Executive Views

Havas Synchs with Universal Music For Marketing ROI, Dominique Delport explains

LAS VEGAS — Time was, artists rejected the overtures of marketers. In a little-known ...

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Executive Views
IPTV Even Better Than Mobile For Music’s Vevo
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Executive Views
Yahoo’s Brody: Brands Can Buy Programmatic Using Search History
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Executive Views
Private Exchanges Mean Best Of Both Worlds: Vevo’s Carson
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Executive Views
Vevo Warming To Premium Programmatic Plumbing
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Executive Views
Spotify’s Free Mobile Change Courts Brands To ‘Speak Music’
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New CEO Wants Shazam To Be Destination, Not Utility
Executive Views
New CEO Wants Shazam To Be Destination, Not Utility
By Robert Andrews  
Changing Media Summit – The future of music in a data driven world
Sessions
Changing Media Summit
The future of music in a data driven world
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Market indicators
Digital boom couldn’t stop 2012 entertainment slump in UK
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Last.fm revels in its scrobbles as radio bar is raised farther
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Interviews
Interview: Spotify exec on royalties and keeping labels happy
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Company strategy
Spotify solves discovery by discovering music ain’t so social after all
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Company strategy
There’s life in iTunes yet – global expansion is good news for labels
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Company strategy

Russia’s lackluster digital music market gets Opera tunes while iTunes waits

Russia is one of the world’s most under-performing digital music markets. Now two new...

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Earnings analysis
Universal Music Group nearing its digital tipping point
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Company strategy
Crowdfunding helps non-starters and re-livers ride again
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Conference reports
Mobile boom means big challenges for Vevo’s global roll-out
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Company strategy
Music service Rara faces challenge to turn free in to $0.99
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Market analysis
Musicians get paltry pay from worldwide digital play
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Funding analysis
Music supplier 7digital takes $10 million to do on-demand, radio
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Funding analysis
Interview: How Deezer’s CEO will spend his €100 million music round
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Company strategy
Let’s get physical: in music, bits take on appearance of atoms
By Robert Andrews  
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Funding analysis
In Warner’s stable, Deezer has funds for costly global Spotify fight
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Updated: Universal/EMI must sell crown jewels to protect iTunes challengers
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Market indicators
Research: Music streaming helping, not hurting, downloads
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Company strategy
Rdio, Vdio tag-team for Skype founders’ music, movie combo
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Apple can pick its moment to re-invent music again

Apple did not announce a subscription iTunes access model – which has been mooted by ...

By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators
Streaming media could have larger carbon footprint than plastic discs
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Music service Omnifone on acquisition trail as it moves to profit
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
iTunes Store may launch in Russia, cheaper than U.S.
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Market indicators
Mobile carriers and consumers are all pirates in South Africa
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Company strategy
iTunes Store may finally open in South Africa
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Interviews
Interview: Sony keeps iOS close as it waits for Apple TV
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Company strategy
Spotify gets a leg-up in Germany from Deutsche Telekom bundling
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Earnings analysis
Chart: What next for Spotify, as expansion losses mount?
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Market indicators
Deezer is going slow against Spotify
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Company strategy
Declaring playlist bankruptcy – lost in a land of infinite choice
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Drip.fm has indie labels eager to become subscription music services
By Robert Andrews  
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Earnings analysis
HMV’s next digital idea: click-to-collect plastic music
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Vevo’s phantom endorsement pushes Ouya past $6m pledged

Media operators’ default strategy in digital is “we want to be on as many devices as ...

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Company strategy
7digital is becoming a mobile music power player
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Funding analysis
What a Big Tech investment could mean for Vevo
By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators
Despite digital growth, albums’ days look numbered
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Spotify targets Pandora with its own mobile ‘radio’ service
By Robert Andrews  
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M&A analysis
Content with your groceries?: Tesco buys music streamer We7
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Viva Hispania: HuffPo, Deezer, Yahoo court Latin dollars
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Digital music sales and the role of the post-holiday surge
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Company strategy
Sunnyvale to Bangalore, Dhingana rides India’s music cloud
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Company strategy
Streamed music chart has short long tail, more Rihanna than Rita
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Company strategy
The world’s hottest digital markets: a music map
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Company strategy
Spotify rival WiMP has global ambitions, too – now it needs cash
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Company strategy
Deezer shows Spotify how to do music on the web
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Funding analysis

Spotify sales near $900 million, but reach comes before return

Spotify could take a big fifth investment to reach a $4 billion valuation, even thoug...

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Company strategy
Spotify dips a toe in web waters, but isn’t yet swimming
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Company strategy
Russia’s Facebook is ‘holding back’ digital music
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Market indicators
Digital Music Now Pays Artists More Than Pubs
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Company strategy
Facebook’s Big Freemium Funnel Helps Spotify Et Al Find The Pay In Free
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Interviews
Interview: Rdio Prepares To Take On Spotify, Deezer Et Al In Europe
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Market indicators
Suddenly, Spotify Is Ad Buyers’ Favourite Thing
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Company strategy
Updated: Pandora Says Rates Still Too Costly For UK Re-Entry
By Robert Andrews  
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Market indicators
Music Industry Can See The Light After ‘Least Negative’ Sales Since 2004
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Ireland’s Largest ISP Wants Country-Wide Three-Strikes Piracy Response
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Music Wars: Spotify Heading For Ireland And Oz As Rdio Gears Up In Europe
By Robert Andrews  
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Sessions
Changing Media Summit
Music for a digital generation
Hosted by Robert Andrews  
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Conference reports
Video: Vevo To Launch In Six More Countries, CEO Caraeff Says
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Market indicators

Music Streams Join Downloads In U.S. Charts, UK Waits

What is the best way to quantify artists’ popularity, as more music consumption moves...

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Company strategy
Music’s Celestial Jukeboxes Square Off In Germany; Next Stop Asia-Pac
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Interviews
Interview: Omnifone CEO Eyes Investments As Music Access Takes Off
By Robert Andrews  
IPO analysis
What Happens Next If Spotify Goes Public?
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
When Will Music’s Celestial Jukebox Go Mainstream?
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Labels And Spotify Still Struggle To Convince Some Artists On Stream Rates
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Insights
The End Of CDs: Russian Retailer Latest To Take Music Off Shelves
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
YouTube’s Missing Monetization Makes Its Internet TV Prospects Patchy
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Company strategy
The Times And Spotify: Why Pay When Everything’s Free?
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Company strategy
Spotify Not Throttling Americans, Subs Hit Three Million
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Def Jam recording Artist Ludacris Sits in the Napster Car
Company strategy
Rhapsody Goes To Europe As New Music Services Compete, News Corp’s Fails
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Company strategy
7digital Intros Streaming Web Player
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Market indicators
Digital Music Growth Re-Accelerated In 2011 Thanks To New Services
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Market indicators

China Round-Up: E-book Wars, Digital Music Opportunity And Games Go Large

It is a busy week for digital media news in the Far East, ahead of the Chinese New Ye...

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Company strategy
Coldplay Will Warm To Streaming After Unit Sales Ebb
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Earnings analysis
HMV Sees Physical Content Crash Slowing Down, Despite Christmas Crunch
By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators
Charts: What’s Happening To UK Music Sales
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Company strategy
EU To Focus On Digital Content Policy In 2012
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Company strategy
Apple Finally Brings iTunes Music And Movies To Latin America
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Company strategy
Deezer Goes Boldly Global, Thumbing Its Nose At U.S.
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Insights
Video: Noel Gallagher On How Technology Is Devaluing The Music Experience
By Robert Andrews  
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M&A analysis
Shazam Is Buying Back Its Own Core Patents To Go Multi-Media
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
First Look: Spotify’s TiVo App On Virgin Media UK
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Chart: Spotify’s Growth Story; Next Stop: 100 Million Users?
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Now With 2.5 Million Customers, Spotify Tries Patenting Itself
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Company strategy
Spotify Announcing ‘A New Direction’ Next Week; What Is It?
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Company strategy

Big In Sweden: Spotify-Crazy Youngsters Are Bellwether For Music Biz

Spotify’s early traction in its native Sweden gives the world a glimpse at what a mar...

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Earnings analysis
Call Of Duty Maker Booms As Vivendi Sells A Stake To Buy EMI
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Company strategy
It’s Time For Transparency On Music Streaming Rates
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Company strategy
Spotify Expected To Launch In More Countries This Week
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M&A analysis
EMI Group Split Between UMG And Sony
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Company strategy
Vevo Mulling Premium Content, Global Expansion In 2012
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Market indicators
Spotifies May Steal Customers From Pandoras, With Facebook’s Help
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Rdio, Spotify Race To Launch In LatAm, Germany, Asia
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Company strategy
Virgin Media’s Spotify Discounts Will Be Short-Term
By Robert Andrews  
Music Service Aspiro Sells A Stake To Norwegian Retailer
M&A analysis
Music Service Aspiro Sells A Stake To Norwegian Retailer
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Deezer Signing Deals To Launch In 130 More Countries
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Market indicators
Research: Spotify Had 2.4 Million U.S. Users In September
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M&A analysis
Sainsbury’s Supermarket Buying Media Vault To Launch Digital Content Retail
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Earnings analysis

Spotify Needs U.S. Success After Losses Deepened In 2010

Accounts filed with Companies House show the likely reason Spotify wanted to break Am...

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Company strategy
Jobs’ Legacy: An Actual Consumer Model For Digital Content
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Market indicators
Digital Gains Can’t Halt UK Music Album Declines
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Facebook-Spotify Love-In Over-Estimated Users’ Social Lives
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Company strategy
We7 Cedes On-Demand Music Ground, Tries Pandora Model Instead
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Company strategy
Mog’s International Plans Still Stalled After Nearly Two Years
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Conference reports
@ F8: Can Facebook’s Social Discovery Set Media Alight?
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