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MIDiA Chart Of The Week: Listening Habits Of Streaming Music Consumers

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Mark Mulligan
Although the relatively early stage of development of the streaming market means that most listening habits are not yet being changed, there are fundamental shifts emerging among streamers and subscribers that point to the future of music consumption: Subscribers are fickle listeners: 58% of subscribers report listening to individual albums and tracks just a few times while 60% are doing this more than they used to because they are discovering so much new music.
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MIDiA Data Point Of The Day: CD Buyers

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Mark Mulligan
The CD is notdead, the walking dead perhaps, but far from finished. In fact more people buy CDs (41% consumers) than any other recorded music product.The music buyer market is now firmly multi-speed, with half of consumers going digital (and a minority of those in the subscription fast lane) and the majority still buying CDs - a dying product that the music and consumer electronics industries are turning theirback on.
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Radio's Streaming Distruption

Karol Severin
MIDiA has just published its latest report on the global radio market: Radio’s Streaming Disruption: How Streaming And Smartphones Disrupt Radio Audiences. Here are some highlights from the report. MIDiA clients can get the full report and data sets here .
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Music Piracy In Brazil: Assessing The Impact On Music Consumption

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Mark Mulligan
MIDiA is pleased to announce the first report from our new Latin American market analyst Leo Morel. The report ‘Music Piracy In Brazil: Assessing The Impact On Music Consumption’ deep dives into the relationship between digital piracy, its relationship with socio-economic conditions in Brazil and how emerging piracy behaviours are shaping music spending.
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