The next disruption of the music industry?


Cover art for The Beatles' Sgt Pepper Album.

Another short - and probably incorrect - prediction about disruption. Spotify, for all its tech, isn't magically disruptive. The business model is similar to a radio station. It pays music publishers based on what songs its listeners' request. (This is grossly oversimplified. Stick with me.) Spotify buys a product wholesale and then sells it retail. This is different from, say, the original Napster which paid nothing for its product and then gave it away for free. Is there a way to provide …

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