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For the First Time Ever, Song Downloads Are Declining In the US…
That’s according to a major industry executive source, who agreed to share early-2013 paid download stats with T.I.T.O.O. this morning. The preliminary year-over-year tallies show that a-la-cart… more →
This Industry Thing Of Ours
To disrupt an industry, it's best to know it well
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wrote 3 weeks ago: The word “disruption” gets tossed around so often in the tech blogosphere that it’ … more →
Spotify shot the Pirates! (but they did not supply the mp3's)
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Spotify was released in times of high media convergence, as a proposed solution to a critical issue: … more →
What is Spotify ?
wrote 3 weeks ago: Music nowadays started to be more easier to connect to. A good example of that connectivity t … more →
The future of music according to Spotify's Daniel Ek
wrote 2 months ago: Your home’s tunes controlled by a wave of the hand or a voice command? It could happen, and th … more →
Will Streaming Save The Music Industry?
wrote 2 months ago: The following was shortlisted for the Jim Connor Scholarship. I didn’t win, obviously. Probabl … more →
Fondatorii Skype, Spotify și Angry Birds oferă consultanță UE — prima etapă a campaniei „StartUp Europe”
wrote 2 months ago: Atunci când se gândesc la tehnologie și antreprenori, cele mai multe persoane se gândesc la Silicon … more →
For the First Time Ever, Song Downloads Are Declining In the US...
wrote 2 months ago: That’s according to a major industry executive source, who agreed to share early-2013 paid dow … more →
Streaming Accounts for Just 4 Percent of Global Recording Revenues, Study Finds...
wrote 2 months ago: That’s according to research just shared by top industry analyst Mark Mulligan, who found that … more →
Signed, Sealed, Delivered (It's Ours)
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wrote 3 months ago: When Spotify was launched in the US in July 2011, after nearly 2 years of negotiations with the reco … more →
SXSW-A recap of the wildest week in music, movies...and nerds.
wrote 3 months ago: By Matthew Leimkuehler 6th St, Austin TX during SXSW Music 2013 SXSW is the craziest, drunkest and l … more →
Because as Long as Fans Aren't Stealing, It Must Be Okay...
wrote 3 months ago: Welcome to the new, twisted logic of the music industry. Because after getting ravaged by theft for … more →
67% of Americans Have Never Even Heard of Spotify...
wrote 3 months ago: So, is that good news, or bad news? This finding comes from an exhaustive survey that ultimately inv … more →
On the fight for fair fees in digital streaming
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wrote 3 months ago: Last week at SXSW, I moderated a panel on fees for digital music streaming startups featuring a vari … more →
Spotify Says They're Gonna Be So Big, Artists Won't Even Have to Worry About Rent...
wrote 3 months ago: That’s according to the bigger-than-life vision of Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, who deftly parlayed … more →
The music industry has irreversibly changed -- the labels have not
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wrote 3 months ago: Two years ago, Pandora went public and Spotify launched in the US. If 2011 was the year streaming mu … more →
My Master Plan:
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wrote 3 months ago: My platform of choice is also my greatest tech-love these last years: Yes peeps: Spotify. Spo … more →
YouTube and Apple are launching streaming services. Where does that leave Spotify?
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wrote 3 months ago: Earlier this month we learned Google is working on a music streaming service around YouTube. That ca … more →
Will Spotify Get IRFA'd? New Boss Spotify Wants to Pay Artists Even Less
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wrote 3 months ago: Greg Sandoval is one of the great reporters on tech and music. While I don’t always agree wit … more →
...And Justice for All: The Murky Waters of Copyright, Fair Use, and Internet "Commons."
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wrote 4 months ago: In 2000, the American heavy metal band Metallica became the unlikely champions of copyright and arti … more →
