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Beatport Will Bring Videos, Curated Playlists to Spotify

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Beatport Will Bring Videos, Curated Playlists to Spotify

"Streaming giant Spotify and Beatport, the dance music portal founded in 2004 and acquired by Robert Sillerman's dance music empire SFX two-and-a-half years ago for "slightly more" than $50 million, are teaming up." Understanding the value of comparitive advantage, new Beatport CEO, Greg Consiglio, and his business development team made a strong choice.

Partnering with a perceived rival offering benefit to both parties is a win-win for the brands, but most importantly, their two audiences. Spotify recognized its deficiency in their curation and looked to an industry leader and were open-minded enough for the benefit of their listeners. The opportunity with Beatport's video is really exciting and will be fun to watch in the coming months as the partnership rolls out!

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If You Think Piracy Is Decreasing, You Haven’t Looked at the Data…

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If You Think Piracy Is Decreasing, You Haven’t Looked at the Data…

1.8 billion CD's shared P2P every MONTH.

Everyone likes to think piracy has gone away but it grows every year. And millenials who are tomorrows consumers will never see music as being anything but free.

The very thing that's keeping people talking about paid streaming is because the old people are ok to switch from CD's to paid streaming. But will millennials ever think that's normal?

That's why live is growing so much as a relative portion of the music business. I'm not saying that tomorrow, nobody is buying Taylor Swift. What I am saying is that if 1.8 billion, yes billion, CD's a month are curently being shared p2p. the only business to really be in is LIVE.

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ID&T @ TWENTY

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ID&T @ TWENTY

More than twenty years of ID&T has left its mark on the electronic dance music industry. This documentary shows ID&T's development from its very beginning, telling the story of ID&T's transformation and presents its founders' true intention; to Celebrate Life and enable as many people as possible to experience the atmosphere of love, friendship, openness and unity at every single festival. 

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