The Day the Music Died: Why Labels Are Abandoning Streaming Music Services. What happens to streaming music services when they have no music left to stream?
That seemingly zen question may be answered if more record labels follow the lead of the more than 200 labels that have withdrawn their catalogs from services like Spotify, Napster and Rdio following the release of a study that suggests streaming music hurts music sales. The various indie labels are all represented by British indie distributor STHoldings, which released a statement last week explaining that “[despite] these services offering promotion to many millions of music listeners we have concerns that these services cannibalise the revenues of more traditional digital services. These concerns are confirmed in our own accounts and a recent study by NPD Group and NARM.” Deezer. I am very excited to announce the launch of my book ‘Awakening’ which charts the rise of digital music and how it is changing the music industry.
‘Awakening’ is the definitive account of the music industry in the digital era. With exclusive interviews with the people who shaped today’s industry it tells the inside story of how the music business grappled with the emergence of an entirely new digital economy The music industry is on the brink of an utterly transformative period of change that will result in the creation of an entirely new industry tailor made for the digital era. ‘Awakening’ presents the vision of how and why this change will come, what this future will look like and how the first steps on the journey are already being taken. Here’s How Spotify Scales Up And Stays Agile: It Runs ‘Squads’ Like Lean Startups. What’s the secret to staying fresh, lean and mean when you’re a hot tech company on a fast growth trajectory?
A fascinating document brought to our attention today today by Andrew Mager, hacker advocate at Spotify, answers that question in some detail by telling us how the music streaming juggernaut does it: by dividing up its business into small clusters — which it calls ‘squads’ — and running each like a startup in its own right. We’ve embedded the document below. The information here is all the more relevant since this week we saw that Spotify is now finally making a move on to the web. When that is fully live, it could open Spotify up to another big growth boom from a whole new population of users beyond the 15 million early adopters (4 million of which pay) who currently use its mobile and desktop clients. It’s also a nice complement to another insight into startup scaling we came across some months ago, from Mike Krieger, co-founder of Instagram. Spotify vs Rdio vs Deezer: battle of the streaming services.
After the CD came the MP3, then the streaming subscription -- but where should you spend your £10 a month?
For UK music lovers old favourite Spotify has recently been joined by the US-based Rdio and the France-based Deezer. Which offers best value for money? We tested out all three packages based on the higher £9.99 (USD $9.99, AUD $11.99) monthly subscription. Each service also provides a £4.99 (USD $4.99, AUD $6.99) plan that excludes mobile use. There are some variations with the Australian Dollar (AUD) pricing: Deezer is AUD $14.49 and $7.49 for each package and is not available in the US. Spotify is the only platform that provides a free level, with listening limits and advertising, though both Rdio and Deezer offer free trials you can use to test the water. Spotify vs Rdio vs Deezer: Apps and third-party support Spotify has always existed solely as a desktop client, though rumours from TechCrunch suggest the launch of a browser-based app is imminent.
Streaming shoot-out: Deezer v Rara v Simfy. The ‘soft-launch’ of French streaming service Deezer in South Africa last week brings the tally of local streaming services to three.
We compared Deezer with its rivals Simfy and Rara to see whose offering is most deserving of your money. By Craig Wilson. Despite the relatively small number of fixed-line Internet connections and the still relatively high cost of mobile data, South Africa now has three music streaming services vying for consumers’ attention. And this is before the launch of Microsoft’s Xbox Music, expected soon. PR Deezer International launch 7.12.11 - PR_Deezer_International_launch_7_12_11.pdf. Global streaming music service Deezer launches in Russia with few competitive advantages. Paris based international streaming music service Deezer launched its Russian language version yesterday with few visible signs of adaptation to the local market.
Russia is the latest region for Deezer’s internationally deployed service . Deezer CEO Axel Dauchez expects revenues from online music on the Russian market will increase at least two fold each year over the the next five years. “We want to be a part of this inevitable growth,” he said in an exchange with news agency RIA Novosti. The French company, however, faces fierce competition in streaming music landscape already densely populated with a range of business models ranging from free to near free. Vkontakte.ru, the leading Russian language social network, has 150 million registered accounts and a virtually unlimited catalog of multimedia content shared by users. For Russian sites with paid content, a variety of local payment options is the norm. Deezer launches its music service in Brazil, chooses Sao Paulo for its Latin American HQ. Music streaming service Deezer has announced that it is now available in Brazil, with a launch offer that includes free Web access for six months, plus mobile access for one month.
Its regular pricing ranges from R$8,90 per month ($4) for Web-only access to R$14,90 ($7) for Web and mobile. The platform has also been translated into Brazilian Portuguese, and is now being promoted via the dedicated Twitter account @deezerbrasil. Deezer’s launch in Brazil doesn’t come as a surprise: the French company currently boasts 3 million subscribers in 160 countries, as part of its ongoing global expansion.
As you may remember, the country had been left out when Deezer rolled out its service in 35 Latin American countries last June. Spotify to Launch in Canada. To Boost Music Subs, Deezer Turns On Affiliate Deals, Gaming APIs, And (Ahead Of Spotify) 3rd Party Apps On Mobile. Music streaming may not be making much money right now, but that’s not stopping music streaming hopefuls from trying.
The latest development comes from Deezer, which is announcing a series of new services based around its APIs to drive more users to its service. They include an affiliate marketing program; more social and gaming integration; and the ability to port apps made for the Deezer App Studio into Deezer’s mobile apps for Android and iOS devices. This last point gives Deezer a leg up on Spotify, which has yet to incorporate third-party apps into its mobile platform — although we spotted a while ago that Spotify seems to have laid the groundwork for this already. Deezer says it currently has 26 million customers, with some 3 million of them paying as of January 2013.
As a point of comparison, Spotify now has 24 million subscribers, 6 million of them paying. Deezer Pulls Back Curtain On Growth Strategy: Adds 76 More Countries, Free Version, Social Features. Armed with a fresh $130 million in funding from Warner Music owner Access Industries and Idinvest, music streaming company Deezer has this morning revealed more details on what it plans to do with that cash.
The short version is as follows: Push on with Rest Of The World (ROW) domination — launching in 76 additional countries throughout Africa, the Middle East and Asia — as the company continues scaling up its strategy of everywhere but the U.S., along with adding a marketing-driven free version of the service and ramping up its social features significantly. The details were outlined by Deezer CEO, Axel Dauchez, at a press conference held, appropriately, at Abbey Road Studios (made famous by the Beatles) and builds on much of what he told TechCrunch in an interview he gave yesterday.
It plans to “speed up growth” by opening offices in both new and existing markets around the world, in order to strike deals with the local rights holders. Musique : les sites de streaming menacés. Plébiscités par les consommateurs, les sites d'écoute comme Deezer et Spotify ne génèrent pas encore assez de revenus pour payer les avances réclamées par les majors pour céder les droits de leurs catalogues Fini de jouer.
La semaine dernière, Apple a franchi le cap des 10 milliards de morceaux vendus sur sa plate-forme de téléchargement iTunes. En dix ans, la firme à la pomme s'est imposée comme le champion incontesté du téléchargement légal de musique dans le monde. Music - Article - Deezer: Profitability Down the Line?