Fast Chat: Spotify’s New Ad Sales Guy
AOL alum Jeff Levick on Facebook, competition, free music, and advertising
Last week was a big one for digital music. Facebook, at its f8 conference, launched a new platform with options for partnering with music streaming services. In advance of the news, long-time subscriber-based services raced to unveil new, free, Facebook-friendly products. The problem with free? Money's still gotta come from somewhere. Which may explain Spotify's recent hiring of a chief advertising officer in the form of former AOL exec Jeff Levick.
Adweek: Is there something in Facebook's new music functionality beyond allowing Spotify to automatically send updates to Facebook? I can already do that manually.
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