by randyrowe | Jul 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
Windowing is doing more harm than good, suggests a new paper by Will Page, director of economics at Spotify and former chief economist at PRS for Music. In “Adventures in the Netherlands: Spotify, Piracy and the new Dutch experience”, Page looks at two...
by randyrowe | Jul 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
It’s looking grim for Viacom in a dispute over payments to former Harmonix shareholders. This court battle seems to demand more attention given the newfound appetite for M&A in the entertainment sector and the amount of money at stake for the media...
by randyrowe | Jul 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
Three days after Atoms For Peace removed their music from Spotify, after band member and producer Nigel Godrich claimed the streaming site to be “bad for new music”, the supergroup that also features Thom Yorke of Radiohead and Flea of Red Hot Chilli Peppers has...
by randyrowe | Jul 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
With big-name summer albums such as Born Sinner, Yeezus, Magna Carta Holy Grail, Collapsible Lung, Random Access Memories, Hall of Fame, Halcyon Days and many, many more dropping, maybe now’s a good time to re-evaluate how we discover and consume our music — or...
by randyrowe | Jul 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Samsung has notched up another milestone in its battle for mobile supremacy with Apple and Nokia after it leapfrogged both its arch-rivals in terms of mobile web use for the first time. Web analytics firm StatCounter reports that the South Korean giant now accounts...
