Spotify’s average subscriber is paying $30 less a year than they were in 2013

Per-head monthly spend on service has fallen to nearly $5 per month

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SiriusXM’s Pandora investment looks like a lifeline – but feels like an invasion

What does Greg Maffei have up his sleeve for Pandora and Tim Westergren?

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Mind the gap: Is Europe set to recalibrate the digital market?

IMPALA’s Helen Smith skewers ‘safe harbour’ – and explains why things might be about to change for YouTube et al.
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‘Legislators must continue to acknowledge and protect the value of copyright’

UNIFIED’s Matthew Rogers on safe harbour… and the tech companies which benefit from it

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‘The value of creative assets is systematically being taken away from artists and music companies’

Secretly Group’s Darius van Arman talks safe harbor, YouTube, SoundCloud – and the tyranny of copyright laws

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Apple Music’s growth is getting faster… but it can’t quite keep up with Spotify

Apple added 7m subs in the prior 6 months – but Spotify added 10m

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‘Independent music companies are most at risk from dangers of safe harbour’

WIN’s Alison Wenham kicks off a series of features from the independent community looking at safe harbour laws

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Concord’s $500m Imagem buy marks the birth of a major player in music

The whopping pricetag is one of the biggest in music business history

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Why Universal is like ‘cheese puffs’ – and could be headed for an IPO

What is Vincent Bollore ultimately going to do with Vivendi’s most prized asset?

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