30-04-2015 10:43 via feeds.theguardian.com

Kobalt boss defends Spotify: 'This attitude that we should kill streaming is a huge mistake'

Willard Ahdritz thinks the music industry may be about to err by placing more faith in Apple’s upcoming subscription serviceStreaming music service Spotify is under pressure from some major labels to restrict the free version of its service, as Apple prepares to launch a subscription-only competitor. Now the boss of music publisher Kobalt is warning those labels to rethink their strategy.“This attitude that we should kill streaming is a huge mistake. In Scandinavia in 2009 we had an 80% ille
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