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Ghost podcasts are haunting your social feed — what to know about the new ad format

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Rutger Rosenborg

17 Jan 2024

We typically think about podcast advertising in terms of brands advertising their products on podcasts, but an emerging podcast advertising trend is calling into question what a podcast actually is. Rather...

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Why the Stanley tumbler may be half full

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Tatiana Cirisano

16 Jan 2024

If you were not familiar with the Stanley cup a month ago, you likely are now. Over the holiday season, the 40-ounce tumbler rocketed from being a relatively niche item favourited by moms to the Gen Z...

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Are we approaching an analogue revival?

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Hanna Kahlert

11 Jan 2024

It is now 2024 (yikes), and New Year’s resolutions are making the rounds. Anecdotally, at least seven of us at MIDiA have resolved to go more analogue this year. More broadly, many people, alongside...

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Like Netflix, music needs a ‘second screen’ strategy

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Tatiana Cirisano

4 Jan 2024

Music streaming

The attention economy is more competitive than ever, with all entertainment types increasingly competing with each other for the same finite time. This has led to new levels of multitasking, like listening...

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Despite its hyper-futurism, 2023 was a return to the past

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Tatiana Cirisano

21 Dec 2023

From politics to tech to entertainment, the past few years can best be described as unprecedented. In 2023, daily life felt especially futuristic and surreal, with artificial intelligence dominating the...

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Artists are speaking out about the content treadmill — is it too late to slow down?

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Tatiana Cirisano

14 Dec 2023

If you were on the music industry bubble of X this week, you probably caught wind of Bethany Cosentino’s honest reflection of her solo album release. For the uninitiated, the frontwoman of cult California...

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What music could gain from social platform subscriptions

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Tatiana Cirisano

17 Oct 2023

Last week, Epic Games’ comments about “low margins” in the creator economy prompted a burning question : What happens when consumer creations become more popular than the core content they draw from?...

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Does culture become a commodity, or do commodities become culture?

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Hanna Kahlert

5 Oct 2023

Cultural trends

More than three fourths of audiences believe that the music they listen to reflects who they are. This rises to more than four fifths of people aged 25-44. Music listening is also incredibly personal –roughly...

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Up close and personal: when the algorithm goes too far

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Tatiana Cirisano

24 Aug 2023

artificial intelligence

Today’s entertainment world is characterised by hyper-personalisation. Everyone has a unique TikTok feed tailored specifically to their own niches. DSP playlists have names like “For You” and “Made...

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A new era of music fluidity is here

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Tatiana Cirisano

23 May 2023

What do AI Drake, adaptive music, and TikTok open-verse challenges have in common? All reflect a major shift of music consumption from a passive, static, and uni-directional experience to an active, dynamic,...

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Live streams won’t steal ticket sales, but social just might

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Tatiana Cirisano

18 Apr 2023

music festivals

Frank Ocean’s headlining Coachella set on Sunday night was one of the most-anticipated sets ever, not least because the elusive singer has not performed publicly since 2017, but also because the performance...

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MIDiA webinar: Surviving and thriving in the new era of streaming TV and social video

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Ben Woods

30 Mar 2023

After a prolonged period of unbridled growth, streaming TV and social video platforms have been confronted by multiple challenges in 2023. Subscription growth is slowing and consumer attention is peaking....

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Spotify’s vertical feed could change music discovery, but not for the reason you think

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Tatiana Cirisano

9 Mar 2023

Music streaming

Just a few years ago, Spotify’s Rap Caviar playlist was a harbinger for culture. But a lot has changed. Artists want (and need) to build deeper relationships with fans, and gen Z consumers want more...

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Should streaming take a cue from TikTok’s revamped creator program?

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Tatiana Cirisano

23 Feb 2023

Music streaming

A year ago, VidCon co-founder and vlogger Hank Green posted a viral YouTube video lambasting TikTok’s $1 billion Creator Fund, claiming it delivered chump change to videos with millions of views. The...

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Is it goodbye to Google Podcasts? How YouTube’s podcast takeover has begun

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Annie Langston

15 Feb 2023

Google Podcasts

One of our 2023 predictions is that YouTube will become a key player in the podcast market. YouTube is now the top podcast platform at 49% monthly penetration — compared to Spotify at 41% — despite...

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With its Australia experiment, TikTok gives the music industry the ultimate test

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Tatiana Cirisano

9 Feb 2023

independent music

Licensing negotiations between platforms and the music industry come down to one question: which side needs the other more? The more that TikTok needs hit music to attract users, the more leverage the...

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Could AI generate music’s Instagram moment?

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Tatiana Cirisano

31 Jan 2023

Music streaming

Pop quiz: Is the hit ‘Kill Bill’ sung by SZA or Ariana Grande? The answer is, of course, SZA, but TikTok users could be forgiven for any confusion. An artificial-intelligence-generated version sung...

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Netflix adds a splash of colour to 2023 content marketing

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Ashleigh Millar

11 Jan 2023

Netflix originals

Netflix has catapulted itself into being one of the first viral entertainment-focused discussions of 2023. Its new original series, Kaleidoscope , released on January 1st, has caused chatter throughout...

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Spotify and Emma Chamberlain kick off new era of gen Z podcasts

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Annie Langston

30 Nov 2022

Spotify has already begun its pursuit of gen Z on the music side, and now is doing the same for podcasts. Emma Chamberlain, the 21-year-old YouTuber and coffee company owner, has signed an exclusive podcast...

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What Elon's Twitter means for music

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Tatiana Cirisano

29 Nov 2022

Content Creators

When we wrote about Elon Musk’s bid to buy Twitter back in April, the idea that it would actually happen seemed far-fetched. Now, of course, Musk really is in charge, and the fate of the social platform,...

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