Category Archives: [SPOT] Spotify

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[SPOT] Spotify, [UMG] Universal Music, [WMG] Warner Music

[UMG, WMG] record labels and the music industry: opportunities and challenges

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I. Every few years, this graphic from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), reproduced by Matthew Ball, makes the rounds: It shows how a 15-year decline in recorded music revenue, precipitated by the cannibalistic effect of free downloads, is being reversed by the rise of subscription fees from digital streaming providers (DSPs). As I […]

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[SIRI] SiriusXM, [SPOT] Spotify

[Sirius/Pandora – SIRI; Spotify – SPOT] Long-term relevance, long-term dominance

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Prior to their July 2008 merger, Sirius and XM were locked in a bloody Betamax/VHS-like standards war: each company operated its own satellite constellation and broadcasted on separate frequencies; each had its own radio to receive and digitize signals; each spent extravagant sums marketing their services and mirror imaging the other’s content – Sirius had […]

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