Spotify made its debut on Wall Street and rocketed to a $30bn valuation
The company debut valuation was more than Twitter and Snapchat.
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The company debut valuation was more than Twitter and Snapchat.
Wixen Music Publishing, Inc claims Spotify failed to seek licenses for significant parts of its 30 million-song catalog.
Several other music streaming services are also making hundreds of tracks from the Fab Four available for the first time.
And that’s only in the first half of 2015.
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The streaming service recently closed, under threat of having to pay crushing financial penalties to record labels.
The number of paid users has doubled to 20 million in the past year.
“YouTube is the biggest culprit, them n*****s pay you a tenth of what you supposed to get.”
It’s pressurising record labels to force music streaming services like Spotify to abandon its free version
It’s like the mid-2000s all over again – but this time it’s all about the music.
Jay Z’s new music streaming service is officially live.
It’s all to do with Jay-Z’s efforts to kickstart a music service he owns.
It’s all about copyright and who gets paid for artists’ tracks.
Streaming music is like ivory poaching, he says.
Could someone out there be listening to the exact same song as you?
Although it’s only available in the US for now.
The redesign comes after rumours the company will hold its IPO sometime in the Autumn.
Because there’s more out there than just Spotify.
The company plans to limit how users stream certain tracks to help encourage them to buy songs and albums in their music store.
*Or at least their credibility. And how to avoid it!
Eircom says the music streaming and download service is “not a core business activity”.