Daniel Ek: “Freemium will make the music industry much larger than it’s ever been before”
Daniel Ek Interview | Music Ally
According to The Verge, Apple is pressuring the major record labels to disallow streaming services like Spotify to offer a free tier, ahead of its own Beats service relaunch:
Heating up… https://t.co/At0YOf13pp
— Mike Shupp (@MikeShupp) May 4, 2015
Apple’s acquisition of Beats music service last August signaled their possible interest in offering a streaming service of their own to compete with Spotify, Rdio and others… 9to5Mac is reporting some details on their progress:
The Next Episode: Apple’s plans for Beats-based music service revealed
The partnership with ArtistLink by Topspin, announced one year ago to enable the sale of retail merchandise has been discontinued; CDs and other merch can still be listed on Spotify through the BandPage platform:
Conversations on #streaming royalty payouts should use the phrase "per listen" instead of "per stream"
— Mike Shupp (@MikeShupp) November 6, 2014