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Why Dolly Parton may want to wait before selling her catalogue

Mark Mulligan

10 Mar 2022

Music Cultural trends

In a recent interview with the BBC, Dolly Parton said that she is considering selling her publishing catalogue, stating that she would simply launch a new publishing company and start all over again. On the one hand, this is not the first time she has publicly pondered the move (the first time was i...

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“Creativity has no genre”: What it takes to make it in music

Hanna Kahlert

8 Mar 2022

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The last few years have brought huge shifts in the music industry, from the rise of streaming to the prominence of readily-available creator tools. They have also brought cultural changes in music and beyond.

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Epic Games, Bandcamp, and fandom for the ‘me’ generation

Mark Mulligan

3 Mar 2022

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Honestly, it has been a struggle to find the inspiration to write a blog post about the music industry, considering what is going on in the world at the moment. But along came this story, which is eye opening enough to put virtual pen to paper: Epic Games buys Bandcamp.

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The podcast push that mainstream audiences never asked for

Annie Langston

1 Mar 2022

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The investment from streaming platforms to bring podcasts to mainstream audiences has reached, quite literally, a stadium-sized push. These platforms are making investments as part of wider strategic objectives rather than audience demand.

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If Web3 is so forward-thinking, why is it so male dominated?

Tatiana Cirisano

28 Feb 2022

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Strike up a five-minute conversation with someone in the Web3 space, and any combination of the words “forward-thinking”, “revolutionary”, and “equitable” is bound to come up. Many proponents of NFTs, DAOs, the metaverse, and other Web3 concepts seek to use decentralisation to dismantle ...

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Kanye’s Stem Player release is a real-time experiment in superfan targeting

Tatiana Cirisano

23 Feb 2022

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Never one to follow tradition, Kanye West has announced that his next album, Donda 2 , will not be available on streaming services. Instead, he will release it exclusively on the Stem Player (a handheld speaker allowing creators to remix any recording that he launched in August 2021).

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Music creators – we want your insight!

Mark Mulligan

22 Feb 2022

Music Audience Insight

Beyond our role in analysing, reporting, predicting, and consulting within music and media, MIDiA is a team of people - many of us creators too - who are committed to making a fairer, more sustainable and creator-friendly music industry.

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BE THE CHANGE: Measuring the music industry’s inclusivity and diversity issue

Srishti Das

17 Feb 2022

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Last year, MIDiA Research along with TuneCore and Believe conducted a study BE THE CHANGE: Women making music . The study was based on the experiences of female creators and the hurdles that they face in creating, producing, and getting their music out there.

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Music artists are startups, and Silicon Valley is knocking

Tatiana Cirisano

15 Feb 2022

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Music artists are startups, and Silicon Valley is knocking With big-name catalogue sales at one end, and alternative music funding at the other, the music and finance businesses are increasingly intertwined.

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The past, present and future of the creator economy runs through Apple

Kriss Thakrar

11 Feb 2022

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In previous posts, we have talked about the possibilities opening up for the next generation of creators . In particular, posts on fluid audio and social studios showed how music has the potential to become more collaborative, interactive and adaptive to the consumer, turning creation into a consume...

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

Tatiana Cirisano

11 Feb 2022

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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, whose catalogues have fetched hundreds of millions of dollars each.

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The music industry (still) has a culture problem

Hanna Kahlert

10 Feb 2022

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2022 is set to be a year of great change (and consolidation of change) in entertainment and beyond . However, some things, it seems, have stayed the same. Last month, Rolling Stone reported that nine out of the 10 highest-paid musicians in 2021 were men.

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Artists survey 2022 - MIDiA asks music creators: how will you grow your audiences, earnings and career?

Keith Jopling

8 Feb 2022

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As the music industry continues to debate the many pros and cons of ‘the streaming era’ (while enjoying the unprecedented industry growth that it has brought), the spotlight can sometimes move away from those artists and songwriters who make a living from music but are not the big stars or house...

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From binging to burnout: the creator economy’s fault line

Mark Mulligan

8 Feb 2022

Music Cultural trends

The streaming revolution has been built upon audience choice and control, replacing linear with on-demand and in turn opening whole new consumption paradigms. No user behaviour better encapsulates this shift than binge watching, which is done by 60% of video subscribers.

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Climate crisis awareness is entwined with entertainment behaviour

Hanna Kahlert

2 Feb 2022

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Despite the barrage of high-profile news items featuring so far in 2022, the climate crisis remains the high-stakes backdrop to our global future. MIDiA Research recently fielded a survey asking about consumers’ climate-conscious behaviours, cross-segmented against their normal entertainment procl...

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Spotify chose audio over music, but bigger decisions lie ahead

Mark Mulligan

27 Jan 2022

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The symbolism behind Spotify’s support of Neil Young removing his music from the platform, rather than Joe Rogan’s podcast being removed for peddling vaccine misinformation was inescapable. For many, this was a highly public test of whether Spotify put audio or music first, and audio won.

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Unpacking music royalty investment NFTs

Tatiana Cirisano

26 Jan 2022

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Last Thursday, a Royal NFT drop allowing fans to purchase a share in the streaming royalties of two Nas songs sold out within minutes. The drop was delayed by a week after high demand crashed Royal’s site, signaling potential for the concept of fans and artists co-owning music rights.

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Quick take: Gunna’s triumph over The Weeknd is all about moving the culture

Tatiana Cirisano

20 Jan 2022

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For the past week, hip-hop Twitter was buzzing with debate. The Weeknd and Gunna both released surprise albums on 7thJanuary: Dawn FM and DS4EVER , respectively. So, whose album would come out on top? Though The Weeknd is the bigger household name, the two artists’ rollout strategies were remarkab...

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Music subscriber market shares Q2 2021

Mark Mulligan

18 Jan 2022

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MIDiA’s annual music subscriber market shares report is now available here (see below for more details of the report). Here are some of the key findings. The global base of music subscribers continues to grow strongly with 523.

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How relevant are awards in the age of Spotify Wrapped?

Keith Jopling

12 Jan 2022

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Are awards ceremonies relevant in today's entertainment landscape? The widespread boycott by major movie stars of this year’s Golden Globes is more than a temporary protest and will lead to a major period of re-evaluation for award shows in film, music and across all entertainment formats.

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