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Warner’s acquisition of DIVO showcases its focus on growing authentic local music cultures

Blog post by Srishti Das

17 Feb 2023

A year ago, Warner Music Group (WMG) acquired a South African independent distribution company, Africori , which focused on distributing local scenes from Africa. Now, it has acquired a majority stake...

It is time for DAWs to break the boundaries of conventional music production

Blog post by Srishti Das

30 Jan 2023

daw

emerging markets

Ableton

We recently wrote about how the direction of music inspiration has reversed , that established music markets have begun to draw inspiration from sounds, scenes, and cultures from emerging markets, such...

Emerging market music cultures are shaping the global music industry

Blog post by Srishti Das

13 Jan 2023

scenes

cultural insight

emerging markets

The music industry's focus has slowly but steadily moved towards emerging markets in order to find the next billion music consumers. The first phase of this move saw major labels consciously pushing their...

A resurgent Netflix has reassured Wall Street despite the warning signs appearing in emerging markets

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

19 Oct 2022

netflix

Netflix Q3 2022

emerging markets

Netflix Q3 2022 results were well received by the financial markets, with NFLX shares up 14.4% in after-hours trading. This follows a challenging year for the world’s largest subscription video on demand...

The internationalisation of content: What it means when local goes global

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

8 Dec 2021

internationalisation

content

podcast

Digital-first life has broken down cultural borders, allowing content and fans from all over the world to spread far and wide on both a niche and mainstream level. It is now possible for small independent...

Believe is building growth stories for local independent labels in India

Blog post by Srishti Das

2 Dec 2021

Believe Digital

Regional Music

emerging markets

Believe Music, launched in France in 2005 with an aim to empower and support independent artists and labels. Since launching in India in 2013, the company has worked hard to bring their values to the Indian...

Axing exclusive music licenses in China will drive new local music cultures

Blog post by Srishti Das

15 Sep 2021

China

emerging markets

tencent

As a result of the new guidelines set out by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), record labels are no longer allowed to issue exclusive licenses to music services. Previously, music services...

Middle East’s ESMAA points the way for music rights in emerging markets

Blog post by Srishti Das

20 Aug 2021

music rights

emerging markets

ESMAA

The importance of emerging markets for the next growth story in the music industry is resulting in labels and streaming services prioritising growth in these territories. In addition to resolving the industries...

Redefining global sounds through local cultures – the role of homegrown services in emerging markets

Blog post by Srishti Das

6 Jul 2021

emerging markets

music streaming

Music

In developed music markets, streaming was an outcome of the recorded music industry. Creators and labels released music, and streaming services created a simpler experience for listeners in already mature...

Emerging markets may be about to change the superstar business

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

2 Jul 2021

emerging markets

anglo repertoire

Music

The traditional recorded music business was all about selling units, which naturally meant that the most important markets were not the most populous but the wealthiest. Throughout the late 20thcentury...

Staggered vaccine rollouts will prime entertainment for (further, faster) innovation

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

4 May 2021

Media and Marketing

post-pandemic

coronavirus

The ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ of COVID-19 is theoretically drawing closer. Yet, as we blogged about last week , staggered vaccine rollouts mean that the ‘new normal’ will begin for some...

Why Spotify needs Russia

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

16 Jul 2020

Music

Spotify

Russia

Spotify’s delayed Russia launch finally happened this week . While it did not drive a stock price growth like the Josh Rogan deal did (the stock closed just 1 cent higher than the previous day’s close)...

Music Subscriber Market Shares Q1 2020

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

23 Jun 2020

streaming

music subscribers

music subscriber market shares

WWDC would have been a perfect opportunity for Apple to announce another streaming milestone for Apple Music. It didn’t but the good news is that MIDiA already have a figure for Apple Music, as part...

What A Post-Peak Netflix Could Look Like

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

25 Jul 2019

emerging markets

netflix

Netflix q2

Last week was a bumpy ride for Netflix – a company that is used to being on the right side of Wall Street and the consumer. The world’s leading streaming service made a noticeable miss with is quarterly...

Libra: A Reckoning for Crypto… or for Facebook?

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

25 Jun 2019

calibra

cryptocurrency

emerging markets

Last week Facebook and its network of partners, including Spotify, MasterCard and Uber, announced the development of a new cryptocurrency, Libra , planned to go live next year. As the first tech major...

Is Cricket the New ‘Greatest Show on Turf’?

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

19 Jun 2019

21st century fox

ad skippers

addressable audience

Even before the St. Louis (now LA) Rams were setting records in the NFL during the 1999-2001 seasons, earning the nickname ‘The Greatest Show on Turf’, the Super Bowl was viewed as an unrivalled opportunity...

Disney’s Latest Earnings Are Buoyed by Growth in Their Theme Park and Direct-to-Consumer Revenues

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

10 May 2019

21st century fox

additive service

assets

On Wednesday night the Walt Disney Company reported quarterly earnings for its second fiscal quarter ending March 31 st 2019, beating analyst estimates with a 3% increase in year-on-year (YoY) quarterly...

10 Trends That Will Reshape the Music Industry

Blog post by 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...

Why India Matters to Spotify, and Why it May Not Deliver

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

28 Feb 2019

emerging markets

india

india streaming

Warner Music and Spotify have been involved in a rather unseemly and very public spat this week over Spotify’s India launch . I’ll leave for someone else, the discussions of the potential implications...

Spotify’s Tencent Risk

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

21 Sep 2018

Africa

asia

emerging markets

NOTE: a previous version of this post referred to a non-compete clause with Spotify detailed in this SEC filing. I have been advised that the scope of this clause is narrower than I had originally interpreted....

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