Music News: 225 Spotify streams = 1 iTunes download ($1.29) - Page 2

Dust2

Listening to Kelly Clarkson new album on Spotify.

The future has arrived!

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/10/ff_music/all/1

Steven Levy on Facebook, Spotify and the Future of Music

a very detailed article about Spotify, Facebook and the future of music.

Dust2

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/perm...T3nD0S3V44rh0g

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Spotify hurdled through hoops for America, but that's just one part of a global expansion. According to well-placed sources, Spotify is likely to hit Australia and New Zealand 'in or around' February, and boots may already be on the ground. And, that will be complemented by a serious Asian expansion to be headquarted in Hong Kong, Singapore, or both.

Spotify has declined any comment to Digital Music News, though sources are coming from label contacts in both the United States and Australia itself. The Australian & New Zealand headquarters will be in Sydney, and already, Spotify is seeking a label relations manager to liase with hundreds of labels, distributors, publishers, and other content partners.

Which brings us to the ever-thorny issue of licensing, the biggest gating factor for any territorial expansion. On that note, executives are still talking about king-sized ransoms to enter the US, with some estimates surpassing $50 million for all four major label blessings. Australia & New Zealand are obviously smaller markets, but potentially another complicated tollbooth.

Back in the Eurozone, Spotify has just marched into Denmark, though the critical 'GSA' bloc remains. That is, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, with Germany the sorest standout. Those expansion plans are a bit blurier - at least to the people we're talking to - though Spotify is also seeking German-speaking 'advisors' to work out of their UK-based offices.

Dust2

http://paidcontent.org/article/419-s...ies-this-week/

Spotify Expected To Launch In More Countries This Week

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Spotify is ready to launch in Belgium, Austria and Switzerland, possibly as early as this week, paidContent understands.

Having secured funding to go global, Spotify is now in a rapid acceleration phase. Launches are also planned in Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong. It is seeking an international growth director to spearhead new countries by spending two to three weeks per month in virgin territories.

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/perm...yNbeZ5DdF3mqLg

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(4) During that same period, Spotify paid £2,500 ($3,376) for 750,000 total streams.

$3,376 / 750,000 streams = $0.0045 per stream. Keep in mind that this is for indie music. Major label probably get more per stream.

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Fortunately, services like Spotify aren’t just competing against Rdio, Rhapsody, iTunes, and Amazon MP3. They are also competing against an impossible opponent — The Pirate Bay. Many of Spotify’s customers are undoubtedly former pirates who are contributing money to the music industry for the first time in their lives. They do this not due to a moral awakening, but because it’s more convenient to pay Spotify $10 a month than it is to hunt down, upload, and sync a bunch of files.

This quote sums it best: Spotify is more convenient than piracy. People will pay for convenient. $10 a month = about $0.33 a day. Is it worth 33 cents to hunt down, upload and sync a bunch of files?

You can use this "wasted" time on better things.

Dust2

January, 2010:------------ 250,000 paid subscribers
March 17, 2010:----------- 320,000
July 20, 2010: ---------------- 500,000
December 8, 2010: ------ 750,000
March 8, 2011:--------------- 1,000,000
July 14, 2011: -----------------1,600,000
Sept 21, 2011: ---------------- 2,000,000
Nov 23, 2011: ------------------2,500,000 paid subscribers

http://www.spotify.com/us/blog/archi...g-subscribers/

Dust2

http://www.themusicvoid.com/2011/11/...royalty-rates/

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And Martin Mills, the chairman of Beggars Group, commented about streaming services: “Every play is a pay – and 200 plays will earn you more than a sale.”

I guess I should revise it down from 255 to 200.

200 plays > than 1 mp3 purchase

Out of 100 people, 5 will purchase. 95 will download illegally.
But with free streaming (with ads), anyone can 'play' which mean everyone will 'pay.' Half a penny is tiny but it adds up if a lot of people use it.

GaGaFan

Spotify is the music service of the future.

kvnrblnd

smh i didn't realize that my spotify was connected to my facebook and i was listening to some embarrassing stuff

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Originally posted by kvnrblnd

smh i didn't realize that my spotify was connected to my facebook and i was listening to some embarrassing stuff

Click the "Private Session" tool under FILE.

http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2...-platform-too/

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Spotify has added 7 million users since it activated its integration with Facebook. More importantly, it now has 2.5 million paying subscribers (previously announced) among its 10 million active users. And in Europe, it is second largest digital revenue source for the major labels.

Kisuke

I love this