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At Leasts $5 Billion Was Spent on Music Rights Acquisitions in...
Music Business Worldwide reports: "MBW estimates – based on confirmed prices and information from industry sources – that at least $5.05 billion was spent...
Instagram Still Benefiting From TikTok’s Ban in India, Again Became the...
TechCrunch reports: "According to new data published by app intelligence firm Sensor Tower, Instagram just had its best quarter since at least 2014, with...
TikTok Publishes New Report on the Capacity to Drive Offline Sales...
SocialMediaToday reports: "We all know that TikTok is the social platform of the moment, and we’ve all seen its massive growth numbers, underlining its...
Nasdaq Ends First Week of 2022 Down More Than 4% as...
Variety reports: "The Nasdaq closed Friday down more than 4% from where it opened Monday and almost 1% for the day, marking a rough...
2021 Major Label Revenue Surged, But What Does it Mean?
Hypebot reports: "2021 was an anomalous year for the recorded music market. Two of the majors did an IPO, the pandemic continued to disrupt...
Streaming Into 2022: Key Battle Lines
Variety reports: "The COVID-19 pandemic helped lift all boats in the streaming seas. But now the tide isn’t rising nearly as fast: Subscriber numbers...
2022 Spells More Podcast Partnerships for Publishers as the Audio Field...
Digiday reports: "In an effort to up their audio games in 2022, a growing number of publishers plan to produce podcasts in partnership with...
HBO and HBO Max Rounded Out 2021 With 73.8 Million Global...
Variety reports: "The figure exceeds the company’s prior guidance that end-of-year subscribers would fall at the high end of the 70 million to 73...
How Publishers Experimented with NFTs in 2021
Digiday reports: "Many publishers closed out 2020 in a better financial position than they expected early on in the pandemic, giving them the flexibility...
Instagram’s Chief Outlines the Key Areas of Focus for the App...
SocialMediaToday reports: "Throughout 2021, we saw Instagram copy virtually everything that TikTok has to offer, and according to Instagram chief Adam Mosseri, you can...
