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Apple Files Legal Complaint Over Chicago’s ‘Illegal’ Netflix Tax

Can Apple manage to undo Chicago’s abhorrent Amusement Tax? Several years ago, Chicago unveiled a harsh tax on its citizens. Without consulting the public, city officials imposed a reinterpretation of Chicago’s existing amusement tax.  The city would n…

Apple’s $400m Shazam buyout set to win approval in Europe – report

Apple is expected to integrate Shazam’s technology into its own app by some observers
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The music industry must beware it doesn’t get eaten up by phone giants’ hunger for growth

Telco giants are back in love with music – but is that definitely such as good thing?
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Deezer’s new Middle East deal is not good news for Spotify or Apple

Platform will soon be the exclusive streaming partner of its new investor, Rotana
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The music business’s biggest stories of the past week: Universal, Vivendi, Sony, Apple, Troy Carter

Here’s what caught our attention over the past seven days…
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