Music Media in UK - introduction
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The document discusses the UK music media industry. It outlines key organizations in the UK music industry like the BPI and various trade bodies. It also discusses the major record labels like Universal Music Group, Sony, and Warner and their role in the media conglomerates that dominate the global music industry. Finally, it examines theories like hegemony that have been used to analyze the dominance of Anglo-American music styles internationally and how the market can act as a censor by deciding not to support certain artists due to commercial concerns.
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- 1. University of Tehran Faculty of World Studies UK Media and Press, Fall 92 Dr. Shokrkhah Sepehr Arefmanesh
- 2. 1. Introduction • Music Industry • Music & Media • New Media • UK Music Media Lasswell Formula • Communicators • The message • Audience/ Fans • Feedback2 Lasswell Formula • Communicators • The message • Audience/ Fans • Feedback
- 3. Music Industry • Increase in the value of the digital market (2004- 2012)1000% • The money paid by media groups for lobbying ( opensecrets.org)$1,137,803,605 • Total global revenue of all the sectors in 2012 ( e-marketer)$67.4 billions • Tracks licensed by recording companies13 millions Members Record Labels Producers Artists Studios Publishers Engineers Online Stores Lawyers Talent Managers Media ( Broadcastin g , Journalism)
- 4. Distribution BROADCASTING Refers to the broadcast media: radio, television, and the Internet, which are vital to the dissemination of music, especially in recorded form. Music & Media
- 5. Traditional Music Media in UK TV Awards Magazines Charts Radios
- 7. New Media
- 8. What Lasswell Model What are the effects? Lasswell Model
- 9. •AIM – Association of Independent Music •BASCA – British Academy of Sognwriters, Composers and Authors •BPI – British Phonographic Industry •MMF – Music Managers’ Federation •MPA – Music Publishers’ Association •MPG – Music Producers’ Guild •MU – Musicians’ Union •PPL – Phonographic Performance Ltd •PRS for Music BPI represents the UK’s recorded music industry, which is one of the most exciting and thriving music sectors in the world. British artists account for one in eight albums purchased by fans around the globe. As a trade body, we champion the interests of our membership which includes more than 300 independent music companies and the UK’s major record companies – Universal Music, Sony Music, and Warner Music. Together, BPI’s members account for 85% of all music sold in the UK. BPI organizes the BRIT Awards show and the Classic BRIT Awards show. A media conglomerate, media group or media institution is a company that owns large numbers of companies in various mass media . Media conglomerates strive for policies that facilitate their control of the markets around the world Universal Music Group Sony Entertainments Warner Independent Record Lables •AIM – Association of Independent Music •BASCA – British Academy of Sognwriters, Composers and Authors •BPI – British Phonographic Industry •MMF – Music Managers’ Federation •MPA – Music Publishers’ Association •MPG – Music Producers’ Guild •MU – Musicians’ Union •PPL – Phonographic Performance Ltd •PRS for Music BPI represents the UK’s recorded music industry, which is one of the most exciting and thriving music sectors in the world. British artists account for one in eight albums purchased by fans around the globe. As a trade body, we champion the interests of our membership which includes more than 300 independent music companies and the UK’s major record companies – Universal Music, Sony Music, and Warner Music. Together, BPI’s members account for 85% of all music sold in the UK. BPI organizes the BRIT Awards show and the Classic BRIT Awards show.
- 10. •Copyright extension on sound recordings in EU/ UK (previously in USA) •Live Music Act (2012) •Setting up of reviews and commissions •Mergers of Sony BMG, Live Nation / Ticketmaster etc •Government support for music industries •Opportunities for access to ministers/ officials Grainge has been influential in Universal Music Group's international digital expansion by pioneering distribution models with a wide range of technology partners, including Apple, Spotify, BSkyB, Virgin Media, Vodafone and 19 Entertainment Grainge is a Trustee of The American Friends of The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry. Doug Morris CEO – Sony Entertainments MTV –VH1 -Viva Sumner Murray Redstone (born Sumner Murray Rothstein; May 27, 1923) is media magnate. He is the majority owner and Chairman of the Board of the National Amusements theater chain. Through National Amusements, Sumner Redstone and his family are majority owners of CBS Corporation and Viacom (itself the parent company of MTV Networks, BET Grainge has been influential in Universal Music Group's international digital expansion by pioneering distribution models with a wide range of technology partners, including Apple, Spotify, BSkyB, Virgin Media, Vodafone and 19 Entertainment Grainge is a Trustee of The American Friends of The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry. Doug Morris CEO – Sony Entertainments
- 11. Hegemony has been utilized to examine the manner in which song lyrics and music videos underpin dominant conceptions of gender, sexuality, and ethnicity; to investigate the cultural symbolic challenge offered by youth ubcultures to mainstream, dominant society; and, most significantly, to analyse the Anglo- American international dominance of the music industry and its styles. Censorship, where the market effectively acts as a censor.This includes record companies’ decisions not to sign artists, or to fully support releases, because of their perceived lack of commercial potential; decisions by large retail outlets not to stock less com- mercial or controversial artists/genres; linked to violent media texts Censorship, where the market effectively acts as a censor.This includes record companies’ decisions not to sign artists, or to fully support releases, because of their perceived lack of commercial potential; decisions by large retail outlets not to stock less com- mercial or controversial artists/genres; linked to violent media texts • “maintain a positive profile” • “managing business and reputational risk the political process generates” • “reliable insight and political intelligence about public policy” • “developing effective briefing materials” • “staging events, receptions and conferences” • “input on all aspects of legislative process and developing
- 12. Consumer Fans, The youth subculture, Trends in pop Culture Studying the Audience: • Mass media = mass audience Passive • American media sociology • Recipient analysis Consumer • Consideration of both active and passive audience Modern view
- 13. sources Books Popular Music -Key Concepts ( Roy Shuker – Rutledge 2005) Music Business ( Richard Strasser –Routledge 2010) Manufacturing, Distribution & Promotion In The Music Industry by Chris Brophy Law and Legal issues in music industry- Patrick Isherwood 2001 Reports, Web and directories: http://www.bpi.co.uk Digital Music Report (IFPI, 2013) http://www.ifpi.org www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-culture-media-sport www.ukmusic.org Music Producers Guild UK (MPG) www.mpg.org.uk/ www.musictank.co.uk Recording industry in numbers (IFPI, 2012) Music Week http://www.musicradar.com Reports, Web and directories: http://www.bpi.co.uk Digital Music Report (IFPI, 2013) http://www.ifpi.org www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-culture-media-sport www.ukmusic.org Music Producers Guild UK (MPG) www.mpg.org.uk/ www.musictank.co.uk Recording industry in numbers (IFPI, 2012) Music Week http://www.musicradar.com