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Fan Lifetime Value

Rob Abelow

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Music's Next Decade

PLUS: Brand new Spotify, Generative ai visualizers

Rob Abelow

StreamingStreaming

If I Ran Spotify

I'd do these 8 things

Rob Abelow

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Stop Playing Platform Games

PLUS: 4 music membership tools, an Artist Seed Round, & Streaming subscriber growth is shrinking

Rob Abelow

Archive

Artists are the worst direct-to-consumer brands on the internet

Sorry, it's true. Let's change that.

Rob Abelow

Streaming's model is broken (Part II)

Here's how to fix it.

Rob Abelow

An 80,000 person pop-up stadium

The future of unique live experiences

Rob Abelow

The new model for building crazy fandom

8 lessons from Fred Again

Rob Abelow

Streaming's New Era

5 Big Changes Coming for Streaming

Rob Abelow

Direct to FanDirect to Fan

Stop Renting, Start Owning

A framework for sustainable growth.

Rob Abelow

Why Spotify doesn't actually "pay less" than Apple or Tidal

Let's clear this up

Rob Abelow

Music's 2023 Report Card

3 big takeaways for music's future

Rob Abelow

It's not the tools, it's the mindset.

Rejecting music's default setting

Rob Abelow

More music startups should be built by artists.

The artists building music's future

Rob Abelow

Music vs Video Games

The interactive opportunity

Rob Abelow

Music is getting superfans wrong

Plus, UMG vs TikTok

Rob Abelow