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Apple gets ready for showtime

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Tim Mulligan

15 Mar 2019

Streaming video

Apple fans this week have been speculating about the March 25thevent which the tech major has announced it will be holding at its Cupertino, California headquarters.The tagline for the event is “It’s showtime”, and Apple has been dropping big hints that it will make a significant announcement ...

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Preparing for the post-album music industry

Keith Jopling

14 Mar 2019

Business Strategy

This is a follow-up piece to What’s Next In Playlist Innovation ... Every week I’m excited to check out the latest album releases. They are the gift that keeps on giving. But that gift feels different these days, more like receiving flowers or chocolate and less like anything you might receive a...

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2018 Global Label Market Share: Stream Engine

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Mark Mulligan

13 Mar 2019

Recorded music revenues grew in 2018 for the fourth consecutive year, reaching $18.8 billion, up $2.2 billion from 2017. Streaming was the engine room of growth, up 30% year on year to reach $9.6 billion.

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Here’s how Spotify can fix its songwriter woes (Hint: it’s all about pricing)

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Mark Mulligan

11 Mar 2019

music publishers

Songwriter royalties have always been a pain point for streaming, especially in the US where statutory rates determine much of how songwriters get paid.The current debate over Spotify, Amazon, Pandora and Google challenging the Copyright Royalty Board’s proposed 44% increase (per Music Business Wo...

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Can the NBA capture the ‘Cord-Nevers’?

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Alistair Taylor

8 Mar 2019

Audience engagement

NBA commissioner Adam Silver, speaking at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics conference in Boston last week, explained his vision of the league’s games, which will look “dramatically different” in five years’ time.

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Music publishing as an asset class could be the recorded industry’s next big growth story, but how will it impact the overall business?

Zach Fuller

7 Mar 2019

Music publishing

" Money doesn’t talk, it swears." – Bob Dylan, 1965 For most of their history, music royalties have operated under a nebulous framework of rights owners and collection societies with staggered payments and general lack of transparency largely attributable to the technology available.

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Netflix is now running faster to stand still

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Tim Mulligan

7 Mar 2019

peak attention economy

streaming peaks

If a week is a long time in politics what must three years be in streaming video? In the case of Netflix, it turns out not a lot…in one key metric- domestic engagement. On other metrics Netflix has been surging ahead.

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Recorded Music Market 2018
Stream Engine

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Mark Mulligan

March 2019

music sales

Streaming

Streaming Music

For the fourth consecutive year, recorded music revenues grew again in 2018 with streaming revenue the engine room of growth. For the first time, streaming became the majority of label revenue and its growth continues to outpace the decline of legacy formats.

Kobalt is a major label waiting to happen

Mark Mulligan

6 Mar 2019

Disclaimer: Kobalt is a label, a publisher, as well as a Performing Rights Organisation (PRO). This post focuses on its label business, but does not presume to overlook its other aspects. News has emerged of Kobalt potentially looking to raise an additional $100 million of investment (per Music Busi...

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TV ad round-up – How the new video landscape competes for ad dollars

Georgia Meyer

6 Mar 2019

Media and Marketing

The past ten years of video content – and media content more generally – has been characterised by debates on subscription verus ad-supported revenue models. For a while, Netflix’s subscription model was the envy of the media landscape, suggesting subscription models were the most sustainable ...

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What’s next for playlist innovation?

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Keith Jopling

4 Mar 2019

product innovation

In this era of access to all music and everything about it, I do enjoy reading artist interviews, and pay attention to artists’ views on the modern music industry. What caught me recently were Mark Ronson’s remarks on songwriting in the age of the playlist in The Guardian: “Everything has to b...

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Sampling and streaming: De La Soul’s catalogue disputes and streaming economics

Zach Fuller

28 Feb 2019

De La Soul’s seminal early albums, including 3 Feet High and Rising and De La Soul is Dead , have been among the more notable holdouts from streaming services. Major artists such as Prince and Led Zeppelin also held off for years but eventually ceded, acknowledging the impact that not appearing on...

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Why LaVar Ball has chosen Facebook for his family reality TV series

Tim Mulligan

26 Feb 2019

Facebook has commissioned LaVar Ball for a docuseries, which revolves around his basketball superstar sons - Lonzo, Liangelo, LaMelo and their fast-rising careers in the second most widely viewed sport in the US (per Deadline ).

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MIDiA Research predictions 2018: Post-peak economics

Mark Mulligan

26 Feb 2019

post peak economics

In this report MIDiA Research analysts present their predictions for what will be the big trends in digital media and tech across music, video, media in 2018. Key predictions Competition for time and attention will define the coming years for digital content; growth will come often at the expense of...

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Fandom overlap – Cannibalisation risks for games and SVOD releases

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Karol Severin

26 Feb 2019

Business Strategy

October 27 was one of the busiest days in terms of major games releases in 2017. On that day, Super Mario Odyssey, Assassin’s Creed and Wolfenstein II were released, attracting gamers across the genre spectrum.

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Twitter Lite is now available in Google Play Store in 24 more countries

Karol Severin

26 Feb 2019

Media and Marketing

Twitter has launched Twitter Lite on Google Play store in 24 countries. The move comes after successful testing in the Philippines. Users in countries where mobile data is expensive, and perhaps disposable income is relatively low, will welcome the Lite version.

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Netflix finally brings home the Oscars - and leaves Hollywood wondering what's next

Tim Mulligan

25 Feb 2019

Last night at the Oscars, Netflix finally won its first Academy Award – and then a second one and then a third one. Like London buses, Netflix had spent a long time waiting and then suddenly three came along at once.

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What the 2018 success of the Beatles for UMG tells us about where streaming is heading

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Mark Mulligan

21 Feb 2019

Universal Music Group recorded an impressive €6 billion in revenue in 2018, bolstering a JP Morgan valuation of $50 billion (per Music Business Worldwide ). No doubt, UMG is enjoying a purple patch, riding and driving the wave of recorded music industry growth.

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Fail fast, fail early – Can Eleven’s UK struggle aid future growth?

Alistair Taylor

21 Feb 2019

distribution partnerships

domestic rights

Eleven Sports announced it had successfully agreed long-term distribution agreements with all four TV operators in Portugal – Altice, NOS, Nowo and Vodafone. Achieving this agreement puts Eleven Sports on TV platforms across 3.

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Apple’s acquisition arithmetic: What the purchase of DataTiger means for Apple and ‘ads’

Georgia Meyer

20 Feb 2019

Last Thursday 14th February 2019 Bloomberg reported that Apple is now in control of Operatedata Ltd – the UK based startup, home to the DataTiger brand. The company says its technology can “individually optimise marketing flows for your customers in real time across all channels”.

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