Goldman Sachs predicts the Music Business will grow to epic proportions

Despite war, rising gas prices, sagging economies, supply chain issues and everything else that has consumers feeling pinched, global investment bank Goldman Sachs predicts good times ahead for the music business. Not. Continue reading

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Revenue Per User To Fall 25% Even As Streaming Grows In Popularity says Goldman Sachs Study

The global recorded music business brought in $19.1 billion in revenue in 2018, according the IFPI. By 2030, that number will grow to $45 billion, with streaming expected to represent. Continue reading

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Spotify Stock Rising Ahead Of Today’s Earnings Report

Spotify [NYSE: SPOT] climbed all day ahead of a today’s earnings report. The stock was up 4% to $170.50, as of 2:45 ET. This, the streamer’s first report since going. Continue reading

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Spotify [NYSE:SPOT] Earnings Report Today: What To Expect

Wall Street analysts are bullish, as Spotify nears its first earnings report as a public company, after the market closes today. Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Evercore and Morgan Stanley predict a. Continue reading

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Tencent Plans $4B US IPO That Also Benefits Spotify

Tencent Music, China’s largest music streamer, has reportedly invited investment bankers to pitch how they can guide the company through a U.S. IPO valued as high as $4 billion later. Continue reading

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LiveXLive Follows Slacker, SNAP Interactive Acquisitions With Public Stock Offering

LiveXLive Media, Inc. (OTC: LIVX), a live music and music-related online video network, has announced a public offering of shares of its common stock.  LiveXLive will sell 7,692,308 shares on the. Continue reading

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FOR SALE: Rolling Stone Magazine

Iconic music and political magazine Rolling Stone is for sale.  Founded by Jann Wenner in 1967, Wenner Media sold a 49% stake to Singapore's Bandland Technologies in 2016.  Wenner has retained Methuselah Advisors to. Continue reading

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To Survive, Spotify Must Follow Apple’s Example

In the final lap of its race to go public, Spotify plans to hit the NYSE by year's end, but a number of uncertainties about the company's future remain, with. Continue reading

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Spotify Finalizes Deal With Warner Music Group Clearing Path To Stock Exchange Listing

Spotify has closed its third and final major label deal, signing a new multi-year global pact with Warner Music Group. Sony, Universal and Merlin had previously announced new deals with. Continue reading

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this rewind back through seven busy days of music industry news, we revisit a major scandal at the copyright office regarding a 'fake budget' line item, the major sales. Continue reading

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