Streaming services comparison
Several of us subscribe to streaming services, so are equipped to help in comparing catalogs. Anyone interested? I can access Spotify, Rdio, and Napster. I'm not sure how easy it is for non-subscribers to reliably tell what's streamable in a service. It seems like the best unit for comparison would be label (rather than artist - too broad - or album - too fine).
I created a publicly editable spreadsheet at google docs:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkBfRt0iOHzSdG52SGlRbWt6V0prQ2hrQ1RoeXc1dlE&hl=en_US
Everyone should theoretically have access to that, although I've recently discovered that google docs has some bugs regarding not-logged-in access to shared documents.
Any label comparisons one wants to add are fine. I think the majors, the major indies, and prominent indie jazz labels interest me the most atm. I don't know if we want to keep the choice binary (Yes|No, or X|blank), or if we want to note partial label catalogs.
I created a publicly editable spreadsheet at google docs:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkBfRt0iOHzSdG52SGlRbWt6V0prQ2hrQ1RoeXc1dlE&hl=en_US
Everyone should theoretically have access to that, although I've recently discovered that google docs has some bugs regarding not-logged-in access to shared documents.
Any label comparisons one wants to add are fine. I think the majors, the major indies, and prominent indie jazz labels interest me the most atm. I don't know if we want to keep the choice binary (Yes|No, or X|blank), or if we want to note partial label catalogs.
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Craig
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Introduced two years ago under the name Qriocity, Music Unlimited has struggled for attention in the marketplace. In January, a Sony executive said it had one million subscribers; over the summer Spotify said it has more than 15 million total users, four million of whom are paying subscribers.
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/20/digital-notes-the-rolling-stones-app-and-sonys-streaming-music-discount/