Spotify placed on defensive by a big investment bank
Spotify continues to be the most-used of all the streaming music sites with a market cap of over US$30 billion, which is only a US$1 billion short of the value of the entire
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Can you launder criminal money using Spotify? Turns out you can.
I’m always fascinated by the ways people to game the system when it comes to music streaming. But using the platform for money laundering? That’s a new one. According to a Swedish news
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Random music news for Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Ready to go inter-dimensional? Some people think scientists are ready to talk to a parallel universe. Meanwhile in our reality, here’s music news for June 14, 2023. More music news? Check here. BONUS:
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Random music news for Friday, June 9, 2023
The biggest announcement from Apple this week? Auto-Correct will no longer default to “ducking.” About ducking time. Moving to some ducking music news for June 9, 2023… More music news? Check here.
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What did we learn at Spotify’s “Stream On” event yesterday? Quite a bit, actually.
Spotify holds an event called Stream On, which is roughly equivalent to Apple’s WWDC. The company outlines its vision for the future and also introduces new features. Here’s what they announced yesterday (March
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This indie artist’s latest shot against Spotify involves this documentary.
The Pocket Gods have been railing against the low payouts from Spotify for years. There’s now a documentary on their struggle which has resulted in hundreds and hundreds of songs just over 30
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I have seen the future of music and it’s called the Web3 musicverse
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] SINGAPORE — If you want to kill a conversation quickly, just bring up words like “metaverse,” “crypto,” and “blockchain.” Eyes glaze over followed by
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Random music news for Thursday, September 8, 2022
Forget what Apple unveiled yesterday. Here’s the new virtual sex Teslasuit (not affiliated with Elon Musk. He’s busy working on this.) Now some music news for September 8, 2022. Hey, Madonna! KEEP IT
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The average Canadian songwriter made $67.14 from streaming music services last year: Report
SOCAN, the organization responsible for collecting and distributing royalties for artists from live performances, radio airplay, TV use, and digital streaming, released a new report as the federal government debates Bill C-11, which
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How did a NYT journalist end up collecting royalties from hundreds of musicians?
This is an interesting and heartbreaking story. The full thing runs about 20 minutes, but the lessons contained therein are imporant.
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Random Music News for Monday, December 6, 2021
Out of North America until Thursday. I need a PCR test to even get on the plane to come home. And then there’s a good chance I’ll be tested again (and quarantined!) four-and-half
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