Featured Series – Spotify: Streaming Numbers Put in Perspective. It’s no secret that Spotify is, and has for some time now been, the music streaming industry’s leader, as measured by paying subscribers, total users, revenues and otherwise. But most people…
Featured Series – Spotify: Fresh Finds. As far as music discovery on Spotify goes, the holy grail for underground and/or indie musicians is Fresh Finds. Refreshed each Wednesday, this playlist series combines complex algorithms that leverage big data with loving…
Featured Series – Spotify: Discover Weekly and Release Radar. Spotify has built much of its brand on machine learning and algorithms, employing the former and the latter in a number of different contexts. (This much is evident in the company’s…
Featured Opinion Piece: SoundCloud… And its Uncertain Future. By this point, it’s old news that SoundCloud is in the seller’s market — the company has been eyeing a sale at a purported value of roughly $1B since July of this year, but rumblings…