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A handful of sports dominate fandom among esports viewers, but opportunity still exists for many

Karol Severin

11 Aug 2021

esports

Sports

Fandom

Sports are increasingly executing on the overlap between gaming and esports. A handful of sports have established a strong foothold and lead among esports viewers. Data shows, however, that the still-emerging...

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What is an artist in the age of creators?

Kriss Thakrar

26 Jul 2021

Strategy

Marketing

YouTube

MIDiA has previously explored what it means to be a superstar in today’s industry. Here we go deeper into the fundamental of what it is to be an artist. YouTuber, boxer and rapper KSI achieved his first...

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Marketing a game? Put enough focus on Discord and TikTok

Karol Severin

7 Jun 2021

games marketing

TikTok

Discord

TikTok and Discord are essential channels for effective gamer targeting. MIDiA’s Q1 2021 survey states that weekly active user penetration of the two services over-indexes among mobile and console gamers...

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The rediscovered power of time-seasoned brand equity

Tim Mulligan

4 Jun 2021

Warner Bros. Discovery

Warner Bros.

discovery

Discovery CEO David Zaslav has proposed that the new combined Discovery / Warner Media entity will be known as Warner Bros. Discovery . This is a recognition that leveraging brand equity will be crucial...

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How should we celebrate fame in today’s music business?

Keith Jopling

29 Apr 2021

music industry

Marketing

Music

Doom scrolling on socials is something I try to avoid, but like most 21st century humans living through the pandemic life, I occasionally fall short. Such as this weekend when scrolling through Instagram...

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BE THE CHANGE: WOMEN MAKING MUSIC 2021

Dara Jegede

25 Mar 2021

Content Creators

music industry

independent artists

BE THE CHANGE: WOMEN MAKING MUSIC 2021 TuneCore and Believe Partner with MIDiA for First of its Kind Global Study LONDON, BROOKLYN AND PARIS —Thursday, March 25 2021: MIDIA Research and TuneCore/Believe...

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Women creators: This is also our business

Srishti Das

22 Mar 2021

women creators

women in music

Music

MIDiA, in conjunction with TuneCore and Believe, is about to publish the findings of a global survey on the experiences of 401 female creators in the music industry: artists, songwriters, producers, DJs...

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Reach over revenue: India’s lesson for developed sports markets

Srishti Das

26 Feb 2021

cricket

hotstar

Disney+

India is growing as a sporting nation, with athletes performing across different international sports outside of cricket like kabaddi, motorsports, basketball, chess and so on. The majority of media consumption...

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New artists, does it pay to be streaming first?

Keith Jopling

10 Feb 2021

Strategy

Marketing

Streaming Music

This is part 2 of my "marketing long read" posts, part 1 focused on Catalogue . In a recent interview with Steve Lamacq, Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters told him “We don’t have anyone else making decisions...

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Songs are the golden eggs in music catalogues, but who is looking after the goose?

Keith Jopling

20 Jan 2021

Strategy

music catalogue

Marketing

Marketing Long Read Part 1: Catalogue & Song Management It will not have escaped your attention that music catalogues are changing hands for serious sums of money. The race to acquire the songwriters’...

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Fortnite’s Party Royale provides sports untapped avenue for reaching digital natives

Alistair Taylor

19 Aug 2020

Universal platform

Fortnite

Epic Games

Burgeoning universal platform Fortnite’s ‘ Party Royale ’ is slowly becoming the gateway for rights holders to reach digitally native audiences. Party Royale, Fortnite’s ‘ experimenta l’ game...

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The Artist Marketing Playbook Needs Rewriting

Mark Mulligan

5 Jul 2019

artist marketing

artist streams

artists

The whole essence of fandom is being turned upside down. An emerging crop of streaming-native artists is finding its audience in a much more targeted and efficient way than via the traditional music marketing....

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