Random music news for Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Coronavirus update 1: In an effort to calm frayed nerves, some radio stations are hauling out the Christmas music. Coronavirus
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Random music news for Monday, April 20, 2020
This can’t be good: Vultures have been spotted flying over Manhattan. Meanwhile, over on the music news side of things
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Random music news for Tuesday, December 10, 2019
The first-ever Nobel Prize ceremony was held on this day in 1901. Now let’s try some music news for December
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Random music news for Wednesday, December 4, 2019
It was on this day in 1965 that A Charlie Brown Christmas aired for the first time. Meanwhile, in music
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Apple Music’s new shot at Spotify: An official web app version
Spotify users have been able to access the service through a browser forever, something you could never really do with
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Who are the most-streamed artists of all time? Well, it depends who you ask and how you measure things.
Spotify was founded by 23-year-old Daniel Ek in April 2006 but didn’t go live until October 7, 2018, meaning it’s
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Songwriters continue fighting Spotify
This is a turbulent spring for songwriters. First, Spotify files an appeal to prevent musicians from getting a 44% increase
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Random music news for Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Okay, people. Time to take down the Christmas lights. At least remove those reindeer figures from the front yard, okay?
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What’s going on with Spotify and streaming payments?
Musicians are paid fractions of a penny every time their song is streamed. The U.S. Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) ruled
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Random music news for Friday, February 22, 2019
Heading out of the hemisphere for a few days, but I promise to keep on top of things with music
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Random music news for Thursday, January 31, 2019
Still brutally cold over much of North America. At my parents’ place in Manitoba, it reached -50 C with the
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