Blog: music business

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Bifurcation theory | How today’s music business will become two

Mark Mulligan

18 Apr 2024

Bifurcation

Bifurcation theory

future of music

One of things we pride ourselves on at MIDiA is helping the marketplace peer over the horizon with disruptive, forward-looking ideas and vision. We have a long track record of doing this (you can find...

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HYBE’s new strategy is a blueprint for more than BTS

Tatiana Cirisano

25 Oct 2022

BTS

HYBE

music business

With its crown jewel, BTS, set to join the military, HYBE is without a doubt in a unique situation. This week, HYBE shared their strategy in a detailed letter to shareholders, and there has already been...

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Apple connects the dots

Tatiana Cirisano

31 Aug 2022

music business

Music streaming

Apple Music

We are entering the era of the end-to-end music company. Companies are increasingly striving to capture more parts of the value chain by building end-to-end ecosystems that serve creators at all levels...

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Music is not a level playing field — it is a field of all levels

Tatiana Cirisano

18 Aug 2022

Music streaming

Music fandom

fragmented fandom

We have heard it (and said it) many times before: the music industry has never been as competitive as it is today. But the challenge is not just that today’s landscape is ultra-competitive, it is also...

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What the boom in young artist catalogue sales says about the music market

Tatiana Cirisano

11 Feb 2022

music catalogue

music catalogue M+A

Streaming Music

The catalogue-sales boom is one of the most talked about music trends of the past two years. Most of the conversation has, understandably, revolved around aging icons, like Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen,...

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10 Trends That Will Reshape the Music Industry

Mark Mulligan

3 Apr 2019

23 capital

albums

Amuse

The IFPI has reported that global recorded music revenues have hit $19.1 billion, which means that MIDiA’sownestimatespublished in Marchwere within 1.6% of the actual results . This revenue growth story...

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Music Tech and Unintended Consequences

Zach Fuller

23 Jan 2019

Innovation

Media

Recent discussions over how music will look in the app economy, with services such as TikTok effectively ‘meme-ing’ the concept of music and emphasising its social context, has led me to reflect on...

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Technology Roots: Why Hip-Hop and Dance Leaves Rock Behind in the Streaming Era

Zach Fuller

19 Aug 2016

Apple

Apple Music

chance the rapper

The Tidal, Spotify and Apple Music exclusives Cold-War reveals something telling: from Drake, to Chance the Rapper, Frank Ocean and The Weeknd, the quest to garner exclusives has been done almost entirely...

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