March 20th, 2013 by Music Ally

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This may be the cornflake-spluttering part of today's Music Ally Bulletin for some veteran music industry executives.

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July 19th, 2012 by Stuart Dredge

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TheAudience once meant a rather-fine indie band fronted by Sophie Ellis-Bextor. In 2012, it means a stealthy social media startup co-founded by two of the most powerful men in the entertainment and technology...

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July 4th, 2012 by Music Ally

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One month ago, Sean Parker unveiled his new startup Airtime at a star-studded press launch. So how is it doing?

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June 7th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Celebrity entrepreneur Sean Parker has been talking about Spotify again.

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March 27th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Could the Black Keys' main objection to Spotify be one of its investors? That's looking more likely given comments made by the band's Patrick Carney in an interview about Sean Parker

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March 15th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Amid all the debate around how much money artists get from streams of their music on Spotify, there's one issue the company has only ever felt able to hint at...

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October 18th, 2011 by Music Ally

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Boo hiss to Sean Parker for slapping down those rumours of an on-street fight with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg over Spotify. "I love this story. It shows the potential for one little irrelevant, largely...

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October 17th, 2011 by Music Ally

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Know what's better than a million shouty words in public? Er, a billion punches. Okay, the line doesn't work. But we couldn't leave out the New York Post's gossip story about Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg...

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October 7th, 2011 by Music Ally

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The web is abuzz with the full text of an email sent by Sean Parker to Spotify CEO Daniel Ek in August 2009, and it makes for fascinating reading. "Facebook has been in partnership discussions with various...

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