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Live streaming centre stage for 2021

Blog post by Keith Jopling

2 Nov 2020

The longer the pandemic continues, the harder it gets for the live music business (and other cultural sectors built around live performance) to sustain hope of a ‘return to normal’. I hate saying it,…

The Future of Live

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

20 May 2020

Fortnite

Games

live

The almost total cessation of live music has sent shockwaves throughout the wider music industry. Though live companies are clearly at the epicentre, labels and streaming services are the in the blast…

How Will Finance’s Interest in Music Impact the Industry Compared to Big Tech?

Blog post by Zach Fuller

16 Dec 2019

big tech

facebook

facebook music

With Hipgnosis continuing to acquire copyright, coupled with Warner Music Group and Providence Equity’s announcement of Tempo Music Investments, the finance industry’s interest in the recorded music…

The Future of Music: A Vision of Post-Format

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

18 Sep 2019

adele

artists

Edison

Formats have shaped and dictated the evolution of recorded music. The constraints that formats set have, in turn, become the creative frameworks within which music has operated. Now, in the internet era,…

Data Says: E-sports Events Are More About Live Entertainment than Gaming

Blog post by Karol Severin

8 Aug 2019

brand activation

e-sports

festivals

Imagine you’ve got three behaviourally defined consumer segments: PC Gamers Console Gamers Live concert goers Which group is most likely to attend an e-sports event? Intuitively, it has to be Gamers,…

Profiling the Live Consumer: Streaming and the Live Music Business

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

17 Apr 2019

Experience economy

festival market

live music

This article is derived from MIDiA’s Profiling the Live Consumer report, available to subscribers here . For more information about this report, email stephen@midiaresearch.com . The power balance in…

Do Not Assume We Have Arrived At Our Destination

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

15 Jun 2017

artist income

artists

Drake

Forbes has released its annual Celebrity 100, its list of the top earning media stars. The healthy share of music artists hints at the continued ability to build highly successful music careers. The presence…

Amazon Prime Live Events, More Than Just Gigs For Olds

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

9 May 2017

Amazon

Amazon Prime

Amazon Prime Live Events

Amazon today announced ‘Amazon Prime Live Events’, a series of smaller capacity gigs by largely heritage acts made available exclusively to Amazon Prime members in the UK. The first wave of artists…