Comments on: Record labels growing unease with ad supported music streaming services http://www.theequitykicker.com/2010/02/26/record-labels-growing-unease-with-ad-supported-music-streaming-services/ Nic Brisbourne's view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and media Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mason Fuller http://www.theequitykicker.com/2010/02/26/record-labels-growing-unease-with-ad-supported-music-streaming-services/#comment-12827 Mason Fuller Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:38:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2010/02/26/record-labels-growing-unease-with-ad-supported-music-streaming-services/#comment-12827 About a year ago a couple of start-ups announced their intentions to take the US by storm with a completely new take on ad-supported free mp3 downloads.These services promised to do what several others have tried and failed. Read this article on the problems with the models http://bit.ly/dCJ4kO About a year ago a couple of start-ups announced their intentions to take the US by storm with a completely new take on ad-supported free mp3 downloads.These services promised to do what several others have tried and failed. Read this article on the problems with the models http://bit.ly/dCJ4kO

]]> By: zixmail pricing http://www.theequitykicker.com/2010/02/26/record-labels-growing-unease-with-ad-supported-music-streaming-services/#comment-7918 zixmail pricing Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:28:30 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2010/02/26/record-labels-growing-unease-with-ad-supported-music-streaming-services/#comment-7918 i think As Spotify launches in the US this will be its year ... jostling and grandstanding as music majors renegotiate with streaming services! i think As Spotify launches in the US this will be its year … jostling and grandstanding as music majors renegotiate with streaming services!

]]> By: Finance Geek » Now TV companies are questioning the ad-funded content model http://www.theequitykicker.com/2010/02/26/record-labels-growing-unease-with-ad-supported-music-streaming-services/#comment-6878 Finance Geek » Now TV companies are questioning the ad-funded content model Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:14:32 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2010/02/26/record-labels-growing-unease-with-ad-supported-music-streaming-services/#comment-6878 [...] week I wrote about the growing unease at the major record labels with ad funded music streaming services, and [...] [...] week I wrote about the growing unease at the major record labels with ad funded music streaming services, and [...]

]]> By: brisbourne http://www.theequitykicker.com/2010/02/26/record-labels-growing-unease-with-ad-supported-music-streaming-services/#comment-6866 brisbourne Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:58:11 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2010/02/26/record-labels-growing-unease-with-ad-supported-music-streaming-services/#comment-6866 Ha! They will go down fighting. Ha! They will go down fighting.

]]> By: Jon Smirl http://www.theequitykicker.com/2010/02/26/record-labels-growing-unease-with-ad-supported-music-streaming-services/#comment-6865 Jon Smirl Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:32:47 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2010/02/26/record-labels-growing-unease-with-ad-supported-music-streaming-services/#comment-6865 From ars this morning:<br><a href="http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2010/02/p2p-use-down-but-24m-fewer-people-bought-music-in-09-vs-07.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss" rel="nofollow">http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2010/02/p2p-u...</a><br><br>The world has changed and we don't need the labels any more in their current form. The faster they morph into booking agents for live acts, the better off they will be. From ars this morning:
http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2010/02/p2p-u…

The world has changed and we don't need the labels any more in their current form. The faster they morph into booking agents for live acts, the better off they will be.

]]> By: brisbourne http://www.theequitykicker.com/2010/02/26/record-labels-growing-unease-with-ad-supported-music-streaming-services/#comment-6864 brisbourne Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:49:41 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2010/02/26/record-labels-growing-unease-with-ad-supported-music-streaming-services/#comment-6864 You might well be right Jon. This could turn out to be a backwards step by the music industry, but they (the labels) are literally hanging on for their lives.<br><br>The irony is that the P2P options are getting better and easier to use, so wasting time simply compounds the problem.<br><br>Nic Brisbourne, Partner DFJ Esprit You might well be right Jon. This could turn out to be a backwards step by the music industry, but they (the labels) are literally hanging on for their lives.

The irony is that the P2P options are getting better and easier to use, so wasting time simply compounds the problem.

Nic Brisbourne, Partner DFJ Esprit

]]> By: Jon Smirl http://www.theequitykicker.com/2010/02/26/record-labels-growing-unease-with-ad-supported-music-streaming-services/#comment-6863 Jon Smirl Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:47:20 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2010/02/26/record-labels-growing-unease-with-ad-supported-music-streaming-services/#comment-6863 Free streaming has been putting a real dent in piracy. Why do they want to go backwards? I think last.fm paid $40M in royalties last year. $40M is way better than zero from p2p.<br><br>There are better solutions that totally pulling free streaming. The pricing model assumes all tracks are equally valuable. A smarter strategy would be to migrate hits from free streaming and make you pay to get them as they rise in popularity. Add feedback to your web page as to how many of your songs have migrated to the pay streams. Free streaming has been putting a real dent in piracy. Why do they want to go backwards? I think last.fm paid $40M in royalties last year. $40M is way better than zero from p2p.

There are better solutions that totally pulling free streaming. The pricing model assumes all tracks are equally valuable. A smarter strategy would be to migrate hits from free streaming and make you pay to get them as they rise in popularity. Add feedback to your web page as to how many of your songs have migrated to the pay streams.

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