Spotify clarifies its approach to COVID-19 explaining its Platform Rules and the work it has done to promote informational awareness during the pandemic. In a blog posting Daniel Ek, CEO and Founder of Spotify sets out its platform policies in the wake of the disagreements over Joe Rogan’s podcasts which led to Neil Young removing his music from the streamer. Ek goes on to say that, “You’ve had a lot of questions over the last […]
Spotify removes Neil Young’s music from its service after his protest over the continued broadcasting of Joe Rogan’s podcasts which appear to support false statements about the COVID-19 vaccine. In a now deleted open letter to his manager and an executive at his label WMGs’ Warner Brothers Reprise, Young said, “They can have (Joe) Rogan or Young – not both.” Rogan has been criticised by many for interviewing an infectious disease specialist who opposes COVID-19 […]
COVID-19 wiped out a third of music jobs in UK according to a recent study by UK Music, an organisation that represents all sectors of the UK music industry. In its annual report, This is Music 2021, it reveals the devastating impact of COVID-19, which wiped out 69,000 jobs – one in three of the total workforce. Key findings of This is Music 2021 Employment plunged by 35% from 197,000 in 2019 to 128,000 in […]
Music can be a COVID-19 coping strategy according to an international research project by the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics who investigated whether musical engagement is an effective strategy for socio-emotional coping during lockdown. Beyond the immediate health risks of the Covid-19 pandemic, the containment measures it necessitates have brought with them a number of other stressors that can undermine individual and collective well-being. The MPI team collected demographically representative samples from six countries […]
Radio is the most common audio listening activity in UK in 2020 according to Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator. In Ofcom’s fourth annual Media Nations research report it reviews trends in the TV and online video sectors as well as radio and other audio sectors. Audio listening key findings The radio and audio sector continues to take advantage of DAB and online platforms to innovate. Live radio on a radio set remains the most common […]
Canadian Smart Speaker ownership and podcast listening unaffected by pandemic according to the Infinite Dial 2021 Canada from Edison Research and Triton Digital. The research carried out in February 2021 surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1001 people aged 18 and older. It found that 27% of Canadians 12+ own a smart speaker, up one percentage point from 2020, and smart speaker households in Canada now own an average of 1.8 of the devices, up from 1.7 in 2020. […]
US media habits have changed with at-home lifestyle according to a recent survey by Edison Research. Moms and Media 2021 builds on The Infinite Dial plus recent data from Edison Research’s new ongoing syndicated measurement of social media, The Social Habit. With both studies conducted during the pandemic, the data shows how media habits have changed as a result of being home. The report showcases how Moms in the US maintain their mobile tendencies and rely on devices and […]
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