The Deep Dive: "What Do The Streaming Layoffs Mean?" ft. Jason Herskowitz (Tomahawk)
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English - November 26, 2013 09:30 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsMusic Business music business music biz music industry music technology music podcast Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Last week TechCrunch reported that a huge percentage of Rdio staff were laid off. Months earlier, Slacker and Rhapsody also laid off staff. This trend begs several larger questions: Are these layoffs just the start of a correction and we will being seeing more soon? Are we on the verge of a major consolidation in the online music sector? Are the growth strategies and business models at the streaming companies sustainable? The Deep Dive examines these difficult questions alongside startup founder and industry pundit J Herskowitz.