Vodafone-owned Vodacom’s My Muze app takes on Spotify in South Africa with 1m downloads

Vodafone subsidiary Vodacom boasts over 40m customers
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Because Music boss Emmanuel De Buretel calls for Spotify and rivals to adopt ‘user-centric’ licensing

“The so-called ‘user centric’ model, based on a user-based income distribution, would be more virtuous.’
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LyricFind receives Government funding to promote Canadian content via lyrics

The two-year project supports the licensing, transcription and translation of Canadian artists and songwriters’ lyrics
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Apple Music to host Up Next Live concerts featuring Bad Bunny, Lewis Capaldi, Jessie Reyez and others

All shows will be hosted after hours in Apple stores
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Beatport LINK streaming service​ is now available in the public beta of ​Pioneer DJ​’s rekordbox​ software

Beatport LINK allows DJs to stream directly into DJ performance software
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BBC executive salaries revealed – do they offer good value for money?

Broadcaster publishes names and salaries of all senior execs paid over £150,000
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A day after Spotify quits artist distribution, SoundCloud explains how it helps indie acts ‘build careers on their own terms’

Blog post was followed by an Instagram Q&A to “answer creator’s questions about distribution”.
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