Should the industry be worried? Universal Music GroupвЂ™s EVP of digital strategy Michael Nash has dampened down those fears. Posted in Analysis, coronavirus, Financials, News, radio, Spotify Two new reports on smart speakers and voice assistantsДЄ flurry of recent reports have noted that in the initial weeks of the Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown, music streams declined. The post SpotifyвЂ™s mantra for radio vs on-demand streaming: вЂEverything linear diesвЂ™ appeared first on Music Ally. At one point he even said вЂњeverything linear diesвЂќ. Multiple times during the call he came back to the notion that the big audio trend of the next 20 years is a move from вЂњlinear to on-demandвЂќ вЂ“В which in the music world, is mainly about radio to streaming. While most focus is on competition between streaming services, we continue to be focused on the billions of users who are listening to linear radio,вЂќ said Ek. вЂњBoth short and long term, we are always thinking about SpotifyвЂ™s role within the larger ecosystem. There were not many surprises, but EkвЂ™s desire to (as he described it several times) вЂњuplevelвЂќ the conversation around Spotify and what its competition is was the major standout. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek and CFO Paul Vogel have been fielding questions from analysts following the companyвЂ™s publication of its Q1 2020 financial results earlier today, and their interview with Music Ally shortly afterwards. Posted in Analysis, BPI, ERA, News, superfans SpotifyвЂ™s mantra for radio vs on-demand streaming: вЂEverything linear diesвЂ™ The post Serving the Superfans: takeaways from todayвЂ™s BPI / ERA / Music Ally online insight session appeared first on Music Ally. The artists and fans are the two constants here, itвЂ™s just how they are connected and reach each other that has changed,вЂќ said Forde. ItвЂ™s about an overwhelming love for an artist and their music, and complete identification with that. вЂњThat essence of fandom hasnвЂ™t really changed that much. He talked about the long history of the superfan, which stretches back to a performance in Paris by Franz Lizt in 1844, which was notorious for provoking fan hysteria. Music AllyвЂ™s Eamonn Forde introduced the event by talking about some of the findings from his вЂServing the SuperfansвЂ™ report which will be published next week, to follow on from todayвЂ™s event. HereвЂ™s our report of some of the key takeaways. Covid-19 put paid to the in-person plans, so the event was taken online via Zoom. Today was going to be the day for an insight session put on in London by British industry bodies the BPI and ERA in partnership with Music Ally about вЂServing the SuperfansвЂ™. Posted in Fortnite, games, News, Virtual Reality Serving the Superfans: takeaways from todayвЂ™s BPI / ERA / Music Ally online insight session The post Fortnite вЂParty RoyaleвЂ™ social mode includes вЂmain stageвЂ™ concert venue appeared first on Music Ally. вЂњIt feels like IвЂ™m in a Fortnite theme park, obviously within a video game,вЂќ is how YouTuber Ali-A described it whenВ taking his viewers on a tour yesterdayВ вЂ“В complete with a вЂconstant performancesвЂ™ festival-style venue. The perfect space, in other words, to perhaps hold some smaller-scale events with music, film and other entertainment partners, to complement the larger-scale Travis Scott / Marshmello / Star Wars set-pieces hosted within the main Fortnite island. The gameвЂ™s new mode reinforces that point though.В ItвЂ™s called вЂParty RoyaleвЂ™В and it ditches the killing in favour of non-lethal interactivity: from driving challenges to virtual restaurants, a football pitch, nightclub and cinema to hang out in. The idea that Fortnite is more than a game, itвЂ™s a social network has beenВ floating about for a whileВ вЂ“ tweens and teens especially have been using it as a virtual space to socialise (and, indeed,В watch the odd music concert) for a long time.

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