SoundCloud – Pay me what you owe!
SoundCloud is a different kind of streaming disruptor where fans are in control
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Spotify’s winning data strategy may be hampered by operational challenges
Spotify is leveraging loads of data to enhance the music listening experience
Pandora Media – from winner to loser – and back?
What went wrong at the once most popular online music streaming service? What did Pandora miss? And is there a chance for a comeback?
Sky Media and The Future of Recommendation Algorithms
Sky Limited, the British media and telecommunications conglomerate owned by Comcast and headquartered in London, is working on the future of television. Ironically, the future of television has less and less to do with television itself, at least in the […]
Bandcamp: leveling the platform for indie artists
“We want a music platform to exist where the playing field is level, where artists are compensated fairly and transparently, and where fans can both stream and own their music collections.” -Ethan Diamond, Bandcamp founder and CEO. (1)
Kobalt: Transforming the Music Industry through Transparency and Accountability
Music’s digital revolution has not only transformed the way we consume, but also paved the way for new business models to develop on the back-end.
NEXT BIG SOUND | Think Moneyball, But For Music
There is more science to creating a musician’s career that meets the eye, and Next Big Sound has been cracking the code for the past ten years.
Spotify uses listener data to predict, test, and create hit songs.
Spotify uses listener data to predict, test, and create hit songs. "By the time a song lands on Todays Top Hits or other equally popular sets, Spotify has so relentlessly tested it that it almost cant fail.
Spotify may know you better than you realize
Spotify, the largest on-demand music service, uses big data, artificial learning, and machine learning techniques to deliver a unique and personalized music listening experience.
Amazon: The New King of Music?
Amazon has become the third largest music subscription globally [1]. Should Apple and Spotify be scared? Yes.