In Conversation With Sonos’ John MacFarlane

I recently had the opportunity to catch up Sonos’s CEO John MacFarlane, the video of our conversation is below. In the video John and I discuss various key issues facing the digital music market, including: what the next generation of music services will need to deliver The role of experience in music products getting digital [...]

Free Report: The Socially Integrated Web

I have just released the latest Music Industry Blog report: The Socially Integrated Web: Facebook’s Content Strategy and the Battle of the Ecosystems If you are a subscriber to the blog you should already have received your free copy. If you do not yet subscribe to this blog then simply enter your email address into [...]

Apple’s iCloud and What It Means to the Digital Music Market

Today Apple formally launched iCloud.  Back in June when Apple first announced iCloud I said I considered it a great start but just that.  After today’s announcement I’ll add that there is more meat on the bones but that Apple has still fallen short of its potential here.  Don’t get me wrong, iCloud and iTunes [...]

The Socially Integrated Web and Facebook’s Content Strategy

Click on the video below to view my latest Music Industry Blog podcast.  This episode addresses the Socially Integrated Web, the term I use to describe Facebook’s content strategy. Topics covered in this episode include: Joining users’ digital dots The four types of digital content ecosystems How Facebook will extend its ecosystem reach The universal [...]

Facebook Fallout

As if to prove that Facebook’s F8 announcements were truly seismic we are still feeling the aftershocks now.  Interestingly though it is Spotify who is feeling most of the effect of Facebook’s moves towards becoming a 21st Century Portal. When Spotify was positioned centre stage at F8 (literally in the case of Daniel Ek)  it [...]

Facebook Music: The Tale Of the 21st Century Portal and the Death of Music Service Brands

The digital world had been waiting with baited breath for Facebook’s Thursday announcements. Of course it was always going to be more than just music, but music nonetheless plays a key role in Facebook’s social-pivot. Almost regardless of what they actually launched Facebook’s announcement was always going to be big news because Facebook is such [...]

In Conversation With Boinc’s Adam Kidron

Here is the video of my conversation yesterday with the CEO and founder of the forthcoming music service Boinc.  We discuss a number of things, including: the state of digital music Facebook’s potential impact on the space reestablishing value in music addressing the emerging market challenge Adam also shares his vision for the music industry [...]

Waiting For Facebook

As the market collectively holds its breath in anticipation of Facebook’s much (over?) hyped music service launch this coming Thursday, it is instructive to take stock of where we are at the moment to better understand the eager expectation. Digital music is stuck in a rut At the start of the year I made a [...]

Samsung and Meeting The Device Use Orbit Challenge

Two pieces of Samsung related news hit the wires this week: UK based music ASP 7 Digital (who powers the Music Hub app on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab) announced it has hit 1 million active mobile users (across all channel partners) and that 20% of its sales are now via mobile Leap Wireless announced that they [...]