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MUSIC & GAMING: A NEW WAY TO PLAY

Dara Jegede

13 Apr 2021

MUSIC & GAMING: A NEW WAY TO PLAY New report explores how music companies and creators should rethink building and monetising fandom LONDON—Tuesday, April 13, 2021: MIDiA Research, in partnership with Twitch, release a report, Music & Gaming: A new way to play , examining the growing oppor...

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Gamers: The new frontier of music’s fan-centric growth

Karol Severin

13 Apr 2021

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Music companies have begun to realise that as their industry has grown, it has also transferred much of its previous fan value into the subscription and song economy. The outbreak of COVID-19 and the subsequent halt of live music events (which, since the advent of streaming, became music’s key way...

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New MIDiA Artist Survey – Take Part!

Mark Mulligan

16 Jul 2019

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Firstly, thanks to all of you who took part in our artist survey last year. If you did so, you should by now have received the link to the free report. If not, email us at info@midiaresearch and we’ll get it to you.

Independent artists: The age of empowerment

Mark Mulligan

11 Jul 2019

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MIDiA is proud to announce an exclusive new report in conjunction with Amuse – Independent Artists: The Age of Empowerment . The report is based on a global survey of independent artists that we conducted earlier this year, with respondents from all of the world’s continents.

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PledgeMusic and not-so-glorious failure

Mark Mulligan

10 May 2019

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Pioneering fan funding platform PledgeMusic is now officially over, having entered administration (i.e., Chapter 11) in the UK reportedly owing its artists around $1 million and with little expectation of any asset sale generating enough cash to clear those debts (per Music Business Worldwide ).

Last Call for Our Artist Survey

Mark Mulligan

15 Apr 2019

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This is your last chance to take part in our global artist survey - we are closing the survey this Friday (19th April). As a reminder: In partnership with independent distribution company Amuse, MIDiA Research is undertaking a detailed study of the music artist landscape.

Calling all Artists!

Mark Mulligan

14 Mar 2019

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In partnership with independent distribution company Amuse, MIDiA Research is undertaking a detailed study of the music artist landscape. We are fielding a survey to the artist community , exploring issues such as: What success looks like to you Career aspirations The importance of signing to a reco...

2018 Global Label Market Share: Stream Engine

Mark Mulligan

13 Mar 2019

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Recorded music revenues grew in 2018 for the fourth consecutive year, reaching $18.8 billion, up $2.2 billion from 2017. Streaming was the engine room of growth, up 30% year on year to reach $9.6 billion.

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Artists direct and streaming the Big Winners in 2018

Mark Mulligan

18 Dec 2018

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With less than two weeks of 2018 left, the die is largely cast for the year, but we’ll have to wait at least a couple more months for the major labels to announce their results (though WMG still hasn’t declared its calendar Q3 results), and then another month or so for the IFPI numbers.

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