Comments on: Spotify seeking to be big in Japan

By: dreamlogicx

dreamlogicx — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 05:36:41 +0000

Korea maybe the rage but the dealings here is the market so Japan is where they should start, in fact japan is the no.1 country who spend the most in music with the average of $24/person if im not wrong, korea wasn’t in the main charts others are mostly in european continents. Look at the iTunes, iTunes Japan is the most reliable iTunes in whole asia.

By: Paidblogger

Paidblogger — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:05:39 +0000

What about the biggest hurdle for Spotify launching a service in Japan – the licensing? Sony Music Japan (Japan’s biggest and most influential label) has not even licensed to iTunes and are ultra protective, if not obstructive to foreign services. Avex and the myriad of other labels and management companies in Japan (their neighbouring rights significantly complicate licensing) are equally as protective over their current $4 download. Finally most labels follow Sony’s lead, so if Sony do not license, the service will find it hard to launch with any key Japanese content and so gain any traction with consumers.

By: derp

derp — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:57:35 +0000

No way

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:01:27 +0000

Spotify should instead go to Korea. K-Pop is all the rage these days, all over Asia.