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What Spotify Can Learn From The Roman Slave Trade

Mark Mulligan

13 Oct 2017

age of enlightenment

Believe Digital

OK, you’re going to have to bearwith me on this one, but let me take you back to 2nd century Rome… The Roman Empire was at the peak of its powers. Its borders stretched from Scotland down to Syria...

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The Art of Windowing: Why 4:44 is a Different Kind of Exclusive

Zach Fuller

5 Jul 2017

For a brief moment last year, windowing seemed like the future of music streaming. Already common practice in the film-industry, the strategy was being touted as a way of utilising artist fan engagement...

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Exclusive: Deezer Is Exploring User Centric Licensing

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Mark Mulligan

19 Apr 2017

music licensing

Music Streaming

One of the great, though less heralded, successes of streaming in 2016 was keeping the lid on artist angst. Previous years had been defined by seemingly endless complaints from worried and angry artists...

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Introducing MIDiA's Streaming Music Health Check

Mark Mulligan

10 Jan 2017

2nd quarter 2016

We are pleased to announce the arrival of the following MIDiA report on our report store: 'Streaming Music Health Check: Streaming’s Watershed Moment'. You can purchase the report here. MIDiA Research...

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Music Subscriptions Passed 100 Million In December. Has The World Changed?

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Mark Mulligan

6 Jan 2017

Amazon Prime Music

In streaming’s earlier years, when doubts prevailed across the artist, songwriter and label communities, one of the arguments put forward by enthusiasts was that when streaming reached scale everything...

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Apple Just Changed The Rules Of Telco Music Strategy

Mark Mulligan

26 Aug 2016

Apple today made an announcement that has in an instant turned the tables in the streaming marketplace: it has launched a 6 month Apple Music bundle with mobile carrier EE in the UK . EE is now unique...

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Technology Roots: Why Hip-Hop and Dance Leaves Rock Behind in the Streaming Era

Zach Fuller

19 Aug 2016

chance the rapper

The Tidal, Spotify and Apple Music exclusives Cold-War reveals something telling: from Drake, to Chance the Rapper, Frank Ocean and The Weeknd, the quest to garner exclusives has been done almost entirely...

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The State Of The YouTube Music Economy

Mark Mulligan

12 Jul 2016

Music Streaming

In 2016, YouTube finds itself in yet another spat with rights holders and this time the labels have brought artists to the battlefield. Playing a starring role is the issue of Safe Harbour, the provision...

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Soundcloud, Amazon, Tidal: Streaming’s Other Runners

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Mark Mulligan

16 Jun 2016

Music Streaming

Apple, Spotify and YouTube have all been grabbing the streaming headlines of late, albeit for different reasons. While these companies will continue to set the pace over the next couple of years (again,...

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The 2 Spotify Charts You Need To See

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Mark Mulligan

25 May 2016

Music Streaming

Tuesday’s media scrum around Spotify’s financials illustrate that whatever ground Apple and Tidal may have made in recent months, Spotify clearly remains the poster child / bellwether for streaming....

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State Of The Streaming Nation

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Mark Mulligan

5 Apr 2016

emerging markets

We are proud to announce a landmark MIDiA report: State Of The Streaming Nation: A Comprehensive Assessment Of The Global Streaming Music Market . If you are in any way involved with the streaming music...

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MIDiA Chart Of The Week: The Steady Decline Of The CD Buyer

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Mark Mulligan

8 Feb 2016

Chart Of The Week

As much as we may be in the era of streaming, nearly half of recorded music revenue globally is still derived from physical sales, with the CD making up the vast majority of that. So, for all the understandable...

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The Music Industry Is Forcing Consumers To Choose Between Buying a Lexus And Taking The Bus

Mark Mulligan

28 Jan 2016

It has been an eventful few days for the digital music market with developments such as the launch of a whole new breed of unlicensed Spotify clones using the APIs of Spotify and YouTub e, and with Spotify...

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Kakao Corp Turns MelOn Into A Full Stack Music Company

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Mark Mulligan

12 Jan 2016

Full Stack Music Company

Korean messaging app company Kakao Corp has acquired a 76.4% stake in South Korean entertainment company Loen Entertainment for $1.6 billion , valuing the company at $2 billion. Kakao operates the mobile...

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MIDiA Data Point Of The Day: Download Buyers

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Mark Mulligan

16 Dec 2015

Data Point Of The Day

The standout sales success of Adele over recent week has many permutations, not least of which is the keen reminder that many millions of people still buy downloads and CDs. The streaming transition continues...

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Quick Take: Vevo Buys ShowYou But Will It Seize The Opportunity?

Mark Mulligan

8 Dec 2015

Music Streaming

Vevo has acquired video curation/discovery platform ShowYou . There’s a lot of talk about how this could preface a move into subscriptions for Vevo, given that ShowYou launched subscription functionality...

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MIDiA Chart Of The Week: How Music Measures Up Against Video

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Mark Mulligan

23 Nov 2015

Chart Of The Week

Music Streaming

The music industry has long been viewed as a canary in the mine for how media industries transition into the digital era. In many respects that role has now been outlived. Book publishers quickly realised...

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Consumer Spending On Digital Music Fell In 2014 [Yes You Read That Right]

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Mark Mulligan

17 Nov 2015

Spending money on recorded music has become a lifestyle choice, an honesty box for the conscientious consumer. No one really needs to pay for music anymore. That much is familiar to most, but what is new...

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Quick Take: Facebook Music Stories

Karol Severin

6 Nov 2015

digital content

Facebook launched‘Music Stories’ for iPhone users who use Spotify or Apple Music with more hardware and listening options to follow. Music Stories let’s you share 30 second music snippets from Spotify...

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MIDiA Data Point Of The Day: Shazam

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Mark Mulligan

4 Nov 2015

Data Point Of The Day

Shazam has become part of the digital music marketplace furniture but is seeking out a new business model now as there's no money in the affiliate sales model for streams, not that there was ever that...

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