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MIDiA Research launches audio vertical

Annie Langston

10 May 2022

The pandemic brought a new focus on the power of audio content, and it has established a baseline for this industry to build upon. With continued investment from the likes of Spotify and Amazon, along...

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Welcome to the great streaming reset

Tim Mulligan

10 May 2022

attention recession

Connected TV World Summit

golf

Netflix’s Q1 subscriber loss highlighted the risks facing subscription video services as the expansionary wave of streaming sign ups, unleashed by 15 years of subscription video on demand (SVOD), moves...

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Acast shifts focus to centralised audio distribution

Annie Langston

6 May 2022

Podcasts

audience

Acast

Following its formal announcement in March, Acast tweeted last week that its app is shutting down. Although this may be a surprise to some listeners, Acast explained that being platform independent allows...

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Music industry earnings 2021: Riding the wave

Mark Mulligan

6 May 2022

Streaming Music

Record labels

live music

Universal music’s Q1 2022 earnings showed continued growth but a noticeable slowdown in streaming growth, with streaming revenues up 12% year-on-year (YoY) in USD term compared to a growth of 35% one...

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Women In Music 2022
Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Português

Hanna Kahlert, Srishti Das and Tatiana Cirisano

May 2022

Free Report

Business Strategy

Audience Insight

BE THE CHANGE – Women In Music 2022. The report and executive summary are here available to download in French, and the executive summary is further available to download in German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese,...

Why 2022 will finally see the emergence of the streaming TV era

Tim Mulligan

3 May 2022

Online video

streaming tv

AVOD

Amid the sharp negative market reactions to Netflix’s recent subscriber losses, the age-old business truism of responding to, rather than building consumer demand holds truer than ever before. Traditionally,...

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Spotify’s presidential size loss reveals key aspect of the audio market

Annie Langston

29 Apr 2022

Podcasts

Spotify

celebrity

At the start of the audio battle, Spotify leveraged exclusive content and company acquisitions to establish its current market position. In 2020, Spotify announced a series of flashy podcast deals that...

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Why games could be the winning entertainment sector as disposable income tightens

Karol Severin

28 Apr 2022

attention recession

Streaming

Subscriptions

Inflation, as well as macroeconomic and geopolitical developments (from Brexit, through chasing Covid-induced debt, right up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine) will likely drive disposable income (and...

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The pandemic catalysed a streaming business model reckoning. Is the live sector next?

Tatiana Cirisano

27 Apr 2022

live music

live nation

touring

The news is everywhere: concerts are back. Coachella heralded the return of a roaring festival season, hundreds of acts are back on the road, and Live Nation says it is expecting a record year. But other...

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The attention recession has hit Spotify too

Mark Mulligan

27 Apr 2022

Video

Music

Media and Marketing

Spotify added two million subscribers in Q1 2022. Yes, this incorporates the impact of 1.5 million lost Russian subscribers and is set against Netflix having lost 0.2 million subscribers over the same...

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Digital collectables and NFTs
Entertainment impacts for the video ecosystem

Cover image for Digital collectables and NFTs

Tim Mulligan

April 2022

Video

smart tvs

Business Strategy

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have caught the attention of the wider media landscape. However, consumer awareness is niche with just 20% of consumers aware of what NFTs are. Despite this, NFTs represent the...

Music industry earnings 2021
Riding the wave

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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...

Elon’s Twitter bid is a warning: creators are building on rented land

Tatiana Cirisano

22 Apr 2022

Creator tools

Content Creators

Creator economy

In the creator economy, creators earn money by going direct-to-fan, cutting out traditional middlemen. But it is a misconception that this model gets rid of middlemen entirely. Rather, platforms are becoming...

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Why Musk’s Twitter takeover will not be the last attempt at a social platform acquisition

Hanna Kahlert

21 Apr 2022

Twitter

Social

platform

Elon Musk is not one to shy away from making waves with strategic curveballs – and his latest moves to acquire Twitter are no exception. Less than a month after attaining the second largest shareholding...

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Podcasts’ music opportunity both serves audio creators and inspires listeners

Annie Langston

21 Apr 2022

Podcasts

exclusive content

Audio

As the audio market becomes more saturated, solving creator pain points becomes essential for both platforms and networks. Music licensing is becoming a crucial component of podcast creation but the often-complicated...

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Forget peak Netflix, this is the attention recession

Mark Mulligan

20 Apr 2022

peak attention economy

Peak Attention

Attention economy

Forget peak Netflix, this is the attention recession Netflix’s Q1 2022 results caused a stir, with subscriber numbers down by 0.2 million from one quarter earlier. Some are calling this ‘peak Netflix’,...

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Sony continues investing in Epic Games

Karol Severin

19 Apr 2022

Sony

Epic Games

Fortnite

Sony continues investing in Epic Games Although Microsoft stole the headlines with its acquisition of Activision early this year, Sony is certainly not just standing on the side-lines. Last week, it announced...

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Facebook versus TikTok – a tale of two diverging social apps

Richard Broadhurst

14 Apr 2022

Social video

Social media

Podcast subscriptions are a key territory for the audio market

Annie Langston

12 Apr 2022

Podcasts

Subscriptions

audio fans

Podcast subscriptions offer both a direct revenue stream for audio creators and provide fans with an amplified audio experience. Despite the percentage that the subscription services take from the earrings,...

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Warner Bros. Discovery is real – now comes the hard part

Tim Mulligan

12 Apr 2022

Warner Bros. Discovery

Streaming

Warner Media

On Friday, Discovery, Inc . and AT&T Inc . announced that they have concluded their transaction to combine the WarnerMedia business with Discovery. This combination finally completes a process that...

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