Prince, Spotify Streams and the Catalogue Conundrum

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4 min readFeb 22, 2017
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Prince, Spotify streams and the catalogue conundrummusically.com
One week after Prince’s much-publicised return to (non-Tidal) music-streaming services, how is his Warner Bros catalogue performing?

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Meet the Man Behind the Magic iPod, a 2007 Music Time Machinetheringer.com
The Magic iPod has become a viral internet sensation — here’s how a New York data analyst built it

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U.K. Labels and Google Partner on Anti-Piracy Measure: Removing Linkswww.billboard.com
Search engines Google and Bing will step up their efforts to demote and restrict access to copyright infringing websites, following the agreement of a voluntary code of practice between rights holders and tech companies in the U.K.

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Can Radio Survive in the Era of Self-Driving Cars?www.strategy-business.com
Radio companies may be better positioned than they realize to provide entertainment to commuters, but they’ll need to rethink their business models.

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Are you sick of Ryan Adams news yet? Fear not, plenty more to come.

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Building Ujo #1: From The Technical Underground To The Futureblog.ujomusic.com
The history of Dubstep is quite interesting. While most have only become familiar with it when the genre broke out into the mainstream around 2009, it had been brewing in underground clubs for almost…

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Naxos to Close Online Music Streaming Service After Just a Yeartheviolinchannel.com
Naxos has this week announced they will shut down their high-quality audio streaming platform Classics Online — just over 12 months since its launch.

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YouTube Unleashes Power Of Live Streamingwww.hypebot.com
In addition to its new ‘Super Chat’ feature, YouTube is also seeing a rise in the success live streaming video, although this has been a part of YouTube since 2011 the popularity of such content on Facebook, and the ability to monetize it means YouTube stands to gain greatly from…

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Blin.gy puts you inside your favorite music videotechcrunch.com
A green-screen effect, or chroma keying, is nothing new. But it’s not really consumer technology — mainly because of the need for an actual green screen, a..

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Song Exploder | Sara Watkinssongexploder.net
Sara Watkins breaks down her song “Without a Word.”

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We Are The Robots: Is the future of music artificial?www.factmag.com

After ‘Daddy’s Car’, the first pop song composed by artificial intelligence, Jack Needham asks.

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A Quick Guide To Sonos Speakers: Everything You Need To Knowwww.knowyourmobile.com

Thinking about updating your home’s audio system? Flirting with the idea of going wireless? Keep hearing good things about Sonos? You’re in the right place.

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