May 16th, 2013 by Rob MacAllister

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We’re pretty excited about Spotify’s latest update in which can see how many times a track has been streamed worldwide. Only last week we called for a wider understanding of streaming numbers in our Sandbox lead (issue 84) as the requirement for increased transparency from streaming services has been evident for some time. The Spotify update shows individual track streams for an artist’s top 10 tracks. Although the count represents the all-time cumulative number of streams, they are ranked...

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Features

May 16th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge

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Spotify is launching an update to its desktop application that displays play-counts for popular tracks on artists’ profiles. Not every Spotify user can see the counts...

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April 29th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge

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Strange though it may seem, given our youthful good looks, Music Ally's fortnightly digital music report was already 61 issues down when Apple launched its iTunes music store...

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Podcast

April 30th, 2013 by Music Ally

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In this week's Music Ally podcast, Eamonn Forde and Stuart Dredge put the digital world to rights. Again.

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