I was reviewing this fascinating data from Mary Meeker over the weekend again, and thought I would share it. Meeker, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers describes what she calls “the re-imagination of nearly everything” powered by mobile and social. For example: News outlets are reimagined on Twitter, note-taking is reimagined on Evernote, scrapbooking is reimagined on Pinterest and music purchasing is reimagined as listening.
Meeker also traces out the story of the mismatch between mobile growth and mobile monetization, pulling together numbers and analysis of one of the biggest weaknesses in today’s Internet industry.
And she gives some context to the state of the global economy. Here’s the full slide presentation:
Interesting article from WSJ on paying for music.
http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2012/10/03/americans-buy-more-music-than-they-pirate/