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BlueSky benefits from X’s Brazil ban: a fragmenting social ecosystem is shaky ground for incumbents

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Hanna Kahlert
X has long been the social platform of ‘on the pulse’ news updates and cultural happenings. Its users over-index for using social platforms to keep up with news and culture (as outlined in our social platform user behaviour report ), and its high-profile posts often make it into the broader news cycle and dictate coverage and strategy.
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As Spotify cuts back on podcast creation, opportunities arise for competitors in Latin America

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Rutger Rosenborg
In an early 2024 editorial for media and marketing publication Campaign, we declared, “ It is time for the podcast industry to think global and act local ”. Geared towards helping advertisers better optimise their content for international success, the larger context of this declaration was the continued growth of podcasts outside of the US and UK — especially in “emerging” markets like Latin America.
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Music Piracy In Brazil: Assessing The Impact On Music Consumption

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Mark Mulligan
MIDiA is pleased to announce the first report from our new Latin American market analyst Leo Morel. The report ‘Music Piracy In Brazil: Assessing The Impact On Music Consumption’ deep dives into the relationship between digital piracy, its relationship with socio-economic conditions in Brazil and how emerging piracy behaviours are shaping music spending.
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