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Live Nation, SiriusXM Could Become a Single Music Behemoth — www.rollingstone.com

Live Nation, SiriusXM Could Become a Single Music Behemoth — www.rollingstone.com

SiriusXM’s purchase of Pandora has analysts wondering how big its aspirations really are.

Is music tech short-changing songwriters? — www.techradar.com 
 Tech has done great things for composers, but the growth of streaming has complicated the issue of how they get paid.

Garmin adds Spotify to its music watches — www.cnet.com 
 Got Spotify Premium? You’ll be able to download and listen to music offline with compatible Garmin music watches.

Pandora, Soundcloud Partner For US Ad Sales — www.hypebot.com

SoundCloud today announced a partnership that makes Pandora its exclusive U.S. advertising and sales representative starting next year.

How the Music Modernization Act will help artists get paid more from streaming — www.theverge.com 
 Public Knowledge’s Meredith Rose on The Vergecast

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek on Apple, Facebook, Netflix — www.fastcompany.com 
 An intimate look inside the mind of the CEO bending the music industry into his vision for it.

​deadmau5 brings a new mau5trap radio series to Sirius XM — mixmag.net

More mau5 while you drive.

Rut Roh: Led Zeppelin’s Free Agency Streaming Service — musictech.solutions

In the middle of what I think is a lot of hot air about Spotify becoming a threat to record companies — almost always a story promoted by either stock analysts who don’t know a trap case from a coke spoon or by overpaid Spotify executives — comes a very interesting story.

J. Cole’s “Cole World: The Sideline Story” Mysteriously Removed From Streaming — www.hotnewhiphop.com

The President of Dreamville says they’re sorting out the issue.

Steven Van Zandt: ‘Streaming Is a Disaster for Artists. A Disaster.’ — www.digitalmusicnews.com 
 We asked Steven Van Zandt, one of the world’s biggest musicians, how he felt streaming was impacting creativity and the ability of artists to make a living.