Tidal: How to Lose the Music Streaming War
Tidal, never understanding its late market entrant position, never understood the market dynamics of the streaming music service well enough capture share.
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Spotify | Should Investors Join The Band?
As the Swedish music service prepares to list its shares on the NYSE in the next few months, investors wonder about the sustainability of its business model: will the world’s largest streaming company stand up to quarterly pressures and convince shareholders of their long-term plan?
Sounds of the Crowd
How Soundcloud brought together the long tail of musicians and a global audience to create a vibrant online community.
Tradiio – Experimenting with Crowds in the Music Industry
This is the story of Tradiio, a music startup that launched as a crowdsourced virtual stock market for emerging artists and later pivoted to become a direct-to-fan crowdfunding platform.
Hype Machine: The Crowd-Sourced Music Blog
Founded in 2005, Hype Machine sources music through a hand-picked catalogue of music blogs from around the world.
Spotify: An Ecosystem Powered by Network Effects
Spotify's music streaming model leverages growing network effects to (hopefully) save the struggling music industry.
Apple Music – Locking Customers In Through Network Effects
For almost 15 years the success of Apple’s devices and iTunes services has been primarily based on indirect network effects. Now the rapid growth of music streaming services shifts the focus towards direct network effects.