Music

Through Spotify, Daniel Ek has changed the music industry forever

Developed to bridge the gap between illegal file sharing innovation and a behind-the-times record industry, Spotify is conducting a delicate balancing act. CEO Daniel Ek needs to keep all parties happy ahead of the company’s anticipated IPO

Vinyl is back as a popular and profitable music medium

Analogue formats were once thought dead, replaced by physical digital storage mechanisms that have themselves been usurped by online streaming services. Vinyl, however, is now experiencing a full-blown revival

Music to the moguls’ ears: festivals provide a steady stream of money

Music festivals have changed. Once just weekend breaks for the young and hedonistic, they are now moneymaking machines and an integral part of the music industry

The man set to revolutionise music in 2015

When Apple paid a whopping $3bn for popular headphone manufacturer Beats Electronics, eyebrows across the tech industry were raised. While many thought it was a blatant attempt at recapturing the youth market it had become so popular amongst a number of years ago, others thought it merely a sign of a once innovative company throwing […]

Alex Ljung

Alex Ljung never stops thinking about sound. The young CEO has taken Soundcloud from plucky internet start-up to the web’s largest audio-distribution platform and is looking to expand even further

Roll over Beethoven

There are some things that will remain forever timeless in our minds and one of them is the fender guitar – we revisit the master of instrument craftsmanship

Spotify the difference

Daniel Ek, CEO and founder of a downloadable P2P-based music-streaming-on-demand application, has a userbase of over one million. For someone who started their first company at 14, it’s no surprise how quickly Spotify has revamped our consumption of music

Awards Supplement 2023

The European CEO awards 2023 have now been announced, presenting our pick of the CEOs, companies and campaigns leading their sectors.