The annual MIDEM conference celebrated its 50th edition in Cannes last week. And, while the number of delegates attending dropped again – down 20% to just 4,400 from last year’s 5,500 – the panels still provoked plenty of heated debate. Here are the main takeaways…

1 THE INDIES ARE COMING…

The Worldwide Independent Network’s Alison Wenham unveiled a survey that suggested, based on rights ownership, indie labels’ global market share in 2015 hit 37.6% and was worth $5.6 billion. Even ...