Share this postPlatform & StreamSpotify's Content Bundling & Competing with Apple, Amazon; Will Digital Music Kill Vinyl Anytime Soon?Copy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreSpotify's Content Bundling & Competing with Apple, Amazon; Will Digital Music Kill Vinyl Anytime Soon?Platform & StreamJul 12, 2018Share this postPlatform & StreamSpotify's Content Bundling & Competing with Apple, Amazon; Will Digital Music Kill Vinyl Anytime Soon?Copy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreShareThe music and media industries went abuzz when Spotify announced last month that Dawn Ostroff, former president of entertainment at Condé Nast Entertainment, would be joining the streaming service as its new chief content officer.The concept of music streaming not only shifted the consumer mindset away from ownership of music but also was able to battle piracy at the same price point: free.Dave Matthew Band will offer a free live webcast of their performance on Saturday from the SPAC in Saratoga Springs, New York.Today, Amazon Music announced that Ariana Grande will headline the Amazon Music Unboxing Prime Day concert in New York on July 11, streaming for fans globally on Amazon.com beginning at 8 p.m. ET.The LP fan base may make a lot of noise, but digital will eventually kill analog once and for all. Someday.For any artist trying to make a dollar in today’s digitally-driven economy, prospects seem bleak. The decline of radio and physical music sales is so chronicled that it would be inane and wasteful to…As far as music streaming services go, Deezer isn’t exactly a household name, at least not in the U.S., but that may not remain the case for long.In an excerpt from her new book, Microsoft researcher Nancy Baym demonstrates how music lovers used fan culture to build a worldwide web.For a long time, Sonos was only capable of streaming music to its speakers through a proprietary app, but that's changed in the last few years. After working wi...PreviousNext