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How YouTube And Latin America Are Taking Over The Music World [Mark Mulligan]
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Music industry analyst Mark Mulligan of MIDiA looks at how two trends- a growing Latin American music market and the explosive growth of streaming- are coming together to create a seismic shift in music. By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA Unless you have been on Mars for the last couple of days you will have seen the news that Luis Fonsi’s ‘Despacito’ has become the most streamed track in history with 4.6 billion streams. The figure includes a couple of versions ...
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Amazon Is Now 3rd Largest Music Subscription Service [Mark Mulligan]
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Although it has often been overshadowed in the competitive world of music streaming, Amazon seems to be stepping into the light, with recent data showing Amazon music to be the second most widely used streaming app, and is the third largest subscription service globally. Guest post by Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the Music Industry Blog At MIDiA we have long argued that Amazon is the dark horse of streaming music. That horse is not looking so dark anymore. We’ve been tracking ...
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Millennials: Are They Ruining Email? (And What To Do About It)
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Although millennials are blamed for a number of other market woes, are they also responsible for bringing about the downfall of email? Here we break down millennial's relationship with social technology and how they can be effectively marketed to as a demographic. Guest post by Team Fanbridge on the Fanbridge Blog Oh, millennials. Those Snapchatting, avocado toast-munching 20-somethings are single handedly “ruining” diamonds, the housing market and cable TV. But are millennials still paying attention to emails? Or is email ...
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Two Major Mid-Year Reports Show A Growing Music Industry
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Two new studies by leading music industry data and analytics firms BuzzAngle and Nielsen offer a deep dive into music consumption in the first half of 2017. Statistics from both show a growing music industry driven by impressive gains in streaming.Two new reports chronicle a growing recording industry. Weekly on-demand audio streaming surpassed seven billion in March of 2017. In the the first six months of 2017, there were 184.3 billion on-demand audio streams- a 62% increase over the same ...
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5 Streaming Trends To Keep An Eye On This Summer
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As the development of the streaming music industry continues to bring out more questions surrounding issues of ownership and income, we're looking at five important numbers to watch, and what they might imply for the industry as a whole. Guest post by Melina Druga on MidemBlog In this series of posts from Reportlinker, we review the latest music+tech news, with one big statistic per news item. All you need to know, in figures! The streaming music industry is still evolving. On one hand, it ...
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In A Seismic Shift, More Of Gen Z Get Their Music From Spotify Than YouTube [MARK MULLIGAN]
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The common wisdom for the last few years is that teens use YouTube as their primary conduit for music discovery and consumption. But Mark Mulligan and the MIDIA research team took a deep dive into new data and found a seismic shift underway. By Mark Mulligan of entertainment industry analysts MIDIA It is still common to hear people talk about Millennials as if it is one amorphous group. In actual fact, Millennials are now 2 entirely distinct generations, not 1. In ...
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How Much Bigger Will Streaming Get? Projections For The Future
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Although it's been a tough few years, streaming services seem to have endured the worst the music business can throw at them, and some have even begun dipping their toes in profitability. Here Hugh McIntyre explores where the future of streaming might be headed, and how much space the industry has to grow. Guest post by Hugh McIntyre on Forbes It’s no secret—nor surprise—that streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, iHeartRadio and the select few others that have managed to ...
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How Musicians, Labels Can Take Advantage Of Key Digital Trends
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In looking at how businesses are being changed by digital platforms, music is no exception. Here we examine how consumer expectations, participations and changing demographics will all impact the music industry moving forward. Guest post by Michelle Aguilar of the TuneCore Blog It is probably no surprise that businesses are being transformed by digital platforms such as Facebook. The platform has recently released a report that looks at the different ways in which businesses are being reshaped. Out of the ...
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