Say Hello To Spotify’s New Apps [VIDEO]
During a press conference today, Spotify CEO Daniel EK announced that the popular music streaming site had "become a music platform" with the addition of apps from Rolling Stone Magazine, Last.fm, TuneWiki, Songkick, Pitchfork, The Guardian and others (complete list here). The company also opened its API to other developers. But Spotify must approve each new app, and is not offering developers direct monetization (i.e. paid apps or revenue sharing). While new apps are not live yet, Spotify did publish this demo video:
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so it is “f*ck off artists”, as you predicted earlier.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…
http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/spotify-takes-a-step-towards-making-music-the-api/ If you’re interested in licensing and monetizing your music, and your music is already out there, being heard, this could help independents better compete with majors in that arena; a good thing, imo. Also, I think it’s maybe better dealing with Spotify than teh Google.