4 ms·
> The statistics point towards users wanting music from the big four labels I'm sure they pointed that way for TV content, too, when Netflix did House of Cards
by mseebach 9y ago
> The statistics point towards users wanting music from the big four labels
I'm sure they pointed that way for TV content, too, when Netflix did House of Cards.
I think people want music that's "well known", music their peers also know about, and that goal is aligned with the big four labels, because they have the clout/infrastructure to get a song played on the radio etc., but it's not a causal relationship. With streaming becoming ever more popular, the idea that Spotify could achieve something similar, especially if they can tap into data to predict who's likely to like a new album, isn't too farfetched.
- majormajor 9y agoBy that time, actually, the four traditional TV networks were already quite disrupted by cable networks. Netflix was following a well-established non-major-broadcast-network model (e.g. HBO, USA, FX, Showtime, etc) that had achieved a lot of prominence already. Some of the most talked-about shows in the country were only on cable.