Spotify Needs to Face the Music

Spotify Needs to Face the Music — www.bloomberg.com

There’s a notion in Silicon Valley that tech start-ups are better off staying private as long as possible. Why should visionary founders answer to impatient public investors? Better to keep tapping those ample private funds under the tutelage of a forgiving board.

It looks like Daniel Ek, founder of music streamer Spotify AB, may be tempted.

Warner Music just joined the $1bn streaming record company club — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

Warner Music Group is now a proud member of the $1bn streaming club. The company announced today that its recorded music operation generated $311m from the likes of Spotify and Apple Music in the three months ending December 31 last year.

How to Have a Number One Song on Spotify, the Easy Way — thump.vice.com 
 It’s been 29 years since the KLF released ‘The Manual.’ Some things never change.

4 Live Music Trends Changing the Industry in 2017 — www.eventbrite.com

We’re just one month into 2017, and it’s already proven to be a year of big changes — and the live music industry is no exception to the rule.

Jason Derulo Talks Business And How Apple And Spotify Took His Brand Global — www.forbes.com 
 Derulo recently sat down with me on “The “Forbes Interview” podcast to talk about his rise to fame, his plans to write an animated Broadway musical, and how streaming sites like Apple Music, Spotify, and Pandora take his brand to new markets and are helping return the music business from the brink.

Vevo CEO: Current Focus on International Expansion, Not Supscriptions — variety.com 
 Vevo CEO Erik Huggers told Variety that the company wants to expand internationally in 2017. Paid subscriptions won’t launch any time soon.

Deezer talks artist marketing, Metallica and ‘beyond the playlist’ — musically.com 
 In September 2016, Deezer appointed its first VP of artist marketing: former Sony BMG, Live Nation and WholeWorldBand exec Sulinna Ong.

Streaming Music Pricing: Inelastic Stretching — musicindustryblog.wordpress.com 
 Pricing has long been an issue for streaming music subscriptions, with the $/€/£ 9.99 price point above what most people spend on music each month.

Music streaming is helping, not hurting, your favorite bands — www.reviewjournal.com 
 The sky was falling in a swanky Downtown Grand conference room, the heavens torn asunder by Spotify.