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By: Spotify Hits 1 Million Paying Users | Barbarism

Spotify Hits 1 Million Paying Users | Barbarism — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:27:03 +0000

[...] Bob Lefsetz is right. [...]

By: The End of Ownership « Background Noise

The End of Ownership « Background Noise — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 02:05:29 +0000

[...] by sm1tt3nk1tt3n in Boring / Geekoid, News / Life, Tunes Tags: death of analog, Pandora, Spotify, streaming music I first came across the idea of “renting” music when an up-and-coming band, RiverJames, tweeted that they were modeling their music company on that principle. The article is called Spotify, which you may or may not have heard about, depending on how picky you are with your music, but also looks at other media units like MTV and YouTube then examines how most users access media on the cloud. Anyway, read the article here. [...]

By: Bob Lefsetz on Streaming Music | Barbarism

Bob Lefsetz on Streaming Music | Barbarism — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:41:21 +0000

[...] Lefsetz Letter » Blog Archive » Spotify ← Kids in the Hall now Instantly Watchable on Netflix [...]

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Fri, 31 Dec 2010 23:09:37 +0000

[...] Lefsetz Letter » Blog Archive » Spotify lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2010/12/31/spotify-2/ – view page – cached Same deal with MTV… Who wants to watch music on television? Turns out EVERYBODY DOES! And if you’re a student of history, you know the channel single-handedly pulled the record industry out of a prolonged slump. Of course MTV became more valuable than any record label and some of the honchos around back then are still playing today so they will not let this happen again. Which is why… Read moreSame deal with MTV… Who wants to watch music on television? Turns out EVERYBODY DOES! And if you’re a student of history, you know the channel single-handedly pulled the record industry out of a prolonged slump. Of course MTV became more valuable than any record label and some of the honchos around back then are still playing today so they will not let this happen again. Which is why we’ve got no progress in music distribution. View page [...]