Music Business Journal: Spotify’s Clout

As Apple Music makes its debut, we explore Spotify’s strengths and investors’ confidence. 

August 12, 2015
As Apple Music makes its debut, the Music Business Journal explore Spotify’s strengths and investors’ confidence. It concludes that the service will continue to be a formidable competitor to Apple Music, in part because it is ahead in the way it uses social media to share playlists. 
 
Read the full article by Spencer Ritchie, business major. Apple’s new subscription model, and its genesis, is covered separately in an article by John Lahr.