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Take Five (the big five stories and data you need to know) December 9th 2019

Mark Mulligan

9 Dec 2019

a-pop

ad agencies

EPL

Go east: Universal Music launched Red Records, an Asian repertoire joint venture label with AirAsia Group. With Western repertoire accounting for around only a third of all streams in Asian...

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Take Five (the big five stories and data you need to know) December 2nd 2019

Mark Mulligan

2 Dec 2019

bytedance

create music

first order music

Bytedance / TikTok split: Bytedance appears to be getting nervy about the impact of Chinese censorship regulation on TikTok, to the extent that it is reportedly mulling spinning off the app as a separate...

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Take Five (the big five stories and data you need to know) November 25th 2019

Mark Mulligan

25 Nov 2019

Colin Kaepernick

Disney

Epic Games

Disney tidies its streaming stats: Disney is tidying up its streaming subscriber numbers in preparation for reporting the performance so far of Disney+. In the shake-up, ESPN falls from 3.4...

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Take Five (the big five stories and data you need to know) November 18th 2019

Mark Mulligan

18 Nov 2019

bytedance

Disney

Bytedance subscription: Bytedance, parent of TikTok, is reportedlyclose to launching a music subscription service, initially focused on emerging markets. The big question is whether Bytedance will...

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Take Five (the big five stories and data you need to know) November 11th 2019

Mark Mulligan

11 Nov 2019

airpods

Apple TV

BTS

BTS, fandom 3.0: The management of BTS’s distributor was trying to work out who had green-lit an unauthorized billboard campaign for the South Korean boy band . When it turned out that the fans...

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Take Five (the big five stories and data you need to know) November 4th 2019

Mark Mulligan

4 Nov 2019

Friends

game of thrones

HBO Max

Music manager shift: A new ‘Managing Expectations’ report from the MMF indicates the role of music managers is transforming. Headline: music managers are doing an ever wider and more complex range...

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Take Five (the big five stories and data you need to know) October 28th 2019

Mark Mulligan

28 Oct 2019

Ad Supported

AVOD

bbc news

SiriusXM, podcast marvel: SiriusXM has struck a multiyear deal with Marvel to create exclusive podcasts , illustrating that traditional radio companies still have the potential to be the major players...

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Take Five (the big five stories and data you need to know) October 14th 2019

Mark Mulligan

14 Oct 2019

CDbaby

Fortnite

fortnite blackhole

Fortnite black hole: In what may be the most audacious global games marketing stunt ever, Epic Games killed off Fortnite in Sunday’s end-of-season event , which one million people viewed...

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Take Five (the big five stories and data you need to know) October 7th 2019

Mark Mulligan

7 Oct 2019

air Jordan

bmw

darkstore

Streaming pricing, emerging questions: Music Business Worldwide raised the question of why streaming is discounted in emerging markets when BMWs and Amazon Echoes are not. There are many layers to...

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Take Five (the big five stories and data you need to know) - September 16th 2019

Mark Mulligan

16 Sep 2019

apple bundles

apple device portfolio

apple hardware

Spotify – small step, big step: Spotify has announced that it is ac quiring musician marketplace company Soundbetter. Back in July, Spotify halted its artist direct offering. Some quarters...

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