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What the Recorded Music Industry Can Learn from the Whaling Industry of the 19th Century

Zach Fuller

15 Sep 2019

23 capital

Amuse

music industry

A high-risk industry with large upfront costs and no guarantee of return. No, this is not the recorded music industry, nor is it venture capital (VC) – this is the whaling industry of the 19th century....

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Music Publishing as an Asset Class – Update

Zach Fuller

19 Jul 2019

Amuse

hipgnosis song fund

music publishing

Back in February, MIDiA released a report detailing the financial innovation taking place in the recorded music industry and how this was effectively securitising the concept of music publishing rights....

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Independent Artists: The Age of Empowerment

Mark Mulligan

11 Jul 2019

Amuse

artist careers

Artist survey

MIDiA is proud to announce an exclusive new report in conjunction with Amuse – Independent Artists: The Age of Empowerment . The report is based on a global survey of independent artists that we conducted...

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Big Machine (Inadvertently) Just Did a Promo Ad for Label Services Deals

Mark Mulligan

1 Jul 2019

Amuse

awakl

Bandcamp

The sales of Taylor Swift’s former label Big Machine Records to Scooter Braun has resulted in an ugly spat that has been played out very publicly. First Braun enthused about acquiring a ‘brilliant’...

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Creator Support: A New Take on User Centric Licensing

Mark Mulligan

26 Apr 2019

Amuse

artist streaming income

artists

User-centric licensing (i.e. stream pay-outs based on sharing the royalty income of an individual user split across the music they listen to) has stimulated a lot of debate. I first explored the...

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Last Call for Our Artist Survey

Mark Mulligan

15 Apr 2019

Amuse

Artist survey

artists

This is your last chance to take part in our global artist survey - we are closing the survey this Friday (19th April). As a reminder: In partnership with independent distribution company Amuse, MIDiA...

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10 Trends That Will Reshape the Music Industry

Mark Mulligan

3 Apr 2019

23 capital

albums

Amuse

The IFPI has reported that global recorded music revenues have hit $19.1 billion, which means that MIDiA’sownestimatespublished in Marchwere within 1.6% of the actual results . This revenue growth story...

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Calling all Artists!

Mark Mulligan

14 Mar 2019

Amuse

artist income

Artist survey

In partnership with independent distribution company Amuse, MIDiA Research is undertaking a detailed study of the music artist landscape. We are fielding a survey to the artist community , exploring issues...

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