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Music Streaming: How Much do Songwriters Get Paid? —  www.rollingstone.com

Classical Music on Apple Music: What’s Wrong and How Apple Can Fix It —  www.macrumors.com

MySpace admits losing 12 years’ worth of music uploads —  www.bbc.com   The social network has apologised for losing the data during a…

Warner Music Strikes Licensing Deal With Boomplay, Africa’s Biggest Streaming Platform —  www.billboard.com   Through the new deal, more…

Will the iPod return in 2019? — techcrunch.com

Spotify Files Complaint In Europe About Apple’s ‘Unfair’ Fees —  www.forbes.com   Music streaming service Spotify has filed a complaint…

YouTube Music Premium Enters Crowded India Streaming Market —  www.billboard.com   There’s another big entry in the India streaming race…

As Warner and Spotify Face Off Over India, What Comes Next? —  www.billboard.com   The streaming service launched on the subcontinent…

Spotify Will Now Be Pre-Installed on Samsung Phones —  www.billboard.com   Back in August, Spotify secured a major partnership as…

SiriusXM Creates First-Ever Pandora Content Team to Produce Podcasts, Playlists & More —  www.billboard.com   Led by SiriusXM’s chief…

Spotify’s grand plan for podcasts is taking shape —  www.theverge.com   Spotify purchased Gimlet Media and Anchor in a deal worth more…

SoundCloud finally introduces discounted student pricing — techcrunch.com   SoundCloud wants to make its streaming music service more…

5 Music Startup Trends To Follow In 2019 —  www.hypebot.com

Music’s Streaming Gold Rush Is a Global Game — variety.com   Writes manager Nick Jarjour: “We need to think of new ways to seize the…

SiriusXM Adds More Than 100 New Channels to Streaming Platform —  www.billboard.com   On the heels of its recent aquisition of Pandora…

Legendary Hip-Hop Act De La Soul Protests Streaming Deal for Its Classic Albums — fortune.com   De La Soul’s classic hip-hop records are…

Pandora Stories launches, combining music and podcasting in a new format — techcrunch.com   In an effort to one-up Spotify and Apple Music…

Music’s Big Three Labels Make $19 Million a Day From Streaming —  www.rollingstone.com

Warner Music Sues to Block Spotify in India, Escalating Dispute —  www.bloomberg.com   Warner Music Group asked an Indian court to block…

SoundCloud’s Path To Profitability Will be Achieved Selling to Labels Not Artists — medium.com   Earlier this week SoundCloud launched its…

IDAGIO, muvac Partner to Simplify Audition Preparation — platformandstream.com

SoundCloud Unveils New Tool Allowing Artists to Distribute Directly to Spotify, Apple Music & More —  www.billboard.com   The tool will…

Apple Music lets subscribers give a free month to a friend — musically.com   Here’s an interesting new tactic for music-streaming…

Five Things Spotify Needs to Fix in 2019 — Rolling Stone —  www.rollingstone.com