The new gatekeepers: Streaming platforms are taking over the music industry

Already the place where users went to listen to music, it was easy enough for platforms to become the discovery platform of choice for their users. Spotify’s Discover Weekly hit 5 billion listens just 10 months after launching. With just about 100 million users, that’s about 50 new songs discovered via Discover Weekly per Spotify user.

Source: The new gatekeepers: Streaming platforms are taking over the music industry — The Village Blog