In this guest column on Digital Media Wire, Alan McGlade reflects on subscription versus paid download and a la carte business models from his perspective as Digital Entertainment Ventures managing director and former MediaNet CEO.  Click on the headline above to read the full post.

I was at the Digital Music East Forum in NYC last week listening to Sachan Doshi talk about Spotify. While he was sharing his vision for the future of music, I couldn’t help but reflect on the transformation the broadcast industry went through when cable television was introduced several decades ago.