The Future Of The Musicbiz

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Like father, like son: the incredible rivalry at the top of the music industry

Elliot Grainge has a new job at the top of Warner Music. His father is Sir Lucian Grainge, the boss of deadly rival Universal Music. How on

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Scooter Braun and the Twilight of the Music Manager

Colonel Tom Parker made Elvis an icon; Brian Epstein bled for the Beatles. But these days the all-powerful backstage hustler looks more and

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Inside the Music Industry’s High-Stakes A.I. Experiments

Lucian Grainge, the chairman of UMG, has helped record labels rake in billions of dollars from streaming. Can he do the same with generative

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The UK singles chart is 70. Is it time for it to retire?

Once the top 40 was the undisputed soundtrack of a nation. But in an era when you can have a platinum record that gets to No 81, does it even make sense any more?

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From Maverick to Mogul, Madonna’s Manager Guy Oseary Transcends the Music World to Take on NFTs

Guy Oseary has proven himself in every field he’s taken on: as a music manager, as an early digital investor and most recently as an entrepreneur in the emerging world of NFTs and Web3 entertainmen…

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Cutting up the dancefloor: the glorious, dubious history of the disco edit

Scottish duo LF System are at No 1 with their spin on a 70s obscurity, the commercial peak for a disco edit scene bubbling for decades. But are these tracks always ethical?

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That syncing feeling: how Stranger Things supercharged the music industry

The chart success of first Kate Bush and now Metallica thanks to ‘syncs’ in Stranger Things shows how TV shows and TikTok are increasingly crucial for heritage acts

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The Music Metaverse Is (Almost) Ready to Conquer the World

The technological possibilities for bringing music into the virtual world seem endless; all that's missing is an artist-driven breakout moment.

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You Don’t Know Much About Jay Penske. And He’s Fine With That.

A quiet Hollywood power broker with a famous name goes on a buying spree that has given him Rolling Stone, South by Southwest and a private island. What more does he want?

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Bandcamp sells to Epic: can a video game company save independent music?

A hero site generating better revenue for creators has sold out, say some musicians, while others hail the potential to reach new audiences

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TikTok Made Them Famous. Figuring Out What’s Next Is Tough.

This year, the app’s biggest stars — Charli and Dixie D’Amelio, Noah Beck, Addison Rae and others — leapt from the phone screen to other platforms in the pop culture universe, with mixed results.

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Inside the Mind of One of Music’s Most Prestigious Executives

Max Lousada, CEO of Recorded Music for Warner Music Group, sits for a candid conversation about the state of the music industry and how he’s shaping its future.

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A Fucking Nightmare: DIY Artists On Living With Post-Brexit EU Rules

Daniel Dylan Wray talks to numerous DIY label bosses, record store owners and artists about a specific, career-wrecking aspect of Brexit

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‘Limits are non-existent in the metaverse!’ Video game concerts become big business

This weekend, tens of millions will watch and interact with an Ariana Grande avatar for a concert in video game Fortnite – the latest in a growing, lucrative market

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Chartbreaker: Inside Måneskin’s Unlikely, TikTok-Assisted Journey to Rock Stardom

How the Eurovision winners are crossing over with a years old cover -- and why that won’t be what they’re remembered for.

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For U.K. Bands, Touring Europe Is Now a Highway to Brexit Hell

It’s not just that musicians need visas. Band merchandise is now a complicated export, and most tour vans are only allowed to make three stops.

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Can Streaming Pay? Musicians Are Pinning Fresh Hopes on Twitch.

The gaming platform is becoming increasingly attractive to artists, who can earn money by cultivating fan tribes that express their loyalty through patronage.