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Streaming had a strong 2021 with royalties to rightsholders, labels and music publishers increasing by 24% to $16.9 billion (IFPI). Spotify drove the segment’s rise as the leading service by users and subscribers (422m and 182m) followed by subscription services Apple Music and Amazon Prime Music, while YouTube is both ad-supported and subscription
Spotify’s 2021 revenue growth of 22% was powered by user growth (+18%) around the world on the subscription (16%) and ad-supported tiers (19%). User growth represented a deceleration from the pandemic-induced exceptional rise of 27% from 2019 to 2020
Spotify reports royalties generated by artists on its Loud and Clear platform. The number of artists in 2021 generating material revenues—over $10,000—increased by 24% to 52,600. 28% are ‘self-distributing artists’ using services such as Distrokid, TuneCore, CD Baby—the number almost trebled since 2017
Tom said "Whatever its viewing figures, TalkTV's influence is likely to be disproportionate to them. It will still have a hand in setting the news agenda and give News UK a chance to showcase their journalism. So, they will be able to define success quite broadly."
"I think if linear viewing is going badly then they will point to their digital impressions," he says. "While they may fall back on that, the lion's share of their revenues are going to be from the linear TV ad market. That has to perform well for this to be a success."
Julian said the new offering is in line with the current strategy at Channel 4. "I'd also note that over the last few years Channel 4 has been increasing its share of the top commercial programmes with mass audiences."
Claire said the super-rich have long sought to buy newspapers to help push their agendas and it was now possible to “count on one hand the big media brands that aren’t owned by an oligarch or other billionaire."
“It’s another sign that the super-wealthy wish to control assets that give them an extra level of power. Whatever they may say, that’s the reason why they buy them."
She added “It is now unusual for major news media not to be owned by a billionaire, and that is why the Guardian [owned by the independent Scott Trust], the Financial Times [owned by the employee-owned Japanese media group Nikkei] and the BBC are consistently shown to be the most trusted news brands.”
Gill Hind was quoted in The Telegraph on "TalkTV ratings sink as viewers tune out Piers Morgan"
4 May 2022Gill said it was too early to judge whether the channel owned by Mr Murdoch's News UK will be a success.
"TalkTV isn't a standalone TV station. It is just one aspect of what News UK wants to do in terms of their multi-media approach going forwards."
"Whatever your audience is on the first night, you would expect it to drop massively – especially as they started with Trump. I think they have some good guests coming up over the next few weeks, so I think you will see it building over a period of time."
"And it doesn't just matter what the audience is like in the UK, but also what it is like in America and Australia [where Piers Morgan Uncensored will also be broadcast]."
Amazon's first reported loss since 2015 is not surprising in a difficult inflationary environment, as ecommerce resets from the pandemic boost. Highly exposed to cost pressures through its logistics business, the situation is not as bad as it looks
The increases to Fulfilled by Amazon fees have been completely lost in the storm, while costs continue to increase on all sides. Amazon's announced increases are unlikely to keep up
Launching Buy with Prime will allow Amazon to increasingly monetise FBA: a further step towards creating a monopoly in the fulfillment space while also boosting the desirability of Prime membership
Joseph said that TikTok came at the “perfect time” for publishers during lockdown. “They [publishers] were scrambling to find an alternative way to reach readers once book shops were closed from lockdown."
“The TikTok algorithm is famously good for connecting people with the niches people are interested in and it is great for visual mediums, making books an art form."