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Bundle up: Audible audiobooks join the Amazon Music catalogue

Rutger Rosenborg

4 Dec 2024

Spotify

Amazon

Amazon Music

As audio platforms continue to expand into industries beyond audio, new fronts in the platform wars are emerging. With Spotify now competing with YouTube for video, podcast, and music supremacy, the company’s foray into audiobooks has placed it in direct competition with Audible and, by extension,...

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Amazon Music: From Dark Horse to Thoroughbred

Mark Mulligan

22 Jan 2020

Amazon Music

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Amazon Prime Music

Neatly ahead of Spotify’s Q4 earnings, Amazon has taken the rare step of announcing subscriber metrics for Amazon Music (inclusive of Prime Music and Music Unlimited). Amazon Music closed 2019 with 55 million ‘customers’ across free and paid.

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Amazon’s Ad Supported Strategy Goes Way Beyond Music

Mark Mulligan

17 Apr 2019

Ad Supported

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ad supported streaming

Amazon is reportedly close to launching an ad supported streaming music offering . Spotify’s stock price took an instant tumble. But the real story here is much bigger than the knee-jerk reactions of Spotify investors.

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Mid-Year 2018 Streaming Market Shares

Mark Mulligan

13 Sep 2018

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Amazon Prime Music

Google

Music subscribers grew by 16% in the first half of 2018 to reach 229.5 million, up from 198.6 million at the end of 2017. Year-on-year the global subscriber base increased by 38%, adding 62.8 million subscribers.

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Announcing MIDiA’s Streaming Services Market Shares Report

Mark Mulligan

3 Nov 2017

7Digital

Amazon

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As the streaming music market matures, the bar is continually raised for the quality of data required, both in terms of granularity and accuracy. At MIDiA we have worked hard to earn a reputation for high-quality, reliable datasets that go far beyond what is available elsewhere.

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Amazon Music: The Dark Horse Comes Out Of The Shadows

Mark Mulligan

20 Oct 2017

Amazon

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Amazon Prime Music

MIDiA has just published a new report that analyses Amazon’s streaming music strategy and how this fits within the wider competitive landscape. Here are some highlights: Back in the days when online music meant online CD sales, Amazon was the king.

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Quick Take: Amazon Music Unlimited Comes To The UK

Mark Mulligan

14 Nov 2016

Amazon

Amazon Echo

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Amazon announced the anticipated launch of Amazon Music Unlimited in the UK today. For my full take on Amazon Music Unlimited see my previous post here. Make no mistake, Amazon are taking this launch seriously, with a coordinated PR campaign and press release quotes not only from Amazon’s head of ...

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