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An interview with part of the author team of Music from the Periphery and an excerpt from the book focusing on peripherality in the ecosystem of a streaming service were published in Full Moon music magazine

8. 12. 2025 cultural institutions cultural politics online platforms music industry

Pavel Zahrádka, Marie Čtveráčková, and Petr Szczepanik—authors of chapters in the newly published book Music from the Periphery—answered questions from editor-in-chief Michal Pařízek regarding the position of Czech music in an international context and music policy in the Czech Republic, and presented the main results of research into the export of Czech music production. The magazine also published an excerpt from the chapter Spotify and the Geography of Inequalities by Petr Szczepanik and Miloš Hroch.

The December issue of the magazine, titled Poor but Sexy?, is dedicated to artists from Central Europe and the former Eastern Bloc, who still face difficulties on the European and global music markets. Research into the export of Czech music is carried out as part of the project Opportunities and Barriers to the Cross-Border Distribution of Czech Music Production.

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CIRG – the Cultural Industries Research Group focuses on research into cultural and media industries, particularly on current issues, challenges, and conflicts arising from tensions between intellectual property law, the business models of cultural industries, the digitalization and platformization of cultural sectors, and changing consumer habits. The group’s name is an acronym of its English title, Cultural Industries Research Group. CIRG is an informal association of experts from media studies, intellectual property law, media law, media ethics, cultural economics and cultural management, sociology of culture, and data analysis. The group operates on the basis of project-based funding through applied research projects (TAČR, NAKI, EEA and Norway Grants, OP JAK Intersectoral Cooperation), basic research projects (GAČR, ZIF Bielefeld, OP VVV Excellent Research, DFG), as well as contract research (State Cinematography Fund, Association of Audiovisual Producers).