Library Music; MIDiA Predictions for 2022; Primary Wave has Big Money to Spend on Music Rights

In the age of streaming, public libraries offer small-scale alternatives for local archiving.

In this report MIDiA Research analysts present their predictions for what will be the big trends in digital media and tech across music, video, brands, marketing, games, and sports in 2022 and beyond.

2021 was another year in which capital continued to flow into the music business at pace.

Is music for TV finally being taken seriously by Grammy voters? Based on this year’s nominations, the answer appears to be a resounding yes.

The string band The 1937 Flood has a gift for you, but it’s not under the tree. It’s a new free streaming music service called Radio Floodango.

Primary Wave boss Larry Mestel answers MBW’s end-of-2021 questions.

MBW interviews Sylvain Delange, Managing Director of Believe Asia Pacific, about the company’s strategy in the Asia Pacific region.

For an international act to break through in India, where over 85% of the music consumed is domestic repertoire, the key is “localising the content pieces”, says Roochay Shukla, senior marketing manager at Outdustry.

How AI is used in the music distribution process.

A music industry first in the blockchain and decentralized storage space.

BAZE Music is another attempt by Safaricom to get into the music streaming business. It costs as low as KES 10 per day.