Blog: hits

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Why HBO Max needs to invest in the new global hit model

Tim Mulligan

26 Oct 2021

SVOD

HBO Max

d2c

Last week, the AT&T Q3 earnings announcement revealed that HBO Max has now reached 69.4 million subscribers (up 12.5 million from last year, and up 1.9 million from the previous quarter). Today, HBO...

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How the DNA of a hit has changed over 20 years

Mark Mulligan

13 Jul 2020

Music

hits

the song economy

Recorded music has always evolved to fit the dominant format of the era, from three-minute songs to fit on 7-inch vinyl, through eight-song albums to fit on LPs, through to 16+ song albums to fill CDs....

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