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Spotify’s Podcast Aggregation Play
Consumers transitioned from the ownership of physical CDs and Digital MP3s to accessing an unlimited catalog of music, for $9.99 / month (a price that has not changed almost 13 years later).
Yash Bagal • A New Funnel for Music
Universal Music Group: The Gatekeepers of Music
joincolossus.comWhat Netflix and Spotify both did was dress up this obviously better consumer experience with an interface and a proposition that was (1) legal and (2) worth paying for in big chunks. And we all did.
Sacha Meyers • Bitcoin Is Venice: Essays on the Past and Future of Capitalism
It’s approaching problems the way every late-stage internet platform does, at least before it discovers its limits: by presuming total victory and control over the industry it’s been working to enclose. Spotify’s success as a basic streaming service eventually entitled it to a central role in how music is made and distributed. Why shouldn’t its suc... See more