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#Music will be part of big user platforms, Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, etc. #Spotify at risk next. latimes.com/entertainment/…
Will #AppleMusic beat #Spotify on subscriber numbers in 2017? Or will someone like #Amazon cuts in and win big with lower price?
The last time I checked, #Spotify is still losing a lot of money and #Apple is still making a lot of money. http://www.macrumors.com/2016/09/14/spotify-40-million-paid-subscribers/
Matter of time before #AppleMusic will catch up with #Spotify paid subscriber size. #Amazon, #GooglePlay, #Groove will grow nicely too.
Easy to blame #Apple for the prices, but is it surprising a smaller company like #Spotify pays more for licenses? http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-contract-three-major-labels-wants-pay-less/
#Spotify is putting on a brave face, claiming that #AppleMusic is helping to grow the market for everyone. In one year, Apple got 15m users.
Let’s bet against #Kanye’s #Tidal, at best, can only be the 3rd best music platform, then slowly become exclusive for Kanye and disappear.
6.5m paid subscribers to #AppleMusic is not bad, considering it took #Spotify 9 years to build up to 20m paid subscribers.
#Youtube Music Insights in a great tool. Lots of interesting stats. Now imagine what #Apple can do with #iTunes! http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33022160
#TaylorSwift’s music removed from #Spotify shouldn’t be seen as a blow to digital music, just need diversified business model like #iTunes.
Why did #Apple acquire #Beats? #EddyCue needed Iovine and Dr.Dre to take over iTunes Music so he can focus on other things like #ApplePay.
Analysts, what do they know? When was last time #Apple made a bad purchase? This might be a music industry changing move! Just like iTunes.