Reports: Kobalt

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MIDiA’s 2025 predictions It’s social’s stage now

Recorded music market 2022 Reality bites

2022 MIDiA predictions The year of the creator

Music creator tools forecast Moving towards a hybrid future

Recorded Music Market 2019 A Thriving and Transforming Industry

Insurgents and Incumbents How the 2020s Will Remake the Music Business

Independent Artist Survey Aspirations That Will Reshape an Industry

Music Publishing A Full-Stack Revolution

The Global Music Publishing Market Streaming Shifts the Conversation

Artist Fandom The Artist Marketing Playbook Needs Rewriting

Independent Artists The Music Industry Rewritten

State of the Music Publishing Nation

Music Marketing Niche is the New Mainstream

Music Publishing Acquisitions Bubble Business or Sustainable Market?

Making and Marketing an Artist Streaming Rewrites the Rules, Again

Amazon Music The Dark Horse Comes Out Of The Shadows