Further reading

Rollin' VC; Shopify; Tesla's scrap mystery and much more . . . 

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 We need to figure out how we will reopen the economy. But not like this.

A new paper from academics at MIT attempts to rank amenities based on their importance versus their transmission risk, but it doesn't quite succeed. 

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Repurposing wasted assets: music festival edition

Another proposal from the Alphaville team.

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Music in the age of plague

What happens when the crowds stop coming.

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Spotify: in tune

The streaming service's attempts to diversify its revenue base seem to be on track.

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Oh no, the death-techers are coming

Tech so disruptive it makes you want to kill yourself.

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Spotify and the limits of the infinite

Digital freedom often comes with real constraints.

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Further reading 

Art-secured lending; seclusion rooms; short-selling bans; fishy support letters; and more.

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Banksy banks on HODLers

And inadvertently promotes the exact opposite of instant frictionless settlement in consumer culture. Hero or villain?

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Thoughts for the weekend

Tips for capitalist astronomers. 

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Thoughts for the weekend

"It's a prodigious accomplishment, and marks the apex of his already superlative career."

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Taylor Swift's asset restructuring

The pop star creates a new risk for financialised music royalties.

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Disney and the death of cultural transmission

Will Star Wars endure?

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Vaudeville, in pictures

Thank you to all who attended!

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Vaudeville has taken over Alphaville 

The sock puppets are in town. 

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One week to Vaudeville!

Wilton's Music Hall awaits.

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Cryptokitties get duplicated at Vaudeville with Simon Denny

Sometimes it takes an artist fascinated by tech systems to reveal how capital structure affects everything.

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BREAKING: Craig Wright to appear at Vaudeville

The man who would be Satoshi Nakamoto.

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Vaudeville, now with real celebrities

Thank you ASA, for helping to promote our own Fyre Festival.

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Taylor Swift and the triumph of capital

Big Machine Label Group $300m sale provokes the popstar's ire.

SOURCE: ftalphaville.ft.com at 5:42am on July 1, 2019[SHARE]

Roll up! Roll up! Four weeks till Vaudeville!

Music! Comedy! Maybe Finance!

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Classical music has a metadata problem

The streaming age is ill-suited to the music of Sunday afternoons.

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High resolution music is a solution looking for a problem

Audiophile trigger warning.

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Stadium shows in the age of mechanical reproduction

The rain falls down on last year's man.

SOURCE: ftalphaville.ft.com at 12:00am on May 2, 2019[SHARE]

Casting call for FT Alphaville's Vaudeville!

Calling all budding performers, writers, directors, choreographers and egomaniacs. It's your time to shine. (Maybe.)

SOURCE: ftalphaville.ft.com at 5:47am on April 17, 2019[SHARE]