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A counterculture music industry is emerging — welcome to the platform era

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Tatiana Cirisano

5 Jul 2022

What do TikTok’s distribution tool , Universal Music Group’s samples marketplace , and Snoop Dogg’s virtual marijuana have in common? On the surface, not much. But beneath, these news headlines are...

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Why today’s music creators are no longer playing the fame game

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Tatiana Cirisano

16 Jun 2022

Music Streaming

Creator Economy

Since the music industry’s beginnings, success has been tied to fame and fortune. But as more and more artists grow dissatisfied with the harsh economics of streaming, their strategies are changing —...

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The Kate Bush resurgence shows that music consumption has no time stamp

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Keith Jopling

13 Jun 2022

There are not many good news stories at the moment. It has brightened up my summer a little, though, to see music legend Kate Bush (or ‘our Kate’ if you happen to be British) acknowledge that her song,...

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Is TikTok becoming a record label? The question misses the point

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Tatiana Cirisano

18 May 2022

Music Streaming

Every time TikTok does anything that seems to hedge on record label territory, someone inevitably asks the question: is TikTok turning into a record label? Cue the eye-rolls from the music industry. No...

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The pandemic catalysed a streaming business model reckoning. Is the live sector next?

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Tatiana Cirisano

27 Apr 2022

The news is everywhere: concerts are back. Coachella heralded the return of a roaring festival season, hundreds of acts are back on the road, and Live Nation says it is expecting a record year. But other...

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Is the catalogue acquisition market betting tomorrow's success on yesterday's metrics?

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Tatiana Cirisano

5 Apr 2022

music industry investment

music catalogue

The music industry spent $5.3 billion on music catalogue acquisitions in 2021, according to MIDiA's most recent market report , not counting another $6.7 billion that was invested into music companies...

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Why TikTok is primed to become the next-generation music company

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Tatiana Cirisano

10 Mar 2022

By now, TikTok’s impact on popular music is well-established. The platform routinely catapults songs to hit status, and it has become a regular part of digital marketing campaigns. But behind the scenes,...

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Kanye’s Stem Player release is a real-time experiment in superfan targeting

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Tatiana Cirisano

23 Feb 2022

monetising fandom

Music Streaming

Never one to follow tradition, Kanye West has announced that his next album, Donda 2 , will not be available on streaming services. Instead, he will release it exclusively on the Stem Player (a handheld...

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Artists survey 2022 - MIDiA asks music creators: how will you grow your audiences, earnings and career?

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Keith Jopling

8 Feb 2022

Music Streaming

Content Creators

As the music industry continues to debate the many pros and cons of ‘the streaming era’ (while enjoying the unprecedented industry growth that it has brought), the spotlight can sometimes move away...

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

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Hanna Kahlert

8 Dec 2021

internationalisation

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...

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A red-hot cultural movement (Taylor’s Version)

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Ashleigh Millar

23 Nov 2021

Here at MIDiA Research, we like to take a deep dive into fandom culture and the effect it has on industry progress and strategy. As of late, we have focused on the success behind tribal fandom (a skill...

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Is live-stream composition the new formula for a hit album?

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Ashleigh Millar

1 Oct 2021

We are no stranger to TikTok and its impact on the music industry, which is changing the structure of the business one viral video at a time. Artists and composers are flocking to the innovative social...

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Why music underpins the culture of our ‘new normal’

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Hanna Kahlert

22 Jul 2021

Media and Marketing

Audience Insight

The recent UK DCMS committee findings on streaming – namely, that artists should receive a greater share of streaming revenues – is merely one facet of the growing pains of a music industry reshaped...

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

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Srishti Das

6 Jul 2021

emerging markets

Music Streaming

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...

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Spotify pushes prices up, but do not expect dramatic effects

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Mark Mulligan

27 Apr 2021

spotify pricing

streaming pricing

Spotify finally announced a significant price increase, raising prices in the UK and some of Europe, with the US set to follow suit. The increases affect Family, Duo and Student plans. The fact that streaming...

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T-Series to IPRS: Signs of a maturing market?

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Srishti Das

9 Apr 2021

Music Streaming

music publishing

The Indian Performance Rights Society (IPRS) finally controls the majority of publishing market share in India, after the mammoth music label and film production company T-Series registered itself as a...

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When women don’t make music: The sunset of Indian Folk

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Hanna Kahlert

29 Mar 2021

indian folk music

MIDiA recently released a study on the experiences of women in the music industry ( free to download here ), discussing both the broad-level challenges they face – but also pointing to the positives,...

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Women making music: The COVID impact

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Hanna Kahlert

8 Mar 2021

international womens day

The last 12 months have been marked mostly by the coronavirus pandemic, which has pushed much of life to the digital world. 70% of independent artists overall spent much of the time over lockdowns creating...

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Live streaming and the role of music artist empowerment in the digital era

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Hanna Kahlert

19 Oct 2020

Music Streaming

As the coronavirus lockdowns have forced venues to close and people indoors, artists have been unevenly impacted across the music industry. While many bigger studios were forced to cease operations, and...

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MIDiA's Recovery Economics principles for competing effectively post lockdown

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Dara Jegede

11 Jun 2020

covid-19 impact

If you missed our webinar on how media and entertainment will evolve post lockdown and how companies should adapt, the recording is available below. MIDiA analysts present in this webinar how the entertainment...

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