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Spotify Q1 2020: Choppy Waters Ahead

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

29 Apr 2020

Spotify’s first quarter earnings were a mixed bag, with a largely positive picture for Q1 but some warning signs for the remainder of the year: Subscribers: Spotify’s Q1 earnings may not have...

Independents Grew Fastest on Spotify in 2019, But There’s a Twist

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

28 Apr 2020

independent artists

independent labels

Major labels

Tomorrow (Wednesday 29 th April) Spotify announces its Q1 2020 results, at which point we will find out whether it had a COVID-bounce like Netflix did ( adding 15.8 million subscribers in Q1 ) or whether...

The Gaming Boom Is Driven by Different Genders In Different Age Groups

Blog post by Karol Severin

16 Apr 2020

covid-19 impact

female gaming

gamer demographihcs

We know that we are experiencing a spike in games engagement during this crisis. 21% of adult consumers in the US say they’ve spent more time playing games online ‘in the last two weeks’ (fielded...

What the Recorded Music Industry Can Learn from the Whaling Industry of the 19th Century

Blog post by Zach Fuller

15 Sep 2019

23 capital

Amuse

music industry

A high-risk industry with large upfront costs and no guarantee of return. No, this is not the recorded music industry, nor is it venture capital (VC) – this is the whaling industry of the 19 th century....

Is Pay-TV killing off Niche Sports?

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

4 Jul 2019

Awareness

BBC

BBC One

With both the ICC Cricket World Cup and FIFA Women’s World Cup approaching their climaxes, the stark difference in audience engagement raises the question, is pay-TV killing off niche sports? Deciding...

Libra: A Reckoning for Crypto… or for Facebook?

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

25 Jun 2019

calibra

cryptocurrency

emerging markets

Last week Facebook and its network of partners, including Spotify, MasterCard and Uber, announced the development of a new cryptocurrency, Libra , planned to go live next year. As the first tech major...

Quick Take: Spotify, Stories and Music – the Social Media Divide

Blog post by Zach Fuller

16 May 2019

instagram

social media

Spotify

The story of a song’s creation is one of the great mysteries of music. Regularly are we regaled with anecdotes of a song emerging fully formed in a 15-minute flurry of creative genius. However, while...

Skin in the Game: Prediction Markets and the Future of Media Discourse

Blog post by Zach Fuller

13 May 2019

Blockchain

predictions markets

twitter

If talk was cheap before, then the laws of supply and demand mean the advent of big data drove that value to zero. So overwhelmed with opinions are we that it is hard to know who means what anymore. This...

Is Sinclair About to Cause a Stir in US Streaming Sports Coverage?

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

9 May 2019

disney

RSN

Sinclair Broadcasting

This has been a busy week for Disney. As part of the regulatory approval terms for acquiring 21 st Century Fox’s non-US TV network businesses, it had to divest itself of the 22 regional sports networks...

Can PlayStation 5 Compete Successfully Amid the Coming Games-Streaming Disruption?

Blog post by Karol Severin

2 May 2019

Games

gaming

Playstation

As Mark Cerny, the lead system architect of PlayStation, implied in an exclusive interview with Wired , PS5 is coming likely in fall 2020 – and it is not just meant to be a mere upgrade of the PS4. The...

Creator Support: A New Take on User Centric Licensing

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

26 Apr 2019

Amuse

artist streaming income

artists

User-centric licensing (i.e. stream pay-outs based on sharing the royalty income of an individual user split across the music they listen to) has stimulated a lot of debate. I first explored the...

Free Streaming Goes to Voice: Should Radio Companies Be Worried?

Blog post by Zach Fuller

25 Apr 2019

amazon streaming strategy

google home

radio disruption

History doesn’t repeat itself. It does, however, rhyme. Amazon have followed up the announcement of its free music streaming service by elaborating on its integration into Alexa and its Echo device....

Amazon’s Ad Supported Strategy Goes Way Beyond Music

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

17 Apr 2019

Ad Supported

ad supported strategy

ad supported streaming

Amazon is reportedly close to launching an ad supported streaming music offering . Spotify’s stock price took an instant tumble. But the real story here is much bigger than the knee-jerk reactions...

Four Principles for Marketeers to Achieve Business Growth

Blog post by Georgia Meyer

16 Apr 2019

business growth

Digital economy

economy

The ascent of the digital content economy has wrought radical change to marketing principles, the consequences of which have not yet been sufficiently internalised in marketing strategy and tactics. MIDiA...

Quick Take: Spotify’s Throwback Hub and the Future of the Album

Blog post by Zach Fuller

4 Apr 2019

music streaming

playlists

Spotify

Throwback Thursday, one of Spotify’s most popular features, has been expanded into a new Throwback hub. Launching initially with 30 playlists and described by Austin Daboh, Head of Music Culture &...

We're Hiring A Video Analyst

Blog post by Dara Jegede

2 Apr 2019

Analyst Role

Jobs at MIDiA

midia research jobs

We are looking for a Video Analyst to join our fast-growing team. You will either currently work in a strategy, commercial or marketing role with a TV or video company, or you will be an experienced industry...

Business Development Manager Opportunity

Blog post by Dara Jegede

2 Apr 2019

Jobs at MIDiA

midia research jobs

sales jobs

We are looking for a client-obsessed individual to join MIDiA’s sales team as a Business Development Manager, to focus on the TV, Video and Media sectors. The successful candidate will report directly...

Downtown Acquires AVL: Value Chains in a Post-direct Distribution Era

Blog post by Zach Fuller

28 Mar 2019

avl

cd baby music distribution

downtown

When Spotify announced that it was going to launch direct distribution on its platform, it was clear the various digital distributors that emerged in the post-Napster wave of online music (Tunecore, CD...

Apple Joins The Games Subscription Race With Arcade

Blog post by Karol Severin

26 Mar 2019

apple arcade

arcade

Freemium

Apple has announced that it will launch a games subscription service called Arcade. For a monthly payment (price point to be determined), the service will feature over 100 original games which users will...

SXSW 2019: Streaming, Radio and the Unevenly Distributed Future

Blog post by Zach Fuller

18 Mar 2019

sxsw

Technology

Uncategorised

‘The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed’. In many ways, this quote by science fiction writer William Gibson surmises the work we do at MIDiA: cautiously observing new tech developments...

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