Music Ally Focus

187 Episodes

1. Music Ally Focus #25: Spotify's Q2 results – huge revenue growth, slow user growth outside of Europe, N America and Latin America, and reveals an operating profit

   Published: 29/07/2021
2. Music Ally Focus #24: YouTube Shorts signs BTS for the #PermissiontoDance challenge

   Published: 21/07/2021
3. Music Ally Focus #23: UK streaming inquiry publishes long-awaited report – calling for 'complete reset' of market (and major labels suddenly have a lot on their plate)

   Published: 15/07/2021
4. Music Ally Focus #22: the outcome of the UK Parliamentary Inquiry into artists' streaming income is starting to emerge – what will the impact be on artists, streaming platforms and labels?

   Published: 23/06/2021
5. Music Ally Focus #21: Sony Music doubles down on podcasts with Somethin' Else acquisition – so does it mean that major labels are creeping slightly away from the music business?

   Published: 18/06/2021
6. Music Ally Podcast Ep. 20: cutting-edge artist management with the MMF Accelerator Programme

   Published: 18/06/2021
7. Music Ally Focus #20 – Roblox is sued over uploaded music in $200m copyright infringement lawsuit

   Published: 10/06/2021
8. Music Ally Focus #19: YouTube announces it has paid out more than $4bn to the music industry in the last 12 months – is it as simple as "more money into the system is better?"

   Published: 04/06/2021
9. Music Ally Focus #18: NFTs + music - getting beyond the hype; what music can learn from sports; membership + tip economy for artists

   Published: 31/05/2021
10. Music Ally Focus #17: distributor Believe prepares for possible IPO – does this change the power balance in the industry?

    Published: 20/05/2021
11. Music Ally Focus #16: Roblox has 43.3m daily active users – what opportunities does the booming "YouTube of games" platform have for music, artists and the music industry?

    Published: 12/05/2021
12. Music Ally Focus #15: Twitch "Rockonomics" report – how Twitch's economy works for musicians, artists, performers and rightsholders.

    Published: 03/05/2021
13. Music Ally Focus #14: Paid podcast subscriptions by Apple and Spotify – and how artists can use them for new, creative income streams

    Published: 29/04/2021
14. Music Ally Podcast Ep. 19: Music & AI – with Richie Hawtin and Endel CEO Oleg Stavitsky

    Published: 27/04/2021
15. Music Ally Focus #13: ShareChat, owner of Indian TikTok rival Moj, raises $502m with investors including Snap and Twitter – so what does it mean for the music business?

    Published: 15/04/2021
16. Music Ally Focus #12: Fan-funding platform Patreon has raised $155m – so what does its success mean for artists, and what does it suggest about the future of artists' income?

    Published: 09/04/2021
17. Music Ally Focus #11: Spotify makes its live-audio move with Locker Room acquisition – is it the start of a new era of broadcasting or has Spotify just 'invented radio'?

    Published: 01/04/2021
18. Music Ally Focus #10: IFPI Report shows 7.4% growth in global recorded music revenues in 2020, the highest annual total since 2002 – so where did this success come from during a year of lockdown?

    Published: 26/03/2021
19. Music Ally Focus #9: Spotify’s new "Loud & Clear" website promises ‘more clarity’ on streaming economy... "If the music industry is generating so much money, then where the hell is it going?"

    Published: 19/03/2021
20. Music Ally Podcast Ep. 18: BPI boss Geoff Taylor on artists, labels, streaming & equitable remuneration

    Published: 15/03/2021