Reports: music downloads

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Global Music Forecasts 2015-2020
Declining Legacy Formats Cancel Out Streaming Growth

Mark Mulligan

October 2015

Subscriptions

music sales

music revenue

In a few short years streaming has gone from being an interesting sideshow to the most important component of the recorded music market in terms of impact, innovation and disruption, though not in revenue...

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Apple Subscriptions
How Lightning Could Strike Twice For Apple

Mark Mulligan

March 2015

Subscriptions

Streaming

music downloads

Apple’s 21st renaissance all started with music, with the iPod. With the succession of successful products that followed, Apple perfected its early follower model, waiting for others to establish markets...

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The Aficionado Impact
How Super Fans Changing Spending Patterns Are Dragging Down Music Sales

Mark Mulligan

February 2015

superfan

consumer behavior

Consumer Behaviour

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Global Music Forecasts 2014 to 2019
The Shift To The Consumption Era

Mark Mulligan

July 2014

Subscriptions

music revenue

Streaming

2013 was the recorded music industry’s 14th successive year of revenue decline. The prolonged death rattle of the CD continues to drag the global market down with it and things just got worse with the...

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Decoding the Digital Consumer
An Analysis of the Digital Music Behaviour of UK Consumers

Mark Mulligan

December 2013

Consumer Behaviour

music consumers

Subscriptions

10 years after the launch of the iTunes Store and 5 years after the launch of Spotify, digital music remains a largely niche sector, with the notable exception of YouTube. Despite a decade of contraction...

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