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So many music industry acquisitions ... but who’s buying, and why?
You’ve probably noticed there’s been A LOT of acquisitions in music lately …
Distrokid, Bandcamp, Kobalt, Downtown, Dice, Boiler Room, etc.
The music industry is shifting and changing constantly.
The big question is … who’s b...
Mapping the physical music comeback
The pendulum swings: digital → physical
We are now drowning in digital music with 150k new songs uploaded to Spotify every day.
A tidal wave of mp3s are flung at the algorithm every minute, hoping to somehow break through.
Mu...
How $20bn flows into music catalog
STVDIO maps the future of music. Every week we publish deep visual research mapping where money and technology is moving in music, for 5,200+ founders, music execs and artists.
You’ve seen the headlines.
Justin Bieber sells his cat...
The Independent Music Report 2026
Hi everyone,
Today I’m very proud to launch STVDIO’s first official music industry report, in partnership with Secretly Distribution:
Independent Music 2026: The Fight for Music’s Infrastructure.
You can download it for free at stvdio.io...
IRL is back (but live music still concentrates at the top)
IRL is back?
The more time we spend online, the more we crave real human connection.
The more AI content floods our screens, the more we value real experiences.
Every piece of data we can find points to the same thing: IRL is in high...
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