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Jimmy Iovine just called the Death of Spotify. He might be right.
Well, do not bother reading this. Even if I see the shift away from Digital Streaming Platforms, the future predicted by this silicon valley tech-bro might work for a Taylor Swift and other top 0.001% of artists, but huge platforms like Spotify, Deezer and Apple Music are here to stay for a while.
Or Jimmy has a very long minute in mind.
Am 14. Juli wird die Audio-Datenreduktion MP3 ein Vierteljahrhundert alt – eine Erfolgsgeschichte aus Deutschland, die noch lange nicht zu Ende ist.
🇩🇪 Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the MP3, this retrospective explores how a German invention revolutionized the global music industry and paved the way for the digital age. It traces the journey from the Fraunhofer Institute's technical breakthroughs to the explosion of internet file-sharing, which permanently dismantled traditional distribution models. By blending technological history with cultural impact, the text highlights how this compression standard democratized access to music, forever changing how we consume, share, and perceive digital media.