February 20th, 2012 by stuartdredge

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Spotify boss Daniel Ek turns 29 this year, but he doesn’t want any presents. Instead, he’s set up a donation page on the Charity Water website, and is hoping to raise $29,000 for the clean-water...

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February 16th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Spotify has a new way for its users to be social, but this isn't about sharing music or connecting to Facebook. Spotify Community is a new section of the Spotify website.

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February 14th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Today's Financial Times has an interesting piece on how streaming music firms are looking to do more deals with mobile operators, ISPs and hardware manufacturers to get their services in front of consumers.

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February 14th, 2012 by Music Ally

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As with many issues in the modern music industry, the debate around whether streaming services like Spotify are additive or cannibalistic tends to be polarised: it can feel like you either have to be for...

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February 13th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has tackled the question of whether his company cannibalises iTunes sales head-on, in a pre-Grammys interview. "There's not a shred of data to suggest that. In fact, all the information...

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February 13th, 2012 by Music Ally

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While CEO Daniel Ek was holding court before the Grammys, Spotify's developers were rolling out an update to the company's iPhone app that delivers a significant boost to its audio quality.

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February 10th, 2012 by Darren Hemmings

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Whilst mulling the latest Spotify story, this time of Paul McCartney’s streaming services takedown, I got to thinking about just how great a role direct-to-fan (D2F) services could play in broadening...

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February 10th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Spotify suggested earlier this week that reports of Paul McCartney's solo back catalogue being removed from streaming services are old news - it was asked to take Macca and Wings albums down in 2010.

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February 9th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Lead: Does Facebook really Like music? Sandbox talks with Facebook’s director of strategic partner development, Karla Geci about the social networking giant’s involvement with music.

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