Zubillaga

Adds fellow investor Alex Zubillaga, who formerly was head of digital strategy at Warner Music: "It is a common standard, not some mish-mash of different technologies."

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Early backing included Saul Klein at Index and the American investor Alex Zubillaga, making up some of Songkick's £3.91m $6.52m funding to date.

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Instead of blocking legitimate music services and applications, Zubillaga signaled that the company was willing to take a flyer on interesting startups.

Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010

“We made wireless deals everywhere,” Zubillaga says.

Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010

Assured by virtually every carrier that they were eager to add multimedia services and that the necessary platforms would soon be in place, Zubillaga blanketed the world with mobile phone agreements.

Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010

Hoping to encourage the development of this yet-unknown breakthrough, Zubillaga made licensing deals with more than three hundred cell phone and online companies around the world.

Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010

Despite that success, Zubillaga was frustrated in his attempts to convince more online music sites to add bundles along with single songs.

Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010

But Zubillaga suggested to Cohen that WMG would have to alter what it did and also develop exclusive material appropriate to the internet in order to grow online sales.

Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010

Before he left, Zubillaga counseled Bronfman to try to get the other labels to work toward industrywide digital solutions.

Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010

The online auction giant had started its own 200,000-song music site, PassAlong, the previous September, and Zubillaga wanted to launch a joint-venture eBay site.

Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010