It’s 6.4% per month, which is three times that of Spotify. And the hardest thing is to get people to resubscribe, it’s like getting back together with an old love, you kicked the tires, you had some fun, but overall it just wasn’t worth it, you’re looking for something better. If you’re looking for something […]

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 […]

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 […]

Apple in Talks to Acquire Jay Z’s Tidal Music Service It’s talent versus market share, old school versus new, Apple versus Spotify. Despite a reputation for innovation, we’ve learned the internet is mostly about consolidation, establishing a paradigm and then conquering all comers. Amazon owns shopping, Google owns search, Facebook owns social networking and…what exactly […]