This is the best read I have seen on this yet, and I will be using this as a talking point in the college class this fall. Here’s a great overview of what I call The Great Streaming Wars.
“It seems like an open contest, but it’s really not.” The winner, Rae told Quartz, “is probably going to be a company that has other properties, that doesn’t need to depend on the streaming platform itself.”
via An epic battle in streaming music is about to begin, and not everyone’s going to survive – Quartz.