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UK Music Spending Climbs in 2025 — But Artists Still Face Tough Realities

According to ERA, UK music streaming subscription income topped £2 billion in 2025, with vinyl sales surging by 18%. But that doesn’t tell the full story.

Jeremy Young on 01/07/2026 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Overanalyzing Our 2025 Spotify Wrapped: What MIDiA’s Stats Say About the Industry

MIDiA’s researchers and staffers take a look at their own Spotify Wrapped data to reveal broader trends in the music streaming ecosystem.

Jeremy Young on 01/05/2026 in Streaming | Permalink | Comments (0)
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The Most Annoying Christmas Song of All Time? (The Data Has Spoken)

We dive in to America’s ultimate seasonal controversy: Is “All I Want for Christmas Is You” our favorite Christmas song, or our most hated?

Jeremy Young on 12/22/2025 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Black Box’s Livia Tortella on Her Top Artist Brands of the Decade

Black Box shared their widely-anticipated annual “Top Artist Brands” analysis, expectedly featuring some bombshell picks. We talked to CEO Livia Tortella about their list.

Jeremy Young on 12/19/2025 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)
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The Context Behind K-Pop’s Biggest Scandal [MIDiA]

What K-pop’s biggest scandal has to do with western “360 deals” and the wholesale export of K-pop’s working marketing methodologies to global music markets.

Jeremy Young on 12/12/2025 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Exposing the Normalized Harm and Safety Issues for Youth in the Live Music Industry

Read about the Youth Music’s new report exposing harmful practices affecting young musicians and audiences in live music culture in the UK.

Jeremy Young on 12/11/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Is Your Single A Flop? • Truth Bomb • Original Music vs Music That Sells • More

This week on MusicThinkTank, we looked at whether your single is a flop, if marketable music is preferable to original music, and how to master SEO keyword research as an artist, and. Continue reading

admin on 09/17/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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AM NEWS BRIEF: ASCAP, BMI Consent Overhaul • Rand Paul YouTube Takedown • Tumblr Shakeup • More

Wednesday 4.8.2015 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Updated continuously under our More News tab. CLICK HERE 

Bruce Houghton on 04/08/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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TUE. NEWS BRIEF: Jay Z Album Vanishes From Spotify • Meerkat Debuts Madonna • Twitter Tweaks Retweets • More

Tuesday 4.7.2015 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Updated continuously under our More News tab. CLICK HERE 

Bruce Houghton on 04/07/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Make Better Marketing Plans With A SWOT Analysis

In business classes, students learn how to create a SWOT analysis. Creating a SWOT can help you build a better marketing plan. For people trying to market their music, a. Continue reading

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Gangnam Style: Analysis Of A Viral Video

By Nic Robertson (@nicjrobertson), online obsessionist & co-founder of Jaden Social. Two weeks ago we posted a Gangnam Style infographic up on our blog and have had a really fantastic. Continue reading

admin on 01/03/2013 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (7)
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