Spotify, a company worth $23 billion, has come out on top of the streaming wars, and yet it’s never made a profit. Daniel Cohen joins Malin to discuss the history of the platform and how it's changed the way music is made and listened to, and the strangeness of streaming culture, rife with ethical dilemmas.
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On Politics: What happened to the intellectual?
William Davies joins James to consider what distinguishes intellectuals from the technocrats, academics, experts, polemicists, thought leaders, gurus and utopians who compete for our attention, and to ask whether there’s still a role for them in the public realm. They look back t ... Show More
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What’s the point of literary criticism?
As universities are cutting English degree programmes and ever fewer people are taking English A-level, Colin Burrow isn't the only one asking ‘what’s the point of literary criticism?’ But he has several answers, and in this episode he joins Tom to discuss them, along with the wo ... Show More
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Sep 10
On Politics: Germany's Far-Right Future?
On Sunday, the far-right party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) won the state election in Saxony-Anhalt with 44 per cent of the vote, the highest share for any far-right party in post-1945 Germany. Among the many surprising aspects of the result was the broad, multigenerational ... Show More
1h 4m
Sep 2023
Spotify Founder: “Spotify Was A Stupid Idea!” How A 23 Year Old Shy, Underdog, Introvert, Built A $31 Billion Business! - Daniel Ek
How to go from the Swedish housing projects to billionaire CEO of Spotify.
In this new episode Steven sits down with the co-founder and CEO of Spotify, Daniel Ek.
Daniel Ek is a Swedish entrepreneur who started his first company in 1997 at just 14 years old. He eventually dropped ... Show More
1h 22m
Sep 2022
Best of Business Wars Daily | An Unfinished Song | 6
While music streaming platforms have exploded, many critics argue the status quo isn't working for artists. We're taking a deep dive into the music industry, exploring the relationship between artists, labels, fans and the internet. On this episode, we're joined by music journali ... Show More
39m 9s
Nov 2024
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek on the Future of Podcasts
On this episode the Colin and Samir Show, we sit down with Spotify CEO and Founder Daniel Ek. We talk through Spotify's recent announcements on podcast monetization, discovery and data, and Daniel's vision for the future of video on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi ... Show More
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