Marketing
fromForbes
2 hours agoThe Streams Are Up, But The Fans Aren't There. What Music Marketing Is Getting Wrong Right Now
Music marketing needs to evoke genuine emotion to create lasting connections with audiences.
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Rather than undercutting prices to chase growth, many are leaning into higher-value positioning and introductory offers designed to convert (and keep) paying readers. Digiday's third annual Subscription Index found that publishers increased subscription prices by 5 percent year over year in 2025, based on a cohort of 14 publishers. (Bloomberg increased its annual subscription pricing by an eye-opening 33 percent year over year, up from $299 annually in 2024 to $399 in 2025).