5. Financial Info & History Lesson
● Lost money every quarter since 2012
● Lost $5 million in last three months of 2014
● Acquired Aspiro for $56 Million in March 15, 2015
● “Artist-friendly alternative to Spotify”
● JAY-Z & Friends TIDAL launch March 30, 2015
6. What’s Hot?
● High Sound Quality
● Higher royalties to record labels
and publishers (75%)
● Exclusive content
7. It’s the Hard Knock Life...
● High Sound Quality
● Higher royalties to record labels
and publishers (75%)
● Exclusive content
● Most people aren’t audiophiles
● Not enough people care
● Trouble with renegotiation of
streaming contracts.
9. Future looks bleak
● Customer inertia is too great
● Exclusive content is a myth
● Competition is fierce
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYYGdcLbFkw