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Read our latest daily deep dives, hot takes, and exciting updates about the entertainment world. Check out the latest insight from your favourite analyst, or search by coverage areas - music, entertainment and fandom, creator economy and social.

Creators will unlock audio for Gen Z listeners

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Annie Langston

19 May 2022

When thinking of Gen Z entertainment, the format that comes to mind is creator platforms, primarily TikTok, which continues to dominate younger audiences while audio consumption is still in early stages for this audience.

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Instagram is trying TikTok features on for size – but does the shoe fit?

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Ashleigh Millar

19 May 2022

Instagram has started testing its new TikTok-esque make-over. The platform, which originally started as a photo-first app, has revealed its plans to push forward in a more video-first direction. This is following Meta’s revelation during its Q1 2022 earnings call earlier this month that its TikTok-inspired short-form video vertical, Reels, accounts for 20% of users’ overall time spent on Instagram.

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Is TikTok becoming a record label? The question misses the point

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Tatiana Cirisano

18 May 2022

Music streaming

Every time TikTok does anything that seems to hedge on record label territory, someone inevitably asks the question: is TikTok turning into a record label? Cue the eye-rolls from the music industry. No one seems to want to admit how powerful a music company competitor TikTok really is — to the point where becoming a record label is not the point at all.

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Elon Musk’s Twitter ‘takeover’ is what happens when the market gets meme-ified

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Hanna Kahlert

18 May 2022

Media and Marketing

Business Strategy

The past few weeks have been a rough ride for Twitter, since Elon Musk’s “best and final offer” of $44 billion, with users leaving the platform, and the loss of several higher executives. Now Musk has put the purchase on hold, pending further clarification on how many bots the platform has.

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Why increased competition and the cost-of-living crisis add up to a new Netflix

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Tim Mulligan

17 May 2022

Audience Insight

15 years into Netflix’s subscription video on demand (SVOD) pivot and the entertainment disruptor is poised to pivot again. According to press reports, Netflix is considering re-inventing itself as an SVOD service with an entry-level ad-supported subscription tier.

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Xbox Cloud Gaming expansion heralds a cross-platform future

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Perry Gresham

13 May 2022

MIDiA has been writing about Xbox’s cross-platform future for years, and Microsoft is bringing this closer to reality with each step they take. Ultimately, Xbox gamers may soon not need to own consoles at all.

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What happened with EA and FIFA and why both are probably going to be fine

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Karol Severin

12 May 2022

As we warned in October 2021, the divorce of EA and FIFA has come into fruition. EA’s FIFA series has been rebranded to EA Sports FC and FIFA (the organisation) is taking its brand away to expand on the games opportunity more effectively (at least, so it believes).

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The creator economy goes beyond UGC

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Hanna Kahlert

11 May 2022

Media and Marketing

Audience Insight

Cultural trends

We are seeing much in the way of changes when it comes to entertainment, as the Covid boom meets the competitive constraints of a return to ‘normal’ activities . Too many services now struggle to win over too little free time.

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MIDiA Research launches audio vertical

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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 with social media platforms experimenting in live audio, there is a new focus on not only offering audio content but catering to audio creators.

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Welcome to the great streaming reset

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Tim Mulligan

10 May 2022

attention recession

Connected TV World Summit

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 into the consolidation era of 2022.

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How the iPod changed everything

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Mark Mulligan

10 May 2022

Apple just announced that it is finally ending production of the iPod . At 21 years of age, it outlived many of the dramatic changes it witnessed and triggered. In this age, dominated by streaming (and a vinyl resurgence), the iPod did not really have a place anymore, other than with its ever-diminishing base of super fans.

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What Snapchat is getting right about the future (and why music should pay attention)

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Tatiana Cirisano

6 May 2022

The music industry has spent the last few years studying the ins and outs of new platforms like TikTok and Twitch, with good reason. But the decade-old Snapchat increasingly appears to be social media’s dark horse.

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Acast shifts focus to centralised audio distribution

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Annie Langston

6 May 2022

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 it to better foster the open podcast ecosystem.

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Music industry earnings 2021: Riding the wave

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Mark Mulligan

6 May 2022

Streaming 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 year earlier.

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Quick take: Spotify to connect artists and fans on a Roblox island

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Karol Severin

5 May 2022

Spotify launched a digital island in Roblox yesterday. The destination enables players to take part in interactive quests, buy virtual merchandise, mingle with artists, and create their own sounds and music powered by Soundtrap.

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The ‘Women In Music 2022’ report is about more than just music

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Hanna Kahlert

5 May 2022

Media and Marketing

Product Strategy

MIDiA, in conjunction with TuneCore and Believe, has just published its second annual “BE THE CHANGE – Women In Music” report, available for free download here . We have discussed some key findings , adjacent issues , and calls to action in previous blog posts.

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When will a better future arrive for women in music?

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Srishti Das

4 May 2022

diversity and inclusion

gender diversity

Last year, MIDiA Research, together with TuneCore and Believe, launched BE THE CHANGE: Women making music to highlight the barriers faced by minority creators and executives alike. We have now published the second edition of the study that is free to all and can be found here.

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

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Tim Mulligan

3 May 2022

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, subscriptions have made up the minority of TV revenues, with the ad-supported free-to-air model driving monetisation across the globe.

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

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Annie Langston

29 Apr 2022

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 included Kim Kardashian, Megan and Harry (who had only just released their podcast),and the Obamas.

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

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Karol Severin

28 Apr 2022

attention recession

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 therefore entertainment spending) down in the near future.

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