Comments on: Spotify Is the New Napster – But Which One?

By: Spotify Now Targeting Q3 for U.S. Launch

Spotify Now Targeting Q3 for U.S. Launch — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:05:02 +0000

[...] free streams as well as a premium paid service, Spotify’s fortunes are closely tied to its conversion rate of free to paying customers, and the company hasn’t always pleased major-label content owners [...]

By: As MOG Goes Mobile, the U.S. Waits (and Waits) for Spotify – GigaOM

As MOG Goes Mobile, the U.S. Waits (and Waits) for Spotify – GigaOM — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:20:24 +0000

[...] product has proven wildly popular in Europe, but the company hasn’t yet demonstrated that its conversion rate — thought to be less than 4 percent in a February estimate — is high enough to satisfy [...]

By: Confidence in Free Streaming Models Is Fading — Fast – GigaOM

Confidence in Free Streaming Models Is Fading — Fast – GigaOM — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:01:10 +0000

[...] in the same breath as on-demand ones, the spirit of the quote seems far more squarely aimed at the freemium model than at Internet radio providers. Pandora should be just [...]

By: Spotify Aims to Offer 360-Degree Services for Online Music – GigaOM

Spotify Aims to Offer 360-Degree Services for Online Music – GigaOM — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:01:37 +0000

[...] users and paid subscribers, and would take some pressure off its need to drive up its free-to-paid conversion rate (currently around 3.6 percent) — a need that stems from its yet-unproven freemium model. [...]

By: Play.me Jumps on the Freemium Bandwagon, But Will the Model Stick? – GigaOM

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:32:59 +0000

[...] another place to get free music that will struggle to convert free users to paid customers. Sound familiar? : freemiuim, paly.me, streaming music 0 0 0 [...]

By: Spotify Names New CTO – GigaOM

Spotify Names New CTO – GigaOM — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:29:14 +0000

[...] Spotify’s revenue strategy places great importance on success in the mobile sphere. It offers both a free streaming service that includes advertising [...]

By: Will Spotify Turn Out Like Joost? – GigaOM

Will Spotify Turn Out Like Joost? – GigaOM — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:09:26 +0000

[...] giving Spotify an expensive monthly bill that’s not nearly offset by advertising rates or paid user conversion. Joost’s content library wasn’t as deep as rival Hulu’s, while Spotify’s [...]

By: MySpace, Imeem Nearing Buyout Deal

MySpace, Imeem Nearing Buyout Deal — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:24:30 +0000

[...] network. Imeem is also said to be developing a new user interface, the better to compete with Spotify, and if MySpace is planning to launch a paid service, it could incorporate parts of Imeem’s [...]

By: Would Anyone Pay for MySpace Music?

Would Anyone Pay for MySpace Music? — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:01:41 +0000

[...] even if the freemium model does work for music — and I’m far from convinced that it does — MySpace is so far behind in terms of user interface and experience that [...]

By: P4P May Be Coming to a Network Near You

P4P May Be Coming to a Network Near You — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:56:01 +0000

[...] congestion on the web. Some popular P2P streaming applications consumers may have encountered are Spotify, the UK music service, and Octoshape, the company that streamed the Obama inauguration and still [...]

By: Spotify CTO Tunes Out, Leaves

Spotify CTO Tunes Out, Leaves — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:56:27 +0000

[...] has raised tons of money, is valued at a rumored $250 million, has become a media darling and most importantly, a consumer favorite. It now has more than 100 employees and six million users. These are signs of a start-up barreling [...]

By: Grooveshark Has a New Look, But It’s Still Streaming Unlicensed Content

Grooveshark Has a New Look, But It’s Still Streaming Unlicensed Content — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:32:02 +0000

[...] based out of Gainesville, Fla., is set to introduce a major redesign tonight aimed at taking on much-discussed European upstart Spotify as well as incumbents such as Imeem and MySpace Music. But while the company’s revamped user [...]

By: Google to Add Full-Song Streams, Not a Full Music Service

Google to Add Full-Song Streams, Not a Full Music Service — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:31:35 +0000

[...] downloadable songs or providing a large-scale free streaming service that would compete with Spotify’s. If Google were interested in selling content, it probably wouldn’t favor the incredible [...]

By: For Mobile Music-As-a-Service, How Soon Is Now?

For Mobile Music-As-a-Service, How Soon Is Now? — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:01:34 +0000

[...] a new wrinkle that’s expected to spur interest in such services. A mobile component is also the key driver of Spotify’s “freemium” business model, which includes on-demand streams to [...]

By: Can 7digital Dent the Download Market?

Can 7digital Dent the Download Market? — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:31:30 +0000

[...] people will buy songs from partner sites that stream them for free, including European sensation Spotify. And BlackBerry users don’t see their devices as music players the way Apple customers do [...]

By: Check-up Time for Digital Music

Check-up Time for Digital Music — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:02:06 +0000

[...] LP format and a series of new iPods. Anticipation grew around European streaming music service Spotify, which is due to arrive on U.S. shores in the coming months. And a series of mobile music [...]