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Here’s exactly how many shares the major labels and Merlin bought in Spotify – and what those stakes are worth now
Documents from 2008 reveal much about Spotify then – and now
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Cisco pulls ads from YouTube. Over a fear of sensitive content appearing right after its ads, Cisco has pulled all of its online ads from YouTube. Taking a veiled swipe at the video platform’s past controversies over sensitive content, Cisc…
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LANDR launches free curated samples service. LANDR, a cloud-based automated mastering service, has launched Samples, a cross-genre service that provides royalty-free samples to music producers. The company has partnered with Dirty Projectors, Mar…
Spotify to take action on ‘hateful’ content and conduct
R. Kelly is one of the first artists to be affected by new policy
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Do the major labels know something about Spotify that Wall Street doesn’t?
The majors have cashed in $1bn in shares despite optimism from Wall Street. Why?
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Spotify now streams your favorite music and audiobooks about how they were made. Spotify has signed a deal with Bloomsbury Publishing, a British indie publishing house. The European streaming music service will now offer audiobooks on the product…
Spotify to offer audio books after striking deal for 33 1/3 series
Short books about popular albums will be made available on the streaming service
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Warner Music Group releases its Q2 2018. Warner Music Group Corp. has announced its second-quarter financial results for the period ended March 31st, 2018. Revenue grew 16.7%, or 10.4% in constant currency. Growth in Recorded Music digital, physi…
Warner Music Just Dumped 75% of Their Spotify Shares – A $400 Million Payday
Warner Music Group pulls a Sony and lets go of most of its Spotify shares. But, why? Warner Music Group Corp. has announced that it has sold around 75% of its shares in Spotify. The company received $400 million. WMG CEO Stephen Cooper stated that $3…