George Michael Streams Up 3,000 Percent
George Michael Streams Up 3,000 Percent on Spotify Following Singer’s Death — www.billboard.com
The number of George Michael song streams on Spotify has skyrocketed following the English singer’s untimely death on Christmas from heart failure.
Top Spotify Lawyer: Attracting Pirates is in Our DNA — torrentfreak.com
Spotify is not only one of the world’s most popular music platforms, it’s also one that’s proven particularly popular with both current and former pirates. In a new interview, General Counsel of Spotify Horacio Gutierrez explains that tackling the piracy problem was one of the company’s key goals, describing the effort as being embedded in the company’s DNA.
Scheming, streaming and dreaming: 2016’s year in music — www.theglobeandmail.com
A look back at some of the highs and lows of the year, from happy reunion tours to more than a few devastating deaths
Exclusive Rights To Music Streaming Popularized In 2016 — www.mobilenapps.com
Sole rights to stream music online, who will benefit from it? What is in store for the future of the favored service of online music streaming.
2016: the year music went ‘exclusive’ — www.theverge.com
Whether it was what she intended or not, Taylor Swift threw down the “exclusive” gauntlet with her 2014 Wall Street Journal op-ed about the future of streaming services. In it, she referred to…
Run The Jewels 3 is available for free download — www.theverge.com
RTJ3, the third collaborative album from El-P and Killer Mike, was scheduled for a January 13th release, but the hip hop duo got to feeling a bit sentimental over Christmas and decided to release…