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Quick Take: Spotify, Stories and Music – the Social Media Divide

Zach Fuller

16 May 2019

The story of a song’s creation is one of the great mysteries of music. Regularly are we regaled with anecdotes of a song emerging fully formed in a 15-minute flurry of creative genius. However, while...

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PledgeMusic and Not-So-Glorious Failure

Mark Mulligan

10 May 2019

Pioneering fan funding platform PledgeMusic is now officially over, having entered administration (i.e. Chapter 11) in the UK reportedly owing its artists around $1 million and with little expectation...

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Spotify, the Decline of Playlists and the Rise of Podcasts

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Mark Mulligan

11 Apr 2019

curated playlists

The following is a small excerpt from MIDiA’s forthcoming third edition of its ‘landmark State of the Streaming Nation’ report. For more information about this report email stephen@midiaresearch.com...

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Downtown Acquires AVL: Value Chains in a Post-direct Distribution Era

Zach Fuller

28 Mar 2019

cd baby music distribution

When Spotify announced that it was going to launch direct distribution on its platform, it was clear the various digital distributors that emerged in the post-Napster wave of online music (Tunecore, CD...

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Calling all Artists!

Mark Mulligan

14 Mar 2019

In partnership with independent distribution company Amuse, MIDiA Research is undertaking a detailed study of the music artist landscape. We are fielding a survey to the artist community , exploring issues...

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

Mark Mulligan

28 Feb 2019

emerging markets

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...

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Taylor Swift, Label Services and What Comes Next

Mark Mulligan

22 Nov 2018

Taylor Swift has done it again, striking a deal with UMG that includes a commitment from the world’s largest label group to share proceeds from Spotify stock sales with artists, even if they are not...

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Can Spotify Ever Meet Investors’ Expectations?

Mark Mulligan

1 Nov 2018

Spotify just posted another solid set of results, adding four million subscribers and beating profit and revenue estimates, yet its share price fell. What’s going on? Spotify is on track for where it...

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Quick Take: Will Stream Djing be the Renaissance of Soundcloud?

Zach Fuller

19 Oct 2018

After a difficult two yearsthat saw acquisitions fall through and a lack of meaningful uptake of its subscription service, SoundCloud have needed some positive news. Reveredwithin the creator community...

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Spotify, DistroKid and the Two Sided Marketplace

Mark Mulligan

17 Oct 2018

spotify as a label

Spotify has taken a minority stake in DistroKid . In itself, it may be a slightly left field but relatively insignificant move, except that it is in fact one small but important step on a much bigger journey....

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Are Record Labels Facing an A&R Crisis?

Mark Mulligan

30 Jul 2018

A succession of conversations with record labels over the last couple of months has made me start to ponder whether we are approaching a tipping point in streaming era A&R. At the heart of the conversations...

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Facebook Aims to Bring The Fun Back Into Music

Mark Mulligan

5 Jun 2018

Facebook has announced its long mooted move into music. As widely anticipated the service offering focuses on using music to add context to social experiences. The official blog outlines two key use cases:...

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‘Nice for What?’ and the Slow Death of the Album

Zach Fuller

10 Apr 2018

beggars banquet

death of the album

I write this week’s blog conflicted between the music fan who grew up on the album and the MIDiA analyst looking at the numbers (an eternal struggle). Alongside the feature-length film, the LP was one...

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Spotify D(PO)-Day

Mark Mulligan

3 Apr 2018

Arguably the most anticipated day in the history of digital music is upon us. By the end of it we will have the first hint at whether Spotify is going to fall at the Snap Inc. or Facebook end of the spectrum...

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Will AI Replace The Artist Altogether Or Will It Serve As Another Creation Tool?

Zach Fuller

28 Feb 2018

artificial intelligence

In covering tech trends, we try to avoid chasing after the latest buzzwords at MIDiA. Artificial Intelligence certainly ticks the boxes of Gartner’s famed hype cycle model , i.e. technologies that attract...

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Why YouTube Is Going Big At Sundance

Tim Mulligan

19 Jan 2018

Interesting things are happening at YouTube. In February 2017 it launched YouTube TV, a subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service with live video and catch up incorporated into its core functionality....

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Why Fox Has Given Comcast The Cold Shoulder And Why Disney Is Now The Preferred Option

Tim Mulligan

13 Dec 2017

The end of 2017 is shaping up to be a pivotal time for the video landscape in the US. Tomorrow, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) will vote on whether or not to remove the common carrier designation...

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Shazam Is Apple’s Echo Nest

Mark Mulligan

11 Dec 2017

Shazam finally found a buyer: Apple. Ever since its affiliate sales revenue model crumbled with the onset of streaming (there’s no business in an affiliate fee on a $0.01 stream), Shazam has been trying...

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Musical.ly Sells For $800 Million But Peaked By Being Too Silicon Valley

Mark Mulligan

10 Nov 2017

News has just emerged that lip synching app Musical.ly is to be sold for between $800 million and $1 billion to Chinese companyJinri Toutiao, which also bought Musical.ly predecessor Flipagram. I’ve...

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Is YouTube The Digital Successor To Free-To-View TV?

Tim Mulligan

24 Oct 2017

On October 17th, YouTube made another significant step towards supplanting the TV industry with the free-to-view ad-supported release of a YouTube original documentary on music artist Demi Lovato, entitled...

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