Rutger Rosenborg

As a partner Audio Analyst at MIDiA, Rutger’s mission is to situate audio insights within a broader entertainment context. With a Bachelor’s in English Literature from Stanford University, a Master’s in Music Business and Technology from New York University, and studies at Oxford and Columbia universities, Rutger has a broad range of knowledge across many disciplines, from poetry to podcasting. Previously, Rutger managed marketing, analytics, and consulting at Chartmetric where he also hosted and produced one of the music industry's most popular podcasts.

The future of AI-generated audiobooks is here

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Rutger Rosenborg
AI
Audio
Cultural trends
In March, on the heels of a Danish man becoming the first person convicted of streaming fraud, MIDiA explained how AI could soon enable a golden age of audio piracy . Coupled with the fact that book publishers have been reporting that AI-generated books are being published under their names or oddly similar ones on sites like Amazon and Goodreads, there are big implications for audiobooks.
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What Audible’s new royalty model means for its audiobook battle with Spotify

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Rutger Rosenborg
Audio
Business Strategy
Audiobooks
In early July, Audible’s blog broke the news that the company was introducing a new royalty model for audiobooks. Previously, according to Bloomberg’s Ashley Carman , Audible would do a “buyout”, paying a publisher an upfront fee to have their book on the service rather than distributing royalties according to titles or hours listened.
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The countdown begins for audiobooks on Spotify

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Rutger Rosenborg
Spotify
Audiobooks
Music publishing
As Spotify rolls out music-like features for audiobooks, the company still finds itself at odds with the music business, courting one publishing industry while ruffling the feathers of another. So far, Spotify’s publisher dilemma is only intensifying, making it all the more interesting that the company is introducing audiobook countdown pages — effectively album pre-saves but for audiobooks — in the midst of it all.
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Audio is not enough: Why audio platforms and creators are betting on video

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Rutger Rosenborg
Podcasts
Audiobooks
subscription video on demand
Video may have killed the radio star, but digital audio platforms and creators increasingly see video as a beneficial supplement to podcasts and audiobooks. From ghost podcasts filmed for social media advertising to podcasts following in the footsteps of TV and film and Amazon opening the IP tap for its Audible to Prime Video pipeline , video crossing over to audio — and vice versa — is a trend that will only continue.
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Amazon opens the IP tap for its Audible to Prime Video pipeline — your move, Apple

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Rutger Rosenborg
subscription video on demand
Streaming video
Amazon
Marvel proved that spinning out intellectual property (IP) from comic books to movie franchises could be incredibly lucrative. With the growth of video games, this transmedia strategy has expanded to streaming video on demand (SVOD) with successes like The Last of Us on HBO Max and, most recently, Fallout on Amazon Prime Video.
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