Spotify, Napster and The Quest For Premium Music Dollars

This guest post on the struggles of online music services to reach profitability is written by Michael Robertson, the founder of music sites MP3.com and MP3Tunes, as well as a number of non-music related startups like Gizmo andDealipedia. As one of the first entrepreneurs to battle the music labels over an online service, he has a unique perspective on the scene.
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Artist Disruptor (Week 3)

Artist Disruptor: QuestLove
You may now see him bantering with Jimmy Fallon nightly on his late night talk show, but Questlove is best known as the drummer from the Grammy Award winning hip hop group “The Roots.” Having produced tracks for Eryka Badu, Little Richard, and Al Green, Questlove’s unbelievably fresh and unique sound has distinguished [...]

Inside BigChampagne’s Music Panopticon

In the old days, music industry insiders could get a pretty good idea of what was happening in “the biz” by watching various gatekeepers in radio, television and retail. Today’s socially-networked music scene presentsgreater opportunity to analyze anonymous listening usage, but it’s harder than ever to keep tabs, as fickle audiences migrate between online music outlets [...]

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