We Are Hunted Co-Founder On Spotify, Branded Apps & The Future
Guest post by Aarti Kelapure of Evolver.fm. We Are Hunted, the music discovery service, takes the iconic notion of the music chart and reinvents it for the digital generation. Rather. Continue reading
Spotify Lost $59M In 2011, Projects $889M Revenue & More Losses In 2012
(UPDATED) Spotify co-founder and CEO Daniel EK says that 2012 revenues will top $889 million USD as the music streamer expands quickly into more territories. Ek also confirmed figures provided. Continue reading
Facebook Stats Show 17.5 Million Using Spotify
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. It’s clear that Spotify is the most popular on-demand music subscription in the world. Less clear is how many people actually use. Continue reading
Spotify Adds Music History To Facebook Timeline
Spotify is adding moments in music history to its Facebook Timeline. Currently they go all the way back to "Organum Experiments" in 1001 and continue through to contemporary times. Spotify. Continue reading
A Look At Spotify’s Attempt To Become The ‘OS of Music’
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Spotify recently rolled out a third batch of music apps that run within its desktop software, offering new ways to find stuff. Continue reading
MusicThinkTank.com Weekly Recap: First Impressions Count & Much More
Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud Glen Brown: Why Play on the Facebook Freeway? Meet Me In My Inbox Instead. Bruce Warila: Who wins the race for investment money,. Continue reading
3 Reasons Spotify May Never Be the OS Of Music
After the opening and initial success of Spotify's app offering, Sten Garmark, the company's director of platform, was quoted as saying: "We have to turn ourselves into the Operating System. Continue reading
The MusicThinkTank.com Weekly Recap: Unbundling The Album
Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud Bobby Owsinski: The Science Of Email Timing Mark Doyon: Hear-Like-Buy: Why Spotify Is Marketing, Not Commerce Frank Woodworth: Unbundling the Album: A Business. Continue reading
Hear. Like. Buy. Why Spotify Is Marketing, Not Commerce.
You've read the complaints about Spotify royalty rates. On Music Think Tank, Mark Doyon explains why he thinks that Spotify isn’t so bad, and how the service is helping artists. Continue reading
MusicThinkTank.com Weekly Recap – Spotify: Millions Of DJs & More
Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud Simon Tam: The Real Reason Why SOPA Didn’t Pass: Marketing Wes Davenport: The 5 Most Important Skills Twitter Teaches Us Shane Jones: Digital. Continue reading