, black or gay in

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/being-an-artist-sucks-im-just-going-to-be-honest/

interview with Twenty One Pilots' manager

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/a-breakthrough-artist-is-a-much-more-complex-idea-than-a-breakthrough-song/?curator=MusicREDEF

Spotify financial numbers

https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2017-01-03/is-daniel-ek-of-spotify-ready-to-save-the-music-business

lots of recent hit songs have ambiguous key centres

http://www.vox.com/culture/2016/12/26/13956220/top-40-ambiguous-key-centers-bieber-chainsmokers-adele

Bradley Walsh had the biggest debut album by a British artist in 2016

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/biggest-british-debut-album-2016-hang/

what Songkick have done for Adele, the xx and others

http://blog.songkick.com/2016/12/23/a-home-for-live-music/