Recent news that the down on its luck social network Myspace fried a dozen years of media due to a server error should have artists and professionals alike scrambling to make sure they have a multitude of backups for their precious data. _______________________ Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix…
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Truth: The Next Big Data Opportunity
As the reality of data harvesting settles in among consumers, music tech companies are forced to choose where they in the coming privacy war, a where in which honesty and transparency could provide the greatest competitive advantage. ___________________________ In this recent post to MusicThinkTank, Annabel Youens explores how honesty could…
Making Free Pay: The New Data Battle Ground [Mark Mulligan]
From Spotify to Xbox Live and the New York Times, 2018 is the year that paid subscriptions took hold. But the nasty truth is that most consumers still won’t pay, as evidence by the100M who prefer Spotify’s free tier. "This means ad-supported strategies are going to play a growing role…
Spotify Responds To Facebook Private Data Controversy
Spotify, Amazon, Apple and several dozen other major companies were exempted from Facebook privacy rules and given access to private user data, according to a New York Times report. Spotify was also reportedly given access to 70 million private messages each month. The social network has since largely confirmed the…
Nielsen competitor BuzzAngle starts testing service in the UK and beyond
Firm to expand to the UK, France, Italy, Spain, and BrazilThe post Nielsen competitor BuzzAngle starts testing service in the UK and beyond appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.