Bandcamp, Letterboxd, and the Superfan Opportunity
October 2, 2023
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Bandcamp, Letterboxd, and the Superfan Opportunity
The Evolution of Beyonce’s Marketing
The Strength of 50 Cent’s Power Franchise
Where Are Music Tech’s Billion-Dollar Exits
What Technology Trends Tell Us About AI’s Impact in Music
How The Music Industry Can Embrace A.I.
Why Multi-Hyphenates Still Need a Core Business
What Private Gigs Tell Us About the Music Industry
The Best Way to Monetize Music
Music Streaming Has a Pricing Problem
What Music Can Actually Learn From Gaming
Which Music Trends Have Outlived the Pandemic?
Why Beyonce’s Ivy Park – Adidas Partnership Has Struggled
Is It Time for the Major Record Labels to Distribute Their Own Music?
The Diminishing Returns of Celebrity and Star Power
Why Exclusive Audio Strategies Often Struggle
YouTube Wants to Be #1 in Music. Will it Happen?
Why Selling Music Catalogs is a Complex Decision
Why SZA Has Staying Power and Market Pull with Her Music
2022: A Year in Reflection and What’s Ahead
What Music Tech Startups Need To Succeed
What’s next for Motown Records and Ethiopia Habtemariam?
How Taylor Swift’s Fan Lifetime Value Continues to Grow
How the Demand for Concerts Skyrocketed
Who Wins When There Are Too Many Songs?
How Artists Can Win When Music Is The Loss Leader
Why Kanye West Is Bound to Keep Fighting for Ownership – Part 2
Why Apple Music Paid to Sponsor the Super Bowl Halftime Show
How The Music Industry Can Increase Its Overall Revenue
The OnlyFans Earnings Reports is False
Why Artists ‘Characters’ Are So Successful
Music’s Best Strategy for Content-to-Commerce
How Older Music’s Growth Will Impact Newer Artists
A Breakdown on TikTok’s Plan to Takeover
Why Artists Should Build Sustainable Businesses
Why Desus and Mero’s Content Strategy Worked
Drake and the Monetization of Hip-Hop
The Evolution of Beyonce’s Marketing
The Rise of Vinyl and the Power of Scarcity
TikTok and the Debate on Music Marketing
The Rise of Hip-Hop and the Metaverse
Kendrick Lamar and the Future of pgLang
Bad Bunny and the Globalization of Hip-Hop
Why Measuring Streaming Data is So Difficult
How TikTok’s Evolution Can Help Artists Grow
Why Your Followers Aren’t Fans of Your Music
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