So TechCrunch posted that Kobalt, a company who collects digital music publishing revenue for artists has announced that Spotify revenue has overtaken iTunes revenue by 13% in Europe. That's interesting, not surprising given the trends but is missing answers to a few key questions:
- What are the overall revenues - does this represent an overall drop in incomes with iTunes revenue dropping quicker than Spotify revenue grows, or are artists incomes holding steady?
- How does the buy vs stream ratio look across the spectrum of music popularity? Pop vs long tail?