Posted on 6th February, 2019 by Zach Fuller in Amazon, Amazon Alexa, Anchor, Apple Homepod, Apple Music, Digital Advertising, Echo, Gimlet, Google Home, Podcasts, Radio, Spotify, Tech Strategy and Voice Control
Spotify is reported to have purchased the podcast companies Gimlet Media and Anchor. Having only just reported an operating profit for the first time, the deals demonstrate not only how…
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 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 9th February, 2018 by Mark Mulligan in Ad Supported Music, Ad Supported Streaming, Free Streaming, Gibson, Midia, Midia Event, Radio, Radio Industry, Radio Revenues, Streaming and Streaming Takes On Radio
This week MIDiA held its latest quarterly research and networking event at Gibson Brands Showrooms in the heart of London’s West End. The event was heavily over-subscribed and was a…
Read morePosted on 22nd January, 2018 by Mark Mulligan in Gibson, Gibson Brands, Midia, Midia Conference, Midia Event, MIDiA Research, Midia Seminar, Radio, Radio Takes On Streaming and Streaming
I’m very pleased to announce that MIDiA is hosting a special industry event on Wednesday 7th February at Gibson Brands in central London, in partnership with 7digital. The event ‘Radio Is…
Read morePosted on 9th November, 2017 by Mark Mulligan in Apple Music, Interactive Radio, Liberty Acquisition, Liberty Media, Napster, Pandora, Radio, Reach Metrics, Rhapsody, Satellite Radio, Semi-interactive Radio, Sirius XM, Spotify, Streaming, Streaming Radio, Us Radio Market, Wau and Web Radio
Pandora is in trouble, as explained by the consistently excellent Tim Ingham at Music Business Worldwide, after losing a billion dollars over the last four years and monthly active users…
Read morePosted on 20th June, 2016 by Mark Mulligan in David Touve, Freemium, Per Stream Rates, Radio, Rockonomic, Soundcloud, SoundExchange, Spotify, Streaming Music and Youtube
The music industry remains in a fix over free. The freemium wars in late 2014 almost saw the freemium tier of Spotify turned off in the face of pressure from…
Read morePosted on 29th March, 2016 by Mark Mulligan in Apple Music, IHeart Media, Pandora, Radio, Sirius XM, Spotify, Streaming, Streaming Music, Streaming Radio and Wall Street
Pandora has made the news again with founder Tim Westergren stepping up to the role of CEO, replacing Brain McAndrews. These are certainly uncertain times for Pandora, once the stand…
Read morePosted on 31st March, 2015 by Karol Severin in Curated Music, Global Radio Market, Global Radio Trends, Music Streaming, Music Subscription Service, On Demand Music, Radio, Radio Broadcasters, Radio Strategy and Streaming
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…
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