This study examines how instant online video sharing affects artists' musical streams during the pandemic. On average, the use of the TikTok app significantly increases artists' streams, by approximately 5%. This increase is even higher for male, European and dj Mag 2020 new entry artists.

This study examines how instant online video sharing affects artists' musical streams during the pandemic. On average, the use of the TikTok app significantly increases artists' streams, by approximately 5%. This increase is even higher for male, European and dj Mag 2020 new entry artists.

New information technology has reduced marginal production and distribution costs of information goods to negligible levels and promises to revolutionize many industries. Unpaid copies of digital products can be as good as paid first-generation copies, and their availability can undermine the...

We analyze the role of music downloading on the current downturn in CD sales. We provide 2000-2001 cross-country evidence in support of the claim of losses due to internet piracy made by the music industry. For the U.S. we also assess the potential loss from internet piracy using detailed survey...

I quantify the effects of private-network music sharing on aggregate album sales in the BitTorrent era using a panel of US sales and private-network downloads for 2,109 albums during 2008. Exogenous shocks to the network's sharing constraints address the simultaneity problem. In theory,...

We study the market for new (movie) DVDs in the United States. Our demand model captures seasonality, freshness (i.e. time between theatrical and DVD release), and state dependence. We also develop a structural model of dynamic competition in which studios balance waiting for high demand weeks,...

The influential piracy paper by Professors Oberholzer-Gee and Strumpf, although mainly based on proprietary data, contained an “important complement” to the main results, consisting of four “quasi-experiments” using publicly available data. This replication examines all of these...

"Since the first edition was published in 2009, Patrik Wikström's book has become a go-to text for students and scholars. This thoroughly updated third edition provides an international overview of the music industry and its future prospects in the world of global entertainment."

The influential piracy paper by Professors Oberholzer-Gee and Strumpf, although mainly based on proprietary data, contained an “important complement” to the main results, consisting of four "quasi-experiments" using publicly available data. This replication examines all of these...

This paper quantifies the relationship between private-network file sharing activity and music sales in the BitTorrent era. Using a panel dataset of 2,251 albums' U.S. sales and file sharing downloads on a private network during 2008, I estimate the effect of file sharing on album sales....

Fairness toward job applicants differing in gender and ethnicity in a video‐based assessment interview was explored. For this purpose, 103 female and 105 male participants, including 38 who declared to have a migration background of their own, rated a behavior anchored rating scale after...

01. Every artiste is one of the best: Decca's foundation and turbulent first decade / Andrew Stewart -- 02. The affordable pick-me-up: how Decca saved the US record industry and helped plot the course of twentieth-century pop music / Lois Wilson -- 03. The harbinger of good fortune? Decca and...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Ethan Beute -- Stephen Pacinelli -- Introduction -- Part 1 Why It's Time to Rehumanize Your Business -- Chapter 1 The New Way to Communicate, Connect, and Convert -- A Simple Video Makes a Big...

Nicht nur schon lange etablierte Mediensektoren wie die Musik- oder Buchindustrie geraten durch die Digitalisierung und das Internet unter Anpassungsdruck. Auch der Video Home Markt und insbesondere der Videoverleih sehen sich mit neuen digitalen Distributionsformen wie Video on Demand...

Recently, business models have reformed in the recorded music industry. Many have seen promise in the leveling of the playing field referred to as the ‘long tail effect'. Others predict a scaled-up presence of pop stars with an enhanced ‘superstar effect'. So which effect is evident in the...

Television is the dominant entertainment medium for hundreds of millions. This chapter surveys the economic forces that determine the production and consumption of this content. It presents recent trends in television and online video markets, both in the US and internationally, and describes...

Television is the dominant entertainment medium for hundreds of millions. This chapter surveys the economic forces that determine the production and consumption of this content. It presents recent trends in television and online video markets, both in the US and internationally, and describes...

Sampling poses an interesting problem in markets with experience goods. On the one hand, free samples reveal product quality and help consumers to make informed purchase decisions (promotional effect). On the other hand, sampling may induce consumers to substitute purchases with free consumption...

The growing use of on-line educational content and related video services has changed the way people access education, share knowledge, and possibly make life decisions. In this paper, we characterize how video content affects individual decision-making and willingness to share in the context of...

The growing use of on-line educational content and related video services has changed the way people access education, share knowledge, and possibly make life decisions. In this paper, we characterize how video content affects individual decision-making and willingness to share in the context of...

The Internet increasingly provides an alternative distribution medium for video and other types of high value, bandwidth intensive content. Many consumers have become “technology agnostic” about what kind of wireline or wireless medium provides service. However, they expect carriers to offer...

In a situation where several hundred new music albums are released each month, producing sales forecasts in a reliable and consistent manner is a rather difficult and cumbersome task. The purpose of this study is to obtain sales forecasts for a new album before it is introduced. We develop a...

In diesem Buch untersucht Urs Kind Geschäftsmodelle für die Produktion von Branded Entertainment Inhalten auf YouTube in Deutschland sowie die Faktoren, welche zu einer optimalen Akzeptanz durch die Nutzer führen. Im Bereich Medienökonomie wird ein vertikal intermediäres Mediennetzwerk zur...