BuzzAngle MidYear Report In other words, Spotify, et al, beat YouTube, et al. There were 114,226,566,336 audio streams and 95,172,077,123 video streams. Last year there were 54,961,808,648 audio streams and 77,297,473,064 video streams. Audio streams increased by 107.8% and video streams by 23.1%. But the music industry is still fighting the last war. Focusing on […]

I blame Reagan. And then Bill Clinton put a stake in the heart of the middle class, all in an effort to save his job. The right wing intelligentsia lauded Reagan’s “accomplishments” to the point where they cannot be challenged. In a disinformation campaign they slapped highways and buildings with Reagan’s name, as if that […]

I love the sensibility! I love that he’s a nerd, with a brain, but can’t help himself from being uncool. He’s a regular guy, albeit Indian, as opposed to the good-looking charismatic holier-than-thou personages we’re overwhelmed by and feel inferior to on TV and in movies. It’s like we don’t count, even though we’re on […]

These are the same analysts who predicted BlackBerry would survive and were surprised when it cratered overnight. Yes, Steve Jobs built a behemoth. Yes, Apple has everybody’s credit card number. Yes, Jimmy Iovine built a headphone colossus. BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN APPLE MUSIC WILL WIN IN THE END! Let’s start with the canard that […]