 | Hello there. With the CMU Daily now on its Christmas break - and assuming you've already read all those CMU Insights blogs we were plugging yesterday - we thought we'd invade your inbox one more time with a selection of this year's CMU Trends articles, eight of which are currently available for a free read. These are the more in-depth CMU articles available to premium subscribers which seek to summarise key developments in the music business and explain the inner workings of the industry. We publish about 30 of these articles a year, and premium subscribers can access them all online or as PDF downloads. Eight are currently available to all for free as a sampler, read on for more information on each of those below. A premium CMU subscription is just £5 a month. As a premium subscriber you get an extra weekly bulletin by email with links to all the most recent CMU Trends articles, plus the CMU Digest, our weekly concise summary of the six biggest stories in the music business week just gone, designed for the busy music industry professional who needs a speedy update on just the biggest developments. For more information on CMU Premium click here. You can sign up for an individual six or twelve month CMU Premium subscription - or get a five-person package - from the CMU Shop here. You can also download individual CMU Trends articles as a PDF for £1.99 each. Premium subscribers also get a 20% discount on our CMU Insights seminars and masterclass, including the upcoming 'How The Music Business Works' seminar series and the 'Key Developments In Music Rights' masterclass. Anyway, that's enough plugging. Enjoy the free read CMU Trends articles below, and we'll be back for the final time in 2016 tomorrow with our 'review of the year' CMU Podcast. Thanks Andy Malt Editor, CMU |
This CMU Trends article from earlier this week reviews all the recent developments in the secondary ticketing debate, including the UK and US bot bans, and other measures to regulate the touts.
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02: REVIEWING THE POTENTIAL OF THE NEW CREATIVE TECH Â THE STORY SO FAR (Nov 2016)
This CMU Trends article from last month looks at recent developments in creative tech and their impact on music, including AI, VR, 360 degree audio and audio-recognition software.
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03: REVIEWING THE STREAMING MARKET AS WE HEAD INTO 2017 (Nov 2016)
This CMU Trends article from last month reviews current trends and challenges in the streaming market as we head into 2017.
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04: WHAT CHALLENGES REMAIN TO TRULY UNLOCK THE POWER OF DIRECT-TO-FAN? (Oct 2016)
This CMU Trends article from October reviews how the music industry is exploiting the opportunities presented by direct-to-fan channels, and the challenges still to be met.
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05: HOW DO ARTISTS KNOW IF THEY'RE GETTING A GOOD DEAL FROM STREAMING? THERE ARE TOO MANY UNKNOWNS (Oct 2016)
This CMU Trends article from October reviews the key themes of 'Dissecting The Digital Dollar', the new report produced by CMU Insights for the Music Managers Forum.
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06: MUSIC RIGHTS AND THE EUROPEAN COPYRIGHT DIRECTIVE (Sep 2016)
This CMU Trends article from September reviews what the new draft European Copyright Directive says about the issues of importance to the music community.
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07: SEEKING ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO STREAM Â THE SUPAPASS APPROACH (Jul 2016)
This CMU Trends article from July considers an alternative model for the streaming market and investigates how start-up SupaPass is building a business around this approach.
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08: THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND YOUTUBE (Jun 2016)
Based on the CMU Insights presentation at The Great Escape 2016, this CMU Trends article from June reviews the music industry's relationship with YouTube over the years and the current dispute over safe harbours.
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