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Independent label and distributor survey Less is more
Beyond the briefing room: What Andy Burnham's How to Fail booking tells platforms about podcast fragmentation
Is 2026 the year a western country finally bans a major social platform?
Future of the music creator economy Tipping point
2025 audio consumer profile Habits, platforms, and personas
Music and AI: What happens when quality is no longer a differentiator?
Are music fans ditching digital or embracing it? Both – welcome to the "cultural multiverse"
AI and consumer creation The superfan factor
There is no Pirates of the Caribbean 6: How long is the internet going to work?
IMS Electronic music business report 2025/26 An annual study of the electronic music industry
Global Merchandise Market to Hit $16.3 Billion by 2030 — But Annual Growth Slows to 1.6%
Superfandom in an anti-social media world
Global recorded music revenues up 9.4% in 2025
IMS Business Report 2025
State of the K-pop economy Rising to the global stage
The hunt for tomorrow’s platform Are games the next generation of social?
Social and AI Competing forces
Podcasting’s next growth frontier: tackling the unconverted
