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Amazon Music: From Dark Horse to Thoroughbred

Mark Mulligan

22 Jan 2020

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Amazon Prime Music

Neatly ahead of Spotify’s Q4 earnings, Amazon has taken the rare step of announcing subscriber metrics for Amazon Music (inclusive of Prime Music and Music Unlimited). Amazon Music closed 2019 with 55...

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Amazon’s Ad Supported Strategy Goes Way Beyond Music

Mark Mulligan

17 Apr 2019

Ad Supported

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Amazon is reportedly close to launching an ad supported streaming music offering . Spotify’s stock price took an instant tumble. But the real story here is much bigger than the knee-jerk reactions...

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Sirius XM Acquires Pandora: Greater Than The Sum Of Their Parts?

Zach Fuller

24 Sep 2018

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In the latest example of media acquisitions, though one less likely to flood the headlines as Comcast’s purchase of Sky, Sirius XM has announced it will be purchasing streaming service Pandora for $3.5...

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Mid-Year 2018 Streaming Market Shares

Mark Mulligan

13 Sep 2018

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Amazon Prime Music

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Music subscribers grew by 16% in the first half of 2018 to reach 229.5 million, up from 198.6 million at the end of 2017. Year-on-year the global subscriber base increased by 38%, adding 62.8 million subscribers....

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Free Report: Digital Music Is Streaming Forward

Dara Jegede

16 Apr 2018

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MIDiA is proud to partner with DiMA on its inaugural Streaming Forward Report. Digital distribution, andstreaming in particular, has been transforming music business in recent years. Although digital business...

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Announcing MIDiA’s Streaming Services Market Shares Report

Mark Mulligan

3 Nov 2017

7Digital

Amazon

amazon music unlimited

As the streaming music market matures, the bar is continually raised for the quality of data required, both in terms of granularity and accuracy. At MIDiA we have worked hard to earn a reputation for high-quality,...

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Amazon Music: The Dark Horse Comes Out Of The Shadows

Mark Mulligan

20 Oct 2017

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amazon music unlimited

Amazon Prime Music

MIDiA has just published a new report that analyses Amazon’s streaming music strategy and how this fits within the wider competitive landscape. Here are some highlights: Back in the days when online...

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Amazon Prime Live Events, More Than Just Gigs For Olds

Mark Mulligan

9 May 2017

Amazon

Amazon Prime

Amazon Prime Live Events

Amazon today announced ‘Amazon Prime Live Events’, a series of smaller capacity gigs by largely heritage acts made available exclusively to Amazon Prime members in the UK. The first wave of artists...

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Music Subscriptions Passed 100 Million In December. Has The World Changed?

Mark Mulligan

6 Jan 2017

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Amazon Prime Music

apple music

In streaming’s earlier years, when doubts prevailed across the artist, songwriter and label communities, one of the arguments put forward by enthusiasts was that when streaming reached scale everything...

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Quick Take: Amazon Music Unlimited Comes To The UK

Mark Mulligan

14 Nov 2016

Amazon

Amazon Echo

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Amazon announced the anticipated launch of Amazon Music Unlimited in the UK today. For my full take on Amazon Music Unlimited see my previous post here. Make no mistake, Amazon are taking this launch seriously,...

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