Reports: Universal Music Publishing

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Music industry earnings Q3 2022
Pre-recession growth

Mark Mulligan

December 2022

Spotify

Pandora

Slacker

The early 2020s saw an influx of capital into the music business, with the promise of music rights being an asset class that was uncorrelated with the wider economy. The irony is that as music catalogue...

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Music industry earnings 2021
Riding the wave

Mark Mulligan

April 2022

Streaming Music

Spotify

Pandora

In this report MIDiA presents, contrasts and analyses headline financial metrics of 12 leading music industry companies across labels, publishers, streaming and live. The companies tracked represent more...

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Music Publishing
A Full-Stack Revolution

Mark Mulligan

October 2019

Spotify

Music publishing

Pandora

Tencent’s bid for 10% of Universal Music Group has set a new high-water mark for what risks becoming an overheated music rights mergers and acquisitions (M&A) sector. However, investment appetite remains...

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Music Publishing Acquisitions
Bubble Business or Sustainable Market?

Zach Fuller

February 2019

Apple

Spotify

Warner Chappel

Music publishing mergers and acquisitions have boomed in recent years, invigorated by streaming’s user growth and the multitude of revenue options becoming available outside of music sales, such as micro...

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Music Rights Disruption
The Transparency Agenda

Mark Mulligan

August 2017

music publishers

Apple

Spotify

Music rights have never been simple but now the complexity is reaching such a level that the digital music marketplace is beginning to buckle under the strain. With growing demand across the board for...

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Recorded Music Market Shares
Streaming Drives Growth

Mark Mulligan

February 2017

Spotify

Recorded music

Deezer

MIDiA has been tracking record label and publisher financial releases throughout 2016. In addition MIDIA has conducted market sizing work on the publishing sector and research for the Worldwide Independent...

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Music Publishing At A Cross Roads
How Streaming Is Transforming The Outlook For Music Publishers

Mark Mulligan

June 2015

music publishers

Subscriptions

Streaming

Everything starts with the song yet music publishers have often been the last part of the digital equation. Relative insulation from the effects of declining music sales have enabled publishers to have...

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