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Artists need to place themselves at the centre of fan community-led commerce

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Keith Jopling

21 Mar 2024

The solution to artist remuneration and the next wave of music industry growth is already here: fan communities. Warner Music recently attracted attention with the news that it is developing a superfan...

6 min read

Gender inequality in music mirrors the challenges of streaming… as do its opportunities for change

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Hanna Kahlert

20 Mar 2024

It has never been easier to become a music artist, but it has never been harder to turn that into a long-term career. A hyper-saturated content environment means record levels of competition and decreasing...

5 min read

Why Sora is the Manhattan Project for video

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Tim Mulligan

19 Mar 2024

On March 10, 2024, OpenAI, the Californian Tech start up behind AI generator ChatGPT, released several eye-catching demos of videos created by Sora , its new video AI-generator tool. Described as a text-prompt...

3 min read

Global recorded music revenues grew by 9.8% in 2023

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Mark Mulligan

18 Mar 2024

recorded music 2023

recorded music revenues

Growth is back! After a slower 2022, global recorded music revenues grew by 9.8% in 2023 to reach $35.1 billion, compared to 7.1% in 2022, which means that the market is now more than double (124.5%) the...

4 min read

MIDiA independent label and distributor survey

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Mark Mulligan

14 Mar 2024

independent labels

MIDiA is fielding its annual independent label and distributor survey . This is the chance for the independent sector to have its voice heard. Given all of the changes that are taking place in the streaming...

1 min read

What would a post-TikTok (US) future look like?

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Hanna Kahlert

14 Mar 2024

The US House of Representatives has just passed a bill, with bipartisan support, which would make TikTok break with parent company Bytedance or be banned from app stores. Based on current discourse, it...

6 min read

BarbenHeimer needs to usher in media fusion to fully revitalise cinema

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Tim Mulligan

13 Mar 2024

In many ways the 96th Academy Awards was positioned as the critical confirmation of last year’s double blockbuster performances of Oppenheimer and Barbie . Collectively, these titles generated $2.4 billion...

3 min read

Music has a gender problem — why do women bear the burden of fixing it?

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Tatiana Cirisano

13 Mar 2024

gender equality

On International Womens’ Day, MIDiA published the fourth annual edition of BE THE CHANGE: Gender equity in music , in collaboration with TuneCore and Believe. We surveyed more than 4,100 music creators...

5 min read

The AI revolution sweeping video creator tools

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Ben Woods

12 Mar 2024

Streamlining the content creation process has become a key battleground for social video platforms. They are banking on AI shouldering most of the menial tasks associated with publishing a video, freeing...

3 min read

New audiobook pricing gives Spotify the best of both worlds

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Rutger Rosenborg

6 Mar 2024

In late 2023, Spotify slowly started rolling out audiobooks to Premium subscribers in select markets . In contrast with Spotify’s unlimited supply of music, Premium subscribers were allotted 15 hours...

4 min read

Is BritBox International the missing commercial streaming catalyst for the BBC?

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Tim Mulligan

4 Mar 2024

Business Strategy

Last Friday, ITV announced the sale of its entire 50% interest subscription video on demand (SVOD) service to its partner and fellow shareholder, BBC Studios (the commercial arm of the BBC). BritBox was...

3 min read

Why don’t we hear popular music on popular podcasts?

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Rutger Rosenborg

29 Feb 2024

There are a number of popular podcasts that dissect popular music. One is called, well, Dissect . Others are Popcast , Song Exploder , and Switched on Pop . Podcasts like these usually play extended sections...

5 min read

TikTok highlights the importance of publishing — and lack of songwriter services

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Tatiana Cirisano

29 Feb 2024

It is no news flash that the music business has a reputation for undervaluing songwriters. Despite being arguably the most important part of the song, the shift to streaming has been even more disastrous...

4 min read

Niche is mainstream. So… what next?

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Hanna Kahlert

29 Feb 2024

Entertainment industries today are navigating two contrasting pressures. On the one side is the demand for niche personalisation: algorithms drive hyper-targeted content to just the right audiences, who...

5 min read

Paramount is on the right track but does it have enough time?

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Tim Mulligan

29 Feb 2024

Yesterday, Paramount announced its full year 2023 financial results. The numbers were stark, with revenues down 2% to $29.7 billion and an operating loss of $451 million. The stock price declined at the...

2 min read

Quick take: The games industry health check

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Karol Severin

27 Feb 2024

In recent weeks and months, a growing number of people have been asking: “What is going on with the games industry?”, “Is the games industry doomed now?”, “Is it done growing?”, “If neither...

6 min read

What indie book publishers can gain from audiobooks

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Rutger Rosenborg

22 Feb 2024

Music Streaming

In the music industry, three major labels generate the lion’s share of revenue: Universal, Sony, and Warner. In the book publishing industry, the “big five” publishers dominate: Penguin Random House,...

4 min read

Could YouTube be the music-first social platform the industry needs?

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Tatiana Cirisano

22 Feb 2024

In December, we mused on what could happen if artists collectively stepped off the content treadmill. With Universal Music Group (UMG) removing its catalogue from TikTok, that thought experiment came startlingly...

4 min read

Social is the new streaming… but the cracks are already showing

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Hanna Kahlert

22 Feb 2024

When streaming first overtook music, it did so by force. Audiences quickly latched on to the freedoms of digital life and the accessibility of music on the internet. Piracy was on the rise and downloading...

5 min read

Music creators – take our survey!

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Mark Mulligan

21 Feb 2024

Cultural Trends

MIDiA is fielding its annual music creator survey and if you are a music creator we would like you to take part. Whether you are a songwriter, artist, producer, engineer, vocalist, DJ, instrumentalist,...

2 min read

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