WHO IS THE BIGGEST HIT SONGWRITER WORKING TODAY?

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/who-is-the-biggest-hit-songwriter-working-today-2/

Memes Are the New Pop Stars: How TikTok Became the Future of the Music Industry

https://www.theringer.com/tech/2019/6/27/18760004/tiktok-old-town-road-memes-music-industry?curator=MusicREDEF

Ian Montone interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ian-montone-music-is-fundamentally-important-to-people-its-not-disposable-nor-are-the-artists-who-create-it/

What is Happening to Streaming’s Superstars?

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/what-is-happening-to-streamings-superstars-845395/?curator=MusicREDEF

‘CREATIVITY IS A MUSCLE. IT MUST BE WORKED OUT. IT MUST BE PUSHED.’ Interview with Neil Jacobson

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/neil-jacobson-creativity-is-a-muscle-it-must-be-worked-out-it-must-be-pushed/

Pharrell Made Only $2,700 In Songwriter Royalties From 43 Million Plays Of 'Happy' On Pandora

https://www.businessinsider.com/pharrell-made-only-2700-in-songwriter-royalties-from-43-million-plays-of-happy-on-pandora-2014-12

Playlist stuffing and SEO. Gaming the system.

http://here.org.uk/2019/05/06/playlist-stuffing-and-seo-gaming-the-system/

Music's Big Players: One-Fifth of Streamers Drive Majority of Profits & Should Be a New Industry Focus (Op-Ed)

https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/8507294/musics-big-players-one-fifth-of-streamers-drive

Zoë Keating: Unrepresented songwriters deserve to be heard

https://medium.com/@zoecello/unrepresented-songwriters-deserve-to-be-heard-610d1f3cb706?curator=MusicREDEF

‘Be urself’: meet the teens creating a generation gap in music (on YouTube)

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/29/be-urself-meet-the-teens-creating-a-generation-gap-in-music

‘Old Town Road’ proves TikTok can launch a hit song. ‘TikTok helped me change my life,’ says Lil Nas X

https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/5/18296815/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-tiktok-artists-spotify-soundcloud-streams-revenue?curator=MusicREDEF

Meet The Man Who Gave The World Justin Bieber - Scooter Braun again

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amosbarshad/scooter-braun-justin-bieber?curator=MusicREDEF

INTRODUCING JUSTIN LUBLINER

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=315869&title=INTRODUCING-JUSTIN-LUBLINER

‘Blurred Lines’ on Their Minds, Songwriters Create Nervously - article about plagiarism

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/31/business/media/plagiarism-music-songwriters.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes%20

how Billie Eilish and her brother and to a lesser extent her mum made Bury A Friend

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/arts/music/billie-eilish-bury-a-friend.html

Billie Eilish: A TEMPLATE FOR THE NEW-SCHOOL POP STAR

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=315807

Bob Lefsetz interviews JO CHARRINGTON & NICK RAPHAEL ON SAM SMITH, WORKING WITH ARTISTS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD MANAGEMENT

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/jo-charrington-nick-raphael-on-sam-smith-working-with-artists-and-the-importance-of-good-management/

interview with the owner of Tileyard Studios

http://futureplacesstudio.co.uk/projects/tileyard-studios-kings-cross-london/

The uncomfortable truth about skip rates

https://haulixdaily.com/2019/03/skip-rates-attention-span

Moe Shalazi interview: MASTERMINDING MARSHMELLO: ‘HOW DO WE TURN THIS INTO THE NEXT DISNEY?’

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/masterminding-marshmello-how-do-we-turn-this-into-the-next-disney/

Here’s How Spotify Can Fix Its Songwriter Woes (Hint: It’s All About Pricing)

https://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2019/03/11/heres-how-spotify-can-fix-its-songwriter-woes-hint-its-all-about-pricing/

How the Danish Justin Bieber Made It Big in China

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-03-12/so-you-want-to-be-a-pop-star-in-china

Kobalt is a major label waiting to happen

https://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2019/03/06/kobalt-is-a-major-label-waiting-to-happen/

the world's biggest songs of 2018

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/camila-cabellos-havana-revealed-as-the-worlds-biggest-song-of-the-past-year__25738/

The TikTok Takeover: How Gen Z’s New Favorite App Is Turning Memes Into Hits

https://genius.com/a/the-tiktok-takeover-how-gen-z-s-new-favorite-app-is-turning-memes-into-hits?curator=MusicREDEF

Teen Musician Rejects $3M Deal: No Need For Label Thanks To Internet

https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2019/02/teen-musician-reject-3-million-record-deal-no-need-for-a-label-curtesy-of-the-internet.html

What Beatles 2018 Success Says About Streaming's Future

https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2019/02/what-beatles-2018-success-says-about-streamings-future.html

Pitch imperfect: ‘This process of trying to get on (Spotify) playlists is becoming borderline farcical’

https://musically.com/2019/02/15/pitch-imperfect-playlists-farcical/

streaming versus radio - with graphs!

http://thedataface.com/2019/01/culture/streaming-vs-radio?curator=MusicREDEF

Clouting Our Judgment: Are Labels Overspending for SoundCloud Hype? (Guest Column)

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/clouting-judgment-labels-overspending-soundcloud-200058409.html?guccounter=1

The Gatekeepers of SoundCloud Rap

https://www.vulture.com/2018/12/the-gatekeepers-of-soundcloud-rap.html

Jonathan Dickins interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/jonathan-dickins-on-adele-working-with-labels-and-what-makes-a-great-manager/

Forbes Marshmello interview

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2018/11/07/forbes-30-under-30-cover-story-how-marshmello-became-a-44-million-dj/?curator=MusicREDEF

Milk & Honey interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/lucas-keller-lots-of-people-told-me-that-managing-songwriters-and-producers-wasnt-a-real-business/

John Janick interview

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=314109

PROFITS, PAYMENTS AND PODCASTS: 5 TAKEAWAYS FROM SPOTIFY’S Q3 EARNINGS CALL

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/profits-payments-and-podcasts-5-takeaways-from-spotifys-q3-earnings-call/

Ditto Music interview laying into major labels

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ditto-music-lee-parsons-interview-749510/?curator=MusicREDEF

Chance the Rapper on Apple Music and streaming exclusives

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2018/10/09/chance-the-rapper-apple-music-streaming-exclusive/

Jamie Oborne interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-1975-are-the-best-band-in-the-world-like-unquestionably-the-best-band-in-the-world/

Justin Tranter interview

https://www.playboy.com/read/school-of-pop-how-justin-tranter-became-the-man-behind-almost-every-song-you-love

SPOTIFY’S DIRECT DISTRIBUTION DEALS: WHAT DO ARTISTS GET PAID?

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotifys-direct-distribution-deals-what-do-the-artists-get/

Spotify testing tool to allow artists to upload music directly

https://musically.com/2018/09/20/spotify-tool-artists-upload-directly/

Dan Wilson interview

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dannyross1/2018/09/05/from-adele-to-halsey-this-hitmaker-sees-no-closing-time/#2e7c79a62024

Valerie Simpson interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/songwriters-should-be-prepared-to-go-through-a-lot-of-stuff-to-get-to-the-real-thing/

Dre London interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/dre-london-my-ambition-to-build-an-empire/

interview with Zach Gurka of Ground Up Mgmt

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dannyross1/2018/07/27/from-dua-lipa-to-the-chainsmokers-this-music-manager-creates-new-rules/#2a89c6d472c5

the songwriting camps where pop's biggest hits get crafted

http://www.vulture.com/2018/08/the-songwriting-camps-where-pops-biggest-hits-get-crafted.html

The Evolution of Country Music in Nashville

http://www.vulture.com/2018/08/the-evolution-of-country-music-in-nashville.html

Spotify’s playlist for global domination - Daniel Ek interview

https://www.fastcompany.com/90205519/spotifys-playlist-for-global-domination?curator=MediaREDEF

Jean-Paul Goude's best photograph: an androgynous Grace Jones

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/aug/01/jean-paul-goude-best-photograph-grace-jones-nightclubbing

Spotlight: Commission Music Co-Founders on Breaking Lil Dicky & MadeinTYO, Being Bigger Than an Indie Label

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8465783/commission-martini-neumann-lil-dicky-madeintyo-spotlight-interview

MERCK MERCURIADIS WANTS TO RAISE A BILLION DOLLARS. AND THEN HE WANTS TO CHANGE THE FACE OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS.

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/merck-mercuriadis-wants-to-raise-a-billion-dollars-and-then-he-wants-to-change-the-face-of-the-music-business/

Millions of Followers? Yes, But Some Top Spotify Playlists Fall Short on Engagement

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8463174/spotify-playlists-engagement-analysis-study?curator=MusicREDEF

Matt Pincus interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/matt-pincus-this-is-probably-the-most-exciting-time-i-can-remember-in-the-music-business/

Tap Mgmt interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/artists-have-the-best-chance-of-success-when-they-get-things-rolling-themselves/

Quality Control interview

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=312319

Jamie Hartman's tips for songwriters

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/people-in-the-music-business-often-do-and-say-cruel-things-in-order-to-elevate-themselves-avoid-these-people/

what to do if a band's name is similar to yours

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2018/06/trademark-101-what-to-do-if-a-bands-name-is-similar-to-yours.html

Twitter thread about Spotify usage and how to get on Discover Weekly

https://twitter.com/cheriehu42/status/1001809657478963200

Daniel Glass interview

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dannyross1/2018/05/23/meet-the-music-exec-taking-bands-from-the-fringes-to-the-grammys/#2deef1475b13

Post Malone's Manager Dre London On Secrets to Success -- And Singer's Plans to Launch Own Label

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8457392/post-malone-manager-dre-london-label-interview-photos?curator=MusicREDEF

songwriting and anxiety

https://somethinghonest.blog/index.php/2018/05/13/songwritingandanxiety/

How American R&B Songwriters Found a New Home in K-Pop

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/american-rb-songwriters-talk-writing-k-pop-hits-w519033?curator=MusicREDEF

SPOTIFY Q1 2018 RESULTS: FULL STREAM AHEAD

http://www.midiaresearch.com/blog/spotify-q1-2018-results-full-stream-ahead/

SWEDEN MIGHT JUST HAVE SHOWN US WHAT THE FUTURE OF MUSIC REVENUES WILL LOOK LIKE

http://www.midiaresearch.com/blog/sweden-might-just-have-shown-us-what-the-future-of-the-music-revenues-will-look-like/

How This Startup Is Finding Millions in Unclaimed YouTube Revenue For Artists and Labels

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8357947/create-music-group-youtube-revenue-recovery-artists-labels?curator=MusicREDEF

‘We’ve got more money swirling around’: how streaming saved the music industry

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/24/weve-got-more-money-swirling-around-how-streaming-saved-the-music-industry?curator=MusicREDEF

how Ed Sheeran's Shape Of You was written

https://www.nytimes.com/video/arts/music/100000005469604/ed-sheeran-shape-of-you.html

how Zedd's The Middle was written

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/22/arts/music/diary-of-a-song-the-middle-zedd-maren-morris-grey.html?curator=MusicREDEF

Platoon interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/platoon-denzyl-feigelson-saul-klein-artists-are-telling-other-artists-about-us/?curator=MusicREDEF

musicologists post-Blurred Lines

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/music-copyright-after-blurred-lines-experts-speak-out-w518206?curator=MusicREDEF

Mark Mulligan on Spotify looking forward

https://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/spotify-dpo-day/

Billboard Dance Power Players 2018

https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/8258223/billboard-dance-power-players-2018-the-managers-live-leaders-tastemakers?curator=MusicREDEF

Spotify Saved Music. Can It Save Itself?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-23/spotify-saved-music-can-it-save-itself?curator=MusicREDEF

Inside The Chainsmokers' Plan to Rethink the Album Cycle

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8257719/inside-the-chainsmokers-plan-rethink-album-cycle?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BB%20MASTER%20Record%20Labels%20Update2&utm_term=biz_recordlabel

interview with Carl Hitchborn of High Time (The Hunna, Coasts)

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/carl-hitchborn-i-realised-that-no-one-in-the-music-business-really-knew-what-they-were-doing/

smart speakers

http://musically.com/2018/03/21/smart-speakers-impact-music/

Inside the booming black market for Spotify playlists

https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/spotify-playlist-black-market/?curator=MusicREDEF

explanation of breakage in the streaming era

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=310836

KOBALT INVESTS $150M IN INDEPENDENT ARTISTS TO CHALLENGE ‘STUPIDITY’ OF TRADITIONAL MAJOR LABEL DEALS

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/kobalt-invests-150m-in-independent-artists-to-challenge-stupid-traditional-major-label-deals/?curator=MusicREDEF

interview with Frazer T Smith

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43224339

10cc - how we made I'm Not In Love

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/feb/26/10cc-how-we-made-im-not-in-love

interview with Phil Harvey and Dave Holmes (Coldplay)

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/they-played-a-tiny-cafe-there-were-four-people-in-the-audience/

Keith Rosencraft indeed... how soon they forget.

how Stockholm, Sweden became a dominant force in global pop music

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/how-stockholm-became-a-dominant-force-in-global-popmusic/article37541953/

So Much for Conversion: Apple Set to Pass Spotify in Subscribers

https://musictechpolicy.com/2018/02/04/so-much-for-conversion-apple-set-to-pass-spotify-in-subscribers/

Charlie Puth Takes Charge: The 'Attention' Singer on His New Critical Acclaim and Why His First Album Was 'Not Me At All'

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8097384/charlie-puth-voicenotes-interview-billboard-cover-story-2018?curator=MusicREDEF

Here’s Why Migos, Drake, and Rae Sremmurd Are Releasing These Giant, Bloated Records

https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/02/heres-why-migos-drake-and-rae-sremmurd-are-releasing-these-giant-bloated-records/?curator=MusicREDEF

2017 Streaming Price Bible! Spotify per Stream Rates Drop 9%, Apple Music Gains Marketshare of Both Plays and Overall Revenue

https://thetrichordist.com/2018/01/15/2017-streaming-price-bible-spotify-per-stream-rates-drop-9-apple-music-gains-marketshare-of-both-plays-and-overall-revenue/

The Future of the Streaming Economy: 5 Things to Watch

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8095788/future-streaming-economy-5-things-to-watch-jordan-bromley

Minty Fresh: Spotify Makes a New Home for EDM - Chartmetric data

https://blog.chartmetric.io/minty-fresh-spotify-makes-a-new-home-for-edm-62eccfee2b09

Bruce Allen interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/bruce-allen-artists-today-have-more-power-than-they-realize/

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/

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

Streaming, The Beatles, And The Record Label Business Model's Demise

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/12/streaming-the-beatles-and-the-record-label-business-models-demise-draft.html

A Conversation with Crush Music’s Jonathan Daniel and Bob McLynn

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=298775

Sia on writing for other artists

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/sias-reject-opus-songwriter-on-reclaiming-adele-rihannas-unwanted-hits-20151203?page=7

Adele's marketing plan

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6784936/adele-25-music-industry-reaction-sales-breakdown?curator=MusicREDEF

The Best Music Marketing of 2015

http://adage.com/article/digitalnext/music-marketing-2015/301522/

Adele’s Most Fervent Fans? Soccer Moms

http://www.wsj.com/articles/adeles-most-fervent-fans-soccer-moms-1447963361

Spotify is not the problem - Spotify royalties again

http://joshcollum.tumblr.com/post/132152979583/10929203-streams-on-spotify-5632935?curator=MusicREDEF

what can we learn from the success of Adele's 25

http://de-online.co.uk/2015/11/22/what-we-can-learn

Someone like you: how Adele's broken-hearted ballads become blockbusters

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/23/adele-25-record-broken-success-ballads-blockbusters-singles-album?curator=MusicREDEF

Songkick 2.0

http://www.fastcompany.com/3053276/most-creative-people/how-songkick-20-is-merging-the-needs-of-fans-and-artists

Sammy Andrews and Darren Hemmings talk

http://musically.com/2015/11/16/sammy-andrews-and-darren-hemmings-talk-social-streams-and-kobalt/?curator=MusicREDEF

Bruce Flohr interview

http://musically.com/2015/11/06/music-manager-bruce-flohr-artists-storytellers/?curator=MusicREDEF

How Adele owned pop all over again by going back to the 1980s

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/nov/04/adele-25-pop-music-back-to-the-1980s-hello

a positive article about Spotify royalties

http://joshcollum.tumblr.com/post/132152979583/10929203-streams-on-spotify-5632935

Scott Rodger interview

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/working-with-paul-mccartney-is-like-the-best-most-intense-university-in-the-world/

How Pop Songs Connect In A Hyper-Connected World (or how Drake and Adele do it)

http://www.thefader.com/2015/10/30/drake-adele-hotline-bling-hello-internet?curator=MusicREDEF

how Years & Years made it big in America

https://lntv.com/en_us/article/how-years-years-big-in-america?curator=MusicREDEF

Spotify revenues

http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/spotify-looks-to-increase-advertising-revenue-streams-20151013-gk84yj.html

http://musically.com/2015/10/20/james-blunt-spotify-royalties/

http://thetrichordist.com/2015/10/20/spotify-has-apparently-failed-to-license-account-and-pay-on-more-than-150-cracker-and-camper-van-beethoven-songs/

Patrick Moxey interview with some thoughts on future of dance music

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/touring/6730787/ultra-music-founderpresident-patrick-moxey-on-edm-going-mainstream

Joanna Newsom on Spotify

http://pitchfork.com/news/61661-joanna-newsom-spotify-is-the-banana-of-the-music-industry-it-just-gives-off-a-fume/

here's how much it costs to buy 80,000 Soundcloud plays (and YouTube and Instagram)

http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2015/10/buying-soundcloud-plays/

Peter Oxendale - musicologist - on life after the Blurred Lines verdict

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/34389573/music-industry-paranoid-after-pharrell-williams-robin-thicke-blurred-lines-case

the story of Terrence Trent D'Arby

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2015/10/i-was-killed-when-i-was-27-curious-afterlife-terence-trent-d-arby

Hip hop and R&B fans embrace streaming music services

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/29/business/media/hip-hop-and-rb-fans-embrace-streaming-music-services.html?ref=topics&_r=0

There's Another Side To The Playola Debate For Streaming Playlists

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/09/flipping-the-playola-debate-for-streaming-playlists.html

BREAKAGE IS BACK: HOW DEEZER PAID $23M IN UNALLOCATED ADVANCES TO LABELS

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/breakage-is-back-how-deezer-paid-23m-in-unallocated-advances-to-labels/

Examining the true potential of Apple Music Connect

https://medium.com/cuepoint/examining-the-true-potential-of-apple-music-connect-2eb7253888d1

Hit Charade - about Max Martin, Dr Luke, Esther Dean, StarGate and co.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/10/hit-charade/403192/?single_page=true

How are artists actually using Apple Music Connect?

http://musically.com/2015/09/09/how-are-artists-using-apple-music-connect/

how signing a major record deal nearly destroyed my music career - by Terra Naomi

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2015/09/09/how-signing-a-major-record-deal-nearly-destroyed-my-music-career/

here are the 25 most timeless songs ever according to Spotify

http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/here-are-the-25-most-timeless-songs-ever-according-to-spotify/

7 things you probably didn't know you could do with Spotify

http://uk.businessinsider.com/secret-hidden-features-in-spotify-2015-8

Bieber, Skrillex and Diplo on Where Are You Now

http://www.nytimes.com/video/arts/music/100000003872410/bieber-diplo-and-skrillex-make-a-hit.html

how payola is infiltrating streaming services

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/6670477/how-playola-is-infiltrating-streaming-services-pay-for?curator=MusicREDEF

What Happens When Spotify Gets Behind an Artist? A Case Study of Hozier and Major Lazer

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6656722/spotify-spotlight-support-major-lazer-hozier

Robyn is leaving albums behind, and she's better for it

http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/7/9114887/robyn-la-bagatelle-magique-love-is-free?curator=MusicREDEF

the verdict on Beats 1's first month

http://diymag.com/2015/07/31/one-station-to-rule-them-all-the-verdict-on-beats-1s-first-month

David Byrne: open the music industry's black box

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/opinion/sunday/open-the-music-industrys-black-box.html?curator=MusicREDEF&_r=0