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The X rebrand is Twitter’s Meta moment… but there’s already a Meta

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Hanna Kahlert

26 Jul 2023

Meta’s launch of Threads has been the biggest challenger to Twitter’s social standing to date, with record-breaking uptake in its first weekend. However, Twitter still had an edge: an online culture...

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Competing in the live service games sector is about to get really difficult

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Karol Severin

25 Jul 2023

live service games

saturated landscape

With the advent of in-game purchases, live service games have gradually become an important fuel of the games industry’s growth. Their sheer success and the appeal of the business model have understandably...

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Making sense of global music forecasts

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Mark Mulligan

20 Jul 2023

music forecasts

streaming music forecasts

streamign music revenues

MIDiA has been building global music forecasts for nearly a decade now, and I personally have been building them for nearly two decades. Throughout those years there have been many calls for the numbers...

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Microsoft’s big win against the FTC

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Karol Severin

13 Jul 2023

Activision Blizzard

Microsoft has won its case against the FTC’s motion for a preliminary injunction to halt or terminate the deal. There is still an ongoing antitrust case by the FTC against Microsoft, but now the acquisition...

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We asked, you answered: Will Spotify renew Joe Rogan’s contract?

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Annie Langston

12 Jul 2023

Last week, MIDiA polled readers on their predictionsfor the future of Joe Rogan’s Spotify contract. Signed to Spotify in 2020 for reportedly over $200 million, Rogan helped cement the platform’s audio...

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The future is interoperability: Why Threads could beat Twitter through the Fediverse

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Hanna Kahlert

12 Jul 2023

While Elon Musk has been posturing public beef with Mark Zuckerberg (challenging him to a cage match, practicing with former MMA champions, public callouts on Twitter, requesting very personal measurements),...

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Spatial computing meets capability reality as Apple drives its format innovation rollout

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Tim Mulligan

6 Jul 2023

spatial computing

Reports are emerging that Apple is being forced to make major production forecast cuts to its Vision Pro spatial computing headset as a result of design complexities (due to lack of OEM partner capacity...

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Stitcher’s app closure asks – who will build the premium podcast experience?

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Annie Langston

6 Jul 2023

In August, SiriusXM plans to close its podcast platform, Stitcher. Launched in 2008 and acquired by SiriusXM in 2020 for $325 million, Stitcher offered both free podcast listening and a subscription for...

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Games publishers are gradually losing their mojo

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Karol Severin

5 Jul 2023

games publishers

Similarly to music labels, games publishers 20 years ago had a bona fide hit-making capability. For music, this was the combination of funding, marketing, and an exclusive network to ‘make things happen’...

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Understanding the power of retention in the subscription economy

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Tim Mulligan

30 Jun 2023

Streaming plans

MIDiA Research highlighted the shift towards retention in The Streaming retention revolution ,which was published 12 months ago and is more relevant than ever as inflation becomes embedded and the risks...

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AI voice generation is a huge opportunity for podcasting — and a big risk

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Annie Langston

28 Jun 2023

artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence is revolutionising entertainment, including podcasts. Perhaps the most contentious part of this revolution is AI voice generation, which is stoking legitimate fears from creators...

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Why Amazon is deploying the Medici factor in its crucial UK market

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Tim Mulligan

22 Jun 2023

Today Amazon announcedits impact upon the creative landscape of the UK, a territory both similar and uniquely different from its US domestic market. The headline number estimated by Capital Economics is...

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What the Charlotte Hornets sale says about sports fandom in 2023

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Tim Mulligan

20 Jun 2023

Charlotte Hornets

Basketball icon Michael Jordan is selling his majority ownership in the Charlotte Hornets in a deal estimated to be valued at $3 billon. This figure is more than ten times the $275 million Jordan initially...

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As Spotify's door closes on Soundtrap, another opens

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Tatiana Cirisano

16 Jun 2023

Music streaming

Writing about a new era of music fluidity last month, we noted how streaming services might align more closely with creation, as Spotify has done by acquiring music creation platform Soundtrap. Well, that...

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When innovation offers compelling reasons, entertainment consumption follows

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Tim Mulligan

8 Jun 2023

On Monday, Apple unveiled the Vision Pro, a VR device positioned as a blended VR and augmented reality (AR) experience. With true AR still on the horizon, the Vison Pro uses an ultra-high-resolution display...

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As Spotify layoffs continue, the next phase for podcasting is quality over quantity

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Annie Langston

7 Jun 2023

In the past six months, many major platforms made cuts to their audio departments. Spotify has announced a new round of layoffs in its podcast division, eliminating 200 jobs from Gimlet and Parcast Studios....

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Apple’s Vision Pro is about a better today rather than a shinier tomorrow

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Mark Mulligan

6 Jun 2023

Media and Marketing

Business Strategy

Apple’s long anticipated VR move finally saw daylight in the shape of Vision Pro . What is particularly interesting about the launch and its subsequent coverage is that the conversation is more about...

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NetEase’s expansion to the West is in full swing

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Karol Severin

2 Jun 2023

Since the beginning of 2023, NetEase has been rapidly announcing new studios, averaging one per month. These have either been established internally, or acquired. - It acquired SkyBox Labs (Canadian games...

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Localisation needs to support paid sharing as the key revenue growth driver for Netflix

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Tim Mulligan

2 Jun 2023

Business Strategy

Netflix finds itself at yet another inflection point as it rolls out its paid sharing plan in the US. With a saturated domestic market (32% of paid members in Q1 2023 were from North America), finding...

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UMG, Endel, and the case for labels in the AI space

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Tatiana Cirisano

1 Jun 2023

Universal Music Group

Warner Music Group

The flood of new music created using artificial intelligence (AI) will further erode major label market share, and some label executives’ recent comments about the value of human-made music seem to put...

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