http://musically.com/blog/2011/07/08...fy-us-rumours/



Should Itunes/Amazon be worry?


In addition, there is also Pandora Radio. Pandora is now valued on the New York Stock Exchange at over $3 billion ($19.27 per share). About 50% of Pandora revenue goes toward paying music royalties ($0.0012 per stream).

I wouldn't be surprised if in 10 years time, music streaming like Spotify, Pandora, Rhapsody etc...earn more revenue for the music industry than downloads/CD purchase.

It is already the case in Scandinavia.

Maybe Spotify has taken Scandinavia, but Itunes has taken over the other countries.

Wow, that we call double standarts... Will you remind me when iTunes actually started to sell Beatles's songs?

iTunes didn't have the Beatles for years too, now they have them like a year and Spotify is wáy younger

We're talking about the present. Anyway, I'm not defending iTunes.

Yeah streaming is doing good in Scandinavia. In Sweden Spotify is big! In Denmark it's not any kind of big yet but that's because we have other services. We have TDC Play which is a streaming service for internet and mobile phone subscribers from TDC, which has like 50% of the internet and mobile phone markets.

As Peep said, iTunes didn't have Beatles for years, so your argument is invalid

14 dollars a month?

Maybe if it was 10 I would consider it.

Maybe.

Present.

No idea what's the price in the USA yet. Rumor has it that it will be $4.99 and $9.99.

In Europe/UK, it's

4.99 euro and 4.99 pounds for unlimited streaming on PC
9.99 euro and 9.99 pounds for unlimited streaming on PC + mobile devices

They have over 1 million paying subscribers from the 7 countries they operate in.



http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/indus...05269392.story

VEVO: $0.007 per stream (about 100 streams = 1 download in revenue)
Youtube: $0.003 per stream
Spotify: $0.0029 per stream (about 250 streams = 1 download in revenue)
Pandora: $0.001 per stream

Look like it's 1.6 million paid subscribers.

In the USA, it has 3 versions.

Free with ads
Unlimited $4.99 a month (ad-free on computer)
Premium $9.99 a month (ad-free on computer, mobile)


Been using it for a few hours now. It's basically ITUNES (but with all the songs you want and it's free).

Why buy music or pay $14 a month for streaming when you can download illegally?