October 2009
9 posts
WatchCheck out All Hallows’ Even — a most awesome, eclectic mix from New York’s Midnight Rockers Express, hosted by RCRD LBL.
Wish we (8tracks) could figure out a mutually beneficial way to work with RCRD LBL on these.
Daniel Ek on viability of an on-demand model
Daniek Ek (CEO/founder of Spotify) on sustaining an on-demand model (in paidContent today):
“The truth is, if we only have ad-supported users, the model won’t be sustainable; if we only had paid users, the model won’t be sustainable either. If you look at the history of paid services, none of them really caught on. The key here is the balance of both.”
Completely agree about the challenge of...
WatchSome excellent selections from a friend in London.
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Spotify should buy imeem
imeem just raised $6m in new cash at a $6m pre-money valuation (obviously a big write-down occurred here and/or in back in May). As imeem gives up a 50% stake, this sounds like a final round to move to profitability or, I think more likely, to sell the company to someone else (which I know they’ve been trying to do for awhile). While I don’t have access to Jupiter Media Metrix, even...