Super angel investor Ron Conway thinks that digital music is still in its infancy — more than a decade after he lost money on an early investment in Napster.
Speaking at Billboard’s FutureSound conference in San Francisco this afternoon, Conway explained that he sees huge potential for startups to build on the music platforms established by Apple, Google, Amazon, Pandora, and Spotify.Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ron-conway-explains-why-digital-music-is-not-a-dud-business-2011-11?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Falleyinsider%2Fsilicon_alley_insider+%28Silicon+Alley+Insider%29#ixzz1e379YP2E
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Archive pour November 2011
Ron Conway Explains Why Digital Music Is Not A Dud Business
par Albin le 18.11.2011
Super angel investor Ron Conway thinks that digital music is still in its infancy — more than a decade after he lost money on an early investment in Napster. Speaking at Billboard’s FutureSound conference in San Francisco this afternoon, Conway explained that he sees huge potential for startups to build on the music platforms established [...]
Music Is A Big Hit On Facebook
par Albin le 10.11.2011
In the two months since f8 and Facebook’s expansion of music in its Open Graph, fans have shared listening activity more than 1.5 billion times.Via www.hypebot.com
In the two months since f8 and Facebook’s expansion of music in its Open Graph, fans have shared listening activity more than 1.5 billion times.
Via www.hypebot.com
RootMusic gets with the Open Graph on Facebook
par Albin le 7.11.2011
Via Scoop.it – Social Music Gaming RootMusic’s BandPage, Facebook’s most popular music app, just upgraded to HTML5 and now includes a powerful new viral channel. Using the Open Graph capabilities launched at f8, all songs within the app’s musician profiles now include Like buttons that instantly share playable tracks to the news feed. RootMusic’s Director [...]
Via Scoop.it – Social Music Gaming
RootMusic’s BandPage, Facebook’s most popular music app, just upgraded to HTML5 and now includes a powerful new viral channel. Using the Open Graph capabilities launched at f8, all songs within the app’s musician profiles now include Like buttons that instantly share playable tracks to the news feed. RootMusic’s Director of Pages Matthew Conn tells me “I would expect very large increases in sharing”. Considering BandPage has 28.6 million monthly active users, the volume of songs shared could be massive. The updated app will make the news feed a better place to discover music, and since BandPage doesn’t auto-share listening activity like Spotify, there’s no risk in exploring.
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Harmonix Rebounds With Dance Central, Bets on Music Downloads
par Albin le 4.11.2011
Via Scoop.it – Social Music GamingHave music games had their day? Harmonix seems to be doing pretty well for itself in a genre that has supposedly slumped. The company tells Bloomberg that its Dance Central game has sold more than 2.5 million copies so far, and will help Harmonix generate revenues of around $100 million [...]
Via Scoop.it – Social Music Gaming
Have music games had their day? Harmonix seems to be doing pretty well for itself in a genre that has supposedly slumped. The company tells Bloomberg that its Dance Central game has sold more than 2.5 million copies so far, and will help Harmonix generate revenues of around $100 million for 2011. COO Michael Hunziker also says that downloads continue to be a profitable revenue stream for Harmonix, having sold more than 100 million since 2006 across its Rock Band and Dance Central titles. Meanwhile, Hunziker hints at more music games to come that will move beyond those two franchises, and claims the company expects its profits to double in the next few years. He’s also hoping that licensing fees for downloads will come down, although news on how much money Harmonix is making may not be entirely helpful for that ambition…
Source: Bloomberg – http://tinyurl.com/42jf6d4
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