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Spotify to Pay Publishers $21 Million to Settle Royalty Fight
The deal puts to rest uproar over unpaid songwriter rights and pledges to make it easier to match listening to payments owed
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VH1 Veteran Tom Calderone Joins Spotify as Content Deal Broker
Calderone, who was the head of Viacom’s VH1 for seven years, will spearhead the streaming-music service’s global partnerships and original shows
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Tidal, Samsung Renew Takeover Talks (Report)
The companies resume their on-again-off-again talks about possiblity of Samsung acquiring subsciption music service
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Spotify Nears 30 Million Paid Subscribers (Report)
Neither Apple competition nor Adele’s boycott crimps Spotify’s growth as the world’s top subscription music service
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Streaming Services Are Giving Music Market ‘Significant Momentum,’ Sony Brass Says
“We expect the music business to be on the rise again,” executive tells media analysts on Q3 conference call
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Amazon in Talks to Create Spotify, Apple Music Rival (Report)
Amazon already operates a limited music service but only through its wider Prime membership program
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French Music Streamer Deezer Raises $109 Million to Challenge Apple, Spotify
The subscription service replaces its scrapped IPO with a smaller funding round
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David Bowie Music Streams Explode on Spotify, Pandora
Plays of the pop icon’s music jump 2,700% following news of his death
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Taylor Swift vs. Spotify and 5 Other Media-Tech Feuds to Watch in 2016
TheWrap Predicts 2016: Our guide to some of the biggest disputes among media and Silicon Valley giants
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Spotify Sued by Camper Van Beethoven Singer for $150 Million
The class-action suit accuses the streaming music service of shortchanging artists on royalty payments
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Beatles Songs Stream 50 Million Times in Just 48 Hours
The band’s classic singles like “Come Together” get massive play on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Prime
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The Beatles to Finally Release Songs for Streaming
Top music streaming services will add the Beatles catalog Thursday, reflecting the format’s passage from niche to the norm
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Coldplay Nixes New Album on Spotify
British rock band follows Adele and Taylor Swift in withholding a new album from streaming music services with free options — but savvy listeners can find loopholes.
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Drake Is Spotify’s Most Streamed Artist of 2015
Major Lazer’s “Lean On” becomes not only most streamed song of the year, but most streamed song in history
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Adele Won’t Stream Her New Album ’25’ (Report)
“Hello” singer says “goodbye” to services like Spotify and Apple Music
