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What does it mean to 'fix streaming'?

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Keith Jopling

19 Apr 2021

When I wrote a blog for MIDIA in January 2020 I first coined the term the “ Song Economy ”. At the time I saw it as a good thing - a major growth driver for the music industry to increase the value...

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What live in 2021 can learn from live in 1921

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Tim Mulligan

16 Apr 2021

sports broadcasting

virtual concerts

Nearly a hundred years ago in July 1921, the entertainment world changed forever thanks to the efforts of David Sarnoff, a Belarusian emigree to the US who headed up the Radio Corporation of America (RCA)....

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The music industry’s centre of gravity is shifting

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Mark Mulligan

16 Apr 2021

music industry investment

music investment

Regular readers will know that MIDiA has been analysing the creator tool space for some time now and building the case for why the changes that are taking place will be transformational not just for the...

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Social media is becoming a social studio

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Kriss Thakrar

13 Apr 2021

Social media platforms have spent the past decade redefining what it means to be a visual creator. They are now on the cusp of doing the same with music. TikTok has announced a wave of new features , including...

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MUSIC & GAMING: A NEW WAY TO PLAY

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Dara Jegede

13 Apr 2021

monetizing fandom

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...

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

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Karol Severin

13 Apr 2021

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...

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Assessing the streaming opportunity: You’re doing it wrong

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Mark Mulligan

9 Apr 2021

Buoyed by lockdown, streaming enjoyed another strong year in 2020, up 17.1% on 2019 according to MIDiA’s recorded music market shares report . But the revenue slowdown will come in 2021, driven by the...

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T-Series to IPRS: Signs of a maturing market?

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Srishti Das

9 Apr 2021

Music streaming

music publishing

The Indian Performance Rights Society (IPRS) finally controls the majority of publishing market share in India, after the mammoth music label and film production company T-Series registered itself as a...

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Creator tools platforms could become social networks

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Mark Mulligan

31 Mar 2021

Product Strategy

With all the growing interest and investment in creator tools companies, music production platform Bandlab hitting 30 million users points to a longer-term future for the space – one in which the boundaries...

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When women don’t make music: The sunset of Indian Folk

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Hanna Kahlert

29 Mar 2021

indian folk music

MIDiA recently released a study on the experiences of women in the music industry ( free to download here ), discussing both the broad-level challenges they face – but also pointing to the positives,...

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BE THE CHANGE: WOMEN MAKING MUSIC 2021

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Dara Jegede

25 Mar 2021

Content Creators

independent artists

BE THE CHANGE: WOMEN MAKING MUSIC 2021 TuneCore and Believe Partner with MIDiA for First of its Kind Global Study LONDON, BROOKLYN AND PARIS —Thursday, March 25 2021: MIDIA Research and TuneCore/Believe...

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Addison Rae will not be owned: The pitfalls of the major label business model

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Kriss Thakrar

25 Mar 2021

independent artists

TikTok stars are rejecting major labels. It is no secret that major labels are being outpaced by independent artists in the overall market. Addison Rae has a combined following of over 100 million between...

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IFPI confirms global recorded music revenue growth

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Mark Mulligan

23 Mar 2021

Business Strategy

Last week MIDiA reported that recorded music revenues grew by 7% in 2020. Today the IFPI confirmed that figure, reporting 7.4% growth. (Similarly, the IFPI reported 19.9% growth for streaming, MIDiA had...

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Women creators: This is also our business

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Srishti Das

22 Mar 2021

MIDiA, in conjunction with TuneCore and Believe, is about to publish the findings of a global survey on the experiences of 401 female creators in the music industry: artists, songwriters, producers, DJs...

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Roblox, piracy and the future of music in UGC 2.0

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Kriss Thakrar

19 Mar 2021

User generated content

A community of Roblox users are losing a battle against moderation as the platform cracks down on music piracy, due to the platform’s newly public status bringing with it a new level of responsibility....

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Recorded music revenues hit $23.1 billion in 2020, with artists direct the winners – again

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Mark Mulligan

15 Mar 2021

Recorded music revenue 2020

musc revenues 2020

label market shares 2020

The global pandemic caused widespread disruption to the music business, in particular decimating the live business and impacting publisher public performance royalties. Although the recorded music business...

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Native Instruments and iZotope: creator tools major in the making

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Mark Mulligan

11 Mar 2021

Business Strategy

At the start of the year private equity firm Francisco Partners acquired a majority stake in creator tools stalwart Native Instruments. It always looked like it was going to be the start of something big...

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Women making music: The COVID impact

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Hanna Kahlert

8 Mar 2021

international womens day

The last 12 months have been marked mostly by the coronavirus pandemic, which has pushed much of life to the digital world. 70% of independent artists overall spent much of the time over lockdowns creating...

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The music business in 2021: Joining the dots

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Mark Mulligan

4 Mar 2021

Cultural trends

It has been one of those weeks, with impactful music business announcements coming thick and fast. As is often the case, a succession of apparently unrelated events actually have a connecting thread. In...

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Smaller independents and artists direct grew fastest in 2020

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Mark Mulligan

1 Mar 2021

Streaming Music

independent labels

Last year we identified a small but crucial metric from Spotify’s annual report: the share of all streams accounted for by majors and independent licensing body Merlin. It was crucial because it enabled...

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