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    • Friday, 12 November, 2021
      ReviewAlbums
      Taylor Swift recreates 2012 album Red to foil former record company

      Immaculate re-recording is part of the singer’s campaign to create new masters of her back catalogue

    • Thursday, 11 November, 2021
      Inside BusinessAnna Nicolaou
      Taylor Swift’s battle to shake off the suits

      Campaign to re-record old songs undercuts deal that acquired US musician’s hit catalogue

    • Tuesday, 1 June, 2021
      LexBelieve
      Believe: digital music label takes to the stage in Paris Premium content

      Fast growth and promise of a fairer deal for artists should attract fans among the investment crowd

    • Thursday, 15 April, 2021
      LexStreaming services
      Taylor Swift/music streaming: the fearless artist Premium content

      Covering your own songs is one way to recover lost revenue streams

    • Friday, 9 April, 2021
      ReviewAlbums
      Taylor Swift revisits her past

      ‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’ is the first of six albums the singer plans to re-record

    • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
      Music
      Taylor Swift, Bob Dylan and the future of streaming

      Former Spotify chief economist Will Page on what it really means when fans ‘prefer the early stuff’

    • Friday, 11 December, 2020
      ReviewMusic
      Taylor Swift’s new album Evermore proclaims: ‘I survived!’

      The surprise release of the singer-songwriter’s third album in 16 months is born out of ‘spontaneous creativity’, she says, as well as business reasons

    • Friday, 20 November, 2020
      John Gapper
      The hit machine has to learn from history

      The value of music catalogues and book backlists is overtaking an obsession with new bestsellers

    • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
      News in-depthFT Alphaville
      Comrade Swift takes on the suits

      She does, because she can.

    • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
      Taylor Swift’s catalogue sold to private equity group for $300m

      Singer denounces purchase by Shamrock Capital from Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings

    • Friday, 24 July, 2020
      ReviewAlbums
      Taylor Swift’s new album Folklore is unlike anything she’s done before

      The willingness of a huge star to make an abrupt left turn is winning

    • Tuesday, 24 December, 2019
      News in-depthThe Big Read
      Fifty people who shaped the decade

      The game-changing politicians, influential businesspeople, record-breaking sports stars and brave activists who make up the FT’s list

    • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
      News in Focus podcast12 min listen
      Why Taylor Swift is taking on the music industry

      What Taylor Swift’s dispute tells us about investing in today’s music industry

    • Sunday, 24 November, 2019
      Taylor Swift dispute highlights music perils for private equity

      In backing purchase of albums, Carlyle Group has become embroiled in personal squabble

    • Thursday, 22 August, 2019
      Jamie Powell
      Taylor Swift’s asset restructuring

      The pop star creates a new risk for financialised music royalties.

    • Tuesday, 2 July, 2019
      Bad blood puts Taylor Swift music deal in trouble

      Superstar’s fury at $300m sale of former record label revives fight for artists’ rights

    • Monday, 1 July, 2019
      Lex
      Taylor Swift/Big Machine: bad blood Premium content

      Recorded music is enjoying a renaissance, but stars remain a tricky production input

    • Monday, 1 July, 2019
      FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
      Taylor Swift and the triumph of capital

      Big Machine Label Group $300m sale provokes the popstar's ire.

    • Thursday, 22 November, 2018
      FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
      Comrade Swift's special dividend
    • Monday, 19 November, 2018
      Taylor Swift moves to Universal Music after bidding war

      Singer’s first new contract since age 14 is coup for Vivendi-owned label

    • Friday, 12 October, 2018
      News in-depthUS & Canadian companies
      Taylor Swift hits high note in battle against ticket touts

      Dynamic pricing looks to have paid off but question remains whether other acts will follow

    • Sunday, 10 June, 2018
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Taylor Swift, Etihad Stadium, Manchester — a spectacular riposte to the haters

      The singer playfully assumed a bad-girl persona to face down critics and reconnect with fans

    • Monday, 19 March, 2018
      ReviewLife of a Song
      I’m Too Sexy — from Right Said Fred to Taylor Swift, via The Smurfs

      Every label rejected the song, but a teenage music studio receptionist heard its potential

    • Wednesday, 14 March, 2018
      News in-depthThe Big Read
      Revenue streams: Spotify’s bid to generate a profit

      The company is critical to the revival in the music industry but, with its brutal business model, can it make money?

    • Thursday, 30 November, 2017
      Media
      Taylor Swift’s latest album to hit streaming services on Friday
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