Value Gap or Growth? How Digital Music Boosts Music Industry Growth

December 19, 2019

Today, consumers have access to a greater choice of lawful music services than ever before and can listen to music anywhere, anytime, on a broad range of devices. With these increased choices has come an explosion of sharing and creativity. From the content industry side, the Internet has also enabled new business models for creators and the emergence of new artists and music intermediaries. It has also allowed independent labels to thrive — in Adele’s producer’s own words, digital music is a “more level playing field”.

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Founded in 2010, Skybound Entertainment is a multi-platform entertainment company that houses projects ranging from television, film, digital content, comics, interactive gaming, and live events.Skybound Entertainment is responsible for such television hits including The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead and Outcast. Moving into the digital content space, Skybound produced the first-ever narrative VR series, Gone, for Samsung’s Milk VR platform and in 2017 will produce VR horror series Lies Within, which is the first project out of Skybound’s partnership with interactive theatrical company Delusion. Skyboud recently announced the film adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s second-longest running comic series Invincible, with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg attached to direct, write, and produce the movie for Universal.

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