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Music Discovery – Hot Or Not?

Posted on 30. May, 2009 by Antonella Stellacci.

Are you a Last.fm addict? Does Pandora suck? Do you want to be in charge of your music discovery or should Charts do the job for you?

Music Discovery is a hot topic. Here’s a selection of some recent interesting articles:

Slacker vs Pandora -Bob Lefsetz - Fine music lovers as Lefsetz hit a wall with Pandora’s “dummy” recommendations. Slacker fine-tuning features seem a better fit for this sophisticated audience. Nice read!

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2009 SanFrancisco MusicTech Summit

Posted on 24. May, 2009 by Antonella Stellacci.

The annual San Francisco Music Tech Summit collects experts and entrepreneurs dealing with the ways technology is transforming the music industry.

A few highlights from this year’s edition gathered throughout the blogo/twittershepere:

-A RIVER OF (SMARTER) DATA

Digital music is still in its infancy. There’s definitely more than playlists, music in the cloud and artist pages. And a few innovative companies promise to have the answer.

-Say good-bye to editorial picks and dummy collaborative filtering. The future is a gigantic “music brain” that is fed by the massive river of unstructured information that is the Internet in a continuous learning process.

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Weekly Digest on the Music Industry – May 17, 2009

Posted on 18. May, 2009 by Antonella Stellacci.

BREAKING NEWS

French National Assembly Adopts 3 Strikes Law

iLike Launches Custom iPhone Apps, Syndication Platform To Help Artists Connect With Fans

Imeem About To Expand iPhone Music Storage By Way Of The Cloud

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OPINIONS AND REPORTS

Seth Godin: Another View Of Free

Bruce Houghton: Despite The All The Gloom And Doom I’m Still Optimistic About The Music Industry

Is the Long Tail really long?

Not just a matter of semantics:about “pirates” and “theft” in the music industry.

Spotify CEO interview ortability and subscriptions to a social music experience as key future developments.

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Weekly Digest on the Music Industry -April 5, 2009

Posted on 05. Apr, 2009 by Antonella Stellacci.

BREAKING NEWS (SORT OF..)

-Google launches a free ad-supported music service in China with the blessing of the labels. [WSJ]

TRENDS

-Why buy when you can listen free?

- The agreement between Spotify and 7Digital sparks a debate on the mixed streaming-store business model.  Glenn Peoples at Billboard views Lala as a possible winner because of its more focused user experience. [Billboard]

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