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Review: Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect
Playlist – Liz Pelly (Hodder & Stoughton)
Spotify was started, according to its official claims, because its founders
“love music and piracy was killing it”. In
Mood Machine, music journalist Liz
Pelly argues this is rewriting history.
In fact, she points out, Spotify founder Daniel Ek initially patented a
platform around 2006, for circulating “any kind of digital content”. Only
months later did he and his co-founder decide music might be the most
profitable form of content.
Ek grew up in a working-class suburb of Stockholm. A neighbour recalled that,
while still at school, Ek had set up a website-making business – and was
earning more than his teachers. Rejected for a job at Google, he founded an
ad-targeting business, Advertigo. After he sold it to tech entrepreneur Martin
Lorentzon, the two men registered a new company: Spotify."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
