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May 18th, 2012 by Music Ally

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As Facebook's IPO continues to make headlines around the world, one of its key partners, Spotify, is being tipped for a monster funding round that would value the streaming music service at $4bn.

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May 18th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Facebook confirmed the pricing of shares for its Initial Public Offering (IPO) last night, selling 421.2m shares at $38 each, raising $16bn and valuing the company at $104.2bn.

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Marketing

May 18th, 2012 by Music Ally

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US-based Fool's Gold is the latest independent label to launch its own subscription service.

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Start-Ups

May 16th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Last weekend, the first two British TV ads aired with Shazam-tagging features, for Pepsi and Cadbury. The 30-second spots were shown during the final of Britain’s Got...

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April 26th, 2012 by Darren Hemmings

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I was using Facebook earlier and realised something I’m not sure has been widely mentioned before now. As well as adding a “Listen” button to Fan Pages, Facebook further extends this when you browse the page whilst listening to music via Spotify (or, presumably...

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