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# UMG Global Digital Chief Rob Wells Loves Spotify, Calls Pandora “Dumb” [VIDEO]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/umg-global-digital-chief-rob-wells-loves-spotify-but-pandora-is-dumb/
- Published: 2011-11-07T08:42:20.000Z
- Updated: 2011-11-07T08:42:20.000Z
- Description: (UPDATED) On a new episode of This Week In Music, Ian Rogers interviews Rob Wells, Universal Music Group's President of Global Digital Business. Wells was an early champion of Spotify. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/11/umg-global-digital-chief-rob-wells-loves-spotify-but-pan
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[![image from www.google.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2015436b15f9f970c-150wi "image from www.google.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2015436b15f9f970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)(UPDATED) On a new episode of [This Week In Music](http://thisweekin.com/thisweekin-music/?ref=hypebot.com), **Ian Rogers** interviews **Rob Wells**, **Universal Music Group's President of Global Digital Business.** Wells was an early champion of **Spotify** and streaming services: "its incremental revenue not cannibalistic revenue". He sees them able to monetize younger fans and create scale to generate significant revenue. "They provide an opportunity to monetize the 95% of music that is consumed without licenses." But Wells is strongly critical of **Pandora**: "It's a very dumb service…they are not doing music or the recorded music business any favors". **WATCH:**