Posted on 15th September, 2019 by Zach Fuller in 23 Capital, Amuse, Apple Music, Music Industry, Music Industry Finance, Music Investment, Patreon, Spotify, Streaming and Whaling
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…
Read morePosted on 12th July, 2019 by Zach Fuller in Amazon, American Malls, Live Music Industry, Live Nation, Music Industry, Quibi and Scott Galloway
My first experience of the United States was not the NYC, LA or Florida usually encountered by those visiting the new world for the first time. I was five years…
Read morePosted on 3rd April, 2019 by Mark Mulligan in 23 Capital, Albums, Amazon, Amuse, Apple, CDBaby, China, Emerging Markets, India, Laas, Labels As A Services, Latin America, Music Business, Music Business Trends, Music Industry, Netflix, Playlists, Podcasts, Post-album Economics, Radio, Record Labels, Social Music, Splice, Spotify, Streaming Pricing, Tech Major Bundles and Tech Majors
The IFPI has reported that global recorded music revenues have hit $19.1 billion, which means that MIDiA’s own estimates published in March were within 1.6% of the actual results. This revenue growth story is strong…
Read morePosted on 22nd March, 2019 by Zach Fuller in AI, Artificial Intelligence and Music Industry
Discussions on AI and music continue to grip the music industry, with fears we stand on the precipice of a post-musician world, yet in many ways we have been here…
Read morePosted on 23rd January, 2019 by Zach Fuller in Innovation, Music Business, Music Business History, Music Industry, Music Tech, Phongraph, Radio, Recorded Music, Song Composition, Technology and Thomas Edison
Recent discussions over how music will look in the app economy, with services such as TikTok effectively ‘meme-ing’ the concept of music and emphasising its social context, has led me…
Read morePosted on 20th January, 2019 by Zach Fuller in Apple, Apple Newton, Bells Law, Hardware Paradigms, IPhone, Ipod, Music Industry, Self-driving Cars, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Tech Strategy and Tim Cook
Apple’s announcement of smartphone slowdown a few weeks back sent waves through the tech-centric investment landscape. Various requiems seem to suggest that with the stock price dropping 12%, the darkest…
Read morePosted on 24th September, 2018 by Zach Fuller in Amazon Prime Music, Apple Music, Deezer, Media Acquisitions, Media Consolidation, Media Finance, Music Industry, Music Streaming, Pandora, Radio, Sirius XM, Spotify and Streaming
In the latest example of media acquisitions, though one less likely to flood the headlines as Comcast’s purchase of Sky, Sirius XM has announced it will be purchasing streaming service…
Read morePosted on 21st September, 2018 by Zach Fuller in Music Distribution, Music Industry, Music Streaming, Spotify and Youtube
Spotify until now has been chiefly about, for want of a better word, the ‘professional musician’. True, many artists on the platform may not be making a living exclusively through…
Read morePosted on 10th April, 2018 by Zach Fuller in Apple Music, Beggars Banquet, Death Of The Album, Drake, Independent Label, Island Records, Lp, Major Label, Music Business Models, Music Industry, Nice For What, Playlisting, Spotify, Streaming, Warp Records and Xl Recordings
I write this week’s blog conflicted between the music fan who grew up on the album and the MIDiA analyst looking at the numbers (an eternal struggle). Alongside the feature-length…
Read morePosted on 5th February, 2018 by Zach Fuller in Music Industry, Pandora, Spotify and Us Streaming Market
A quick appraisal of the US music streaming space reveals some surprising distinctions in the market, particularly when compared to global trends. The US Streaming market is disproportionately ad-supported: The…
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