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How Soundcloud Could Transform Deezer’s Market Narrative

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

4 Jul 2017

Access Industries

apple music

artist discovery

News has emerged of Deezer being a potential buyer of troubled Soundcloud. This follows on from Spotify’s prolonged but ultimately abortive courting last year . Soundcloud was once a streaming powerhouse,...

How Spotify Can Become A Next Generation “Label”

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

21 Oct 2016

Access Industries

Amazon

Apple

One of the themes my MIDiA colleague Tim Mulligan (the name’s no coincidence, he’s my brother too!) has been developing over in our online video research is that of next generation TV operators. With...

Watch Out Access, Liberty Media Is Building A Full Stack Music Company

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

7 Sep 2016

Access Industries

BMG

Deezer

Access Industries’ full stack music company has, ahem, company: Liberty Media. With a combined market market cap of $37 billion, John Malone’s Liberty group of companies is by anyone’s standards...

Full Stack Or Media-Tech Conglomerate? Just What Kind Of Empire Is Access Industries Building?

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

21 Jan 2016

Access Industries

Bertelsmann

Crowdsurge

Deezer announced yesterday that it had closed a further €100 million investment round led by existing investors Access Industries and French telco Orange. There is no doubt Deezer needs the growth capital...