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Midem 2018 – Definitive Disruption: Streaming Opportunities in Africa

Blog post by Georgia Meyer

13 Jun 2018

The Africa focus at this year’s Midem began in April, with four local forums in South Africa, Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Congo. This culminated in a focused set of talks, seminars and a keynote on the...

Do Playlists Make the Power Law in Music Even More Extreme?

Blog post by Zach Fuller

31 May 2018

apple music

Music Charts

music streaming

Music has always been a superstar economy. Data going back to the 50s shows that, like many other areas of life and business, a disproportionate amount of the results come from a small number of factors....

Quick Take: Frustrate and Destroy – YouTube’s Frontloaded Strategy

Blog post by Zach Fuller

23 Mar 2018

apple music

deeper

lyor cohen

Listen to any music streaming debate and it will not be long before you the value gap discussion regarding YouTube is brought up. It is a point MIDiA has discussed at length through distinguishing Spotify...

Announcing MIDiA’s Streaming Services Market Shares Report

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

3 Nov 2017

7Digital

Amazon

amazon music unlimited

As the streaming music market matures, the bar is continually raised for the quality of data required, both in terms of granularity and accuracy. At MIDiA we have worked hard to earn a reputation for high-quality,...

Amazon Music: The Dark Horse Comes Out Of The Shadows

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

20 Oct 2017

Amazon

amazon music unlimited

amazon prime music

MIDiA has just published a new report that analyses Amazon’s streaming music strategy and how this fits within the wider competitive landscape. Here are some highlights: Back in the days when online...

What Spotify Can Learn From The Roman Slave Trade

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

13 Oct 2017

age of enlightenment

AWAL

Believe Digital

OK, you’re going to have to bear with me on this one, but let me take you back to 2 nd century Rome… [caption id="attachment_4582" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Roman Slaves[/caption] The Roman...

The Art of Windowing: Why 4:44 is a Different Kind of Exclusive

Blog post by Zach Fuller

5 Jul 2017

4:44

apple music

beyonce

For a brief moment last year, windowing seemed like the future of music streaming. Already common practice in the film-industry, the strategy was being touted as a way of utilising artist fan engagement...

Exclusive: Deezer Is Exploring User Centric Licensing

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

19 Apr 2017

Deezer

music licensing

music streaming

One of the great, though less heralded, successes of streaming in 2016 was keeping the lid on artist angst. Previous years had been defined by seemingly endless complaints from worried and angry artists...

Introducing MIDiA's Streaming Music Health Check

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

10 Jan 2017

2nd quarter 2016

curation

digital music

We are pleased to announce the arrival of the following MIDiA report on our report store: 'Streaming Music Health Check: Streaming’s Watershed Moment'. You can purchase the report here. MIDiA Research...

Music Subscriptions Passed 100 Million In December. Has The World Changed?

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

6 Jan 2017

Amazon

amazon prime music

apple music

In streaming’s earlier years, when doubts prevailed across the artist, songwriter and label communities, one of the arguments put forward by enthusiasts was that when streaming reached scale everything...

Apple Just Changed The Rules Of Telco Music Strategy

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

26 Aug 2016

apple music

iphone

Metro PCS

Apple today made an announcement that has in an instant turned the tables in the streaming marketplace: it has launched a 6 month Apple Music bundle with mobile carrier EE in the UK . EE is now unique...

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

Blog post by 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...

The State Of The YouTube Music Economy

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

12 Jul 2016

Ad Supported

free Streaming

music streaming

In 2016, YouTube finds itself in yet another spat with rights holders and this time the labels have brought artists to the battlefield. Playing a starring role is the issue of Safe Harbour, the provision...

Soundcloud, Amazon, Tidal: Streaming’s Other Runners

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

16 Jun 2016

Amazon

apple music

music streaming

Apple, Spotify and YouTube have all been grabbing the streaming headlines of late, albeit for different reasons. While these companies will continue to set the pace over the next couple of years (again,...

The 2 Spotify Charts You Need To See

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

25 May 2016

Major labels

music rights

music streaming

Tuesday’s media scrum around Spotify’s financials illustrate that whatever ground Apple and Tidal may have made in recent months, Spotify clearly remains the poster child / bellwether for streaming....

State Of The Streaming Nation

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

5 Apr 2016

apple music

Deezer

emerging markets

We are proud to announce a landmark MIDiA report: State Of The Streaming Nation: A Comprehensive Assessment Of The Global Streaming Music Market . If you are in any way involved with the streaming music...

MIDiA Chart Of The Week: The Steady Decline Of The CD Buyer

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

8 Feb 2016

cd buyers

cd sales

Chart Of The Week

As much as we may be in the era of streaming, nearly half of recorded music revenue globally is still derived from physical sales, with the CD making up the vast majority of that. So, for all the understandable...

The Music Industry Is Forcing Consumers To Choose Between Buying a Lexus And Taking The Bus

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

28 Jan 2016

CÜR Music

digster

Innovation

It has been an eventful few days for the digital music market with developments such as the launch of a whole new breed of unlicensed Spotify clones using the APIs of Spotify and YouTub e, and with Spotify...

Kakao Corp Turns MelOn Into A Full Stack Music Company

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

12 Jan 2016

full stack

Full Stack Music Company

Kakao Corp

Korean messaging app company Kakao Corp has acquired a 76.4% stake in South Korean entertainment company Loen Entertainment for $1.6 billion , valuing the company at $2 billion. Kakao operates the mobile...

MIDiA Data Point Of The Day: Download Buyers

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

16 Dec 2015

adele

Apple

Data Point Of The Day

The standout sales success of Adele over recent week has many permutations, not least of which is the keen reminder that many millions of people still buy downloads and CDs. The streaming transition...

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