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The Playlist Revolution
Streaming’s Battleground

Zach Fuller

September 2019

Streaming Music

Apple

Spotify

Playlists are swiftly becoming the lingua franca of the music streaming economy. While most closely associated with Spotify, playlists are now central to streaming as an entire sector. While playlists...

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Streaming Music Health Check
Streaming’s Watershed Moment

Mark Mulligan

October 2016

Subscriptions

Streaming

Streaming Music

Q2 2016 emerged as a watershed moment for streaming music, with label streaming revenue growing strongly enough to lift overall revenues for all three major labels. Meanwhile Spotify and Apple registered...

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Cross Border Listening
Borderless Hits And Curated Playlists

Mark Mulligan

May 2016

Streaming

Streaming Music

curation

The US and the UK have long dominated the global music industry, thanks in no small part to the benefit of having that most exportable of languages English as their mother tongue. A heritage of decade...

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After The Album
How Playlists Are Re-Defining Music Consumption

Mark Mulligan

April 2016

Subscriptions

Streaming

Music Subscriptions

Streaming hit a host of milestones in 2015, reaching 67.5 million subscribers and driving $2.9 billion of trade revenue, up 31% on 2014. While the competitive marketplace upped the ante, music services...

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