It’s a bit worrisome that they plan on acquiring $500 million worth of podcasts/podcast companies per year. Let’s hope they don’t start doing “Spotify exclusive” podcasts.
It’s a bit worrisome that they plan on acquiring $500 million worth of podcasts/podcast companies per year. Let’s hope they don’t start doing “Spotify exclusive” podcasts.
Who wants to take a bet that Spotify is going to buy podcast startups by the dozen, make their content exclusive, and then slowly chip away all but the most listened to podcasts when they realize...
Who wants to take a bet that Spotify is going to buy podcast startups by the dozen, make their content exclusive, and then slowly chip away all but the most listened to podcasts when they realize they can't actually make it profitable?
It seems like they're following the Netflix model (buying rights to exclusive content), but that model doesn't seem like it's going to pay off for Netflix and seems even less likely to pay off for...
It seems like they're following the Netflix model (buying rights to exclusive content), but that model doesn't seem like it's going to pay off for Netflix and seems even less likely to pay off for Spotify. Spotify and Hulu's coupled "premium" service offering seems like a better move for controlling retention than the "exclusive content" idea.
I might be drinking too much of the decentralized/crypto kool-aid, but replacing these (eg: Spotify, iTunes, Netflix, YouTube, etc) content platforms with decentralized services seems very much to be the next step in the evolution of the internet. There's plenty of challenges in getting there and I'm sure there will still be value in the content production, aggregation, and filtering businesses, but I'm not long on any of these platforms thriving over the next 5-10 years.
Agree. It’s obviously bad for consumers but good for them. Personally, I’m not willing to subscribe to something because they have “exclusive content” unless it’s a massive library. EDIT: Right...
Agree. It’s obviously bad for consumers but good for them. Personally, I’m not willing to subscribe to something because they have “exclusive content” unless it’s a massive library.
EDIT: Right after posting my comment, I saw this article about a start up doing the same thing.
It’s a bit worrisome that they plan on acquiring $500 million worth of podcasts/podcast companies per year. Let’s hope they don’t start doing “Spotify exclusive” podcasts.
Has Spotify made stuff from Gimlets podcasts exclusive? I thought that was only with the podcasts they produced themselves.
Huh. I had actually gotten a few "previews" of Crimetown season 2 in my feed but I never actually saw the episodes. That explains why.
Who wants to take a bet that Spotify is going to buy podcast startups by the dozen, make their content exclusive, and then slowly chip away all but the most listened to podcasts when they realize they can't actually make it profitable?
Sounds about right. Or they’ll just add a whole bunch of analytics and dynamic ad insertion to monetize people.
It seems like they're following the Netflix model (buying rights to exclusive content), but that model doesn't seem like it's going to pay off for Netflix and seems even less likely to pay off for Spotify. Spotify and Hulu's coupled "premium" service offering seems like a better move for controlling retention than the "exclusive content" idea.
I might be drinking too much of the decentralized/crypto kool-aid, but replacing these (eg: Spotify, iTunes, Netflix, YouTube, etc) content platforms with decentralized services seems very much to be the next step in the evolution of the internet. There's plenty of challenges in getting there and I'm sure there will still be value in the content production, aggregation, and filtering businesses, but I'm not long on any of these platforms thriving over the next 5-10 years.
Agree. It’s obviously bad for consumers but good for them. Personally, I’m not willing to subscribe to something because they have “exclusive content” unless it’s a massive library.
EDIT: Right after posting my comment, I saw this article about a start up doing the same thing.