The problem with this problem is we don’t know just how problematic it is, especially in markets like the US. We don’t know all the players.

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This week, Dmitri and Tristra get to chat with one of their music tech heroes: industry analyst and deep thinker Mark Mulligan. We talk a lot on the podcast about “seismic shifts” in the music industry, and Mark is a true music tech seismologist. If you’ve read his Music Industry Blog, followed his work with MIDiA Research, or seen him speak, you know that his data-powered approach is unparalleled for understanding, explaining, and predicting upheavals in the music tech lands

There was a time when album sales, ticket sales and radio airplay were the only numbers that mattered in the music industry. Now, streaming generates extremely granular data about who is listening, when, where, and how. Greg Delaney and Erik Gilbert of the data management company Entertainment Intelligence sat down with podcast host Dmitri Vietze and Tristra Newyear Yeager to dig into how this data explosion is changing the music business. Which came first, the profusion of d

Join Gigi Johnson, executive director of the Center for Music Innovation at UCLA, and host Dmitri Vietze as they discuss new technology and its impact on the music industry. As Artificial Intelligence and streaming continue to take over, how will the music industry adapt? Gigi and Dmitri discuss streaming, the future of AI in music, and changes in data gathering and handling. Find the episode on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts. We're now on Stitcher, Spotify, Soundc