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People isn’t just a digital service: it’s as much about a two-day gathering of musicians in Berlin, organised by a collective including members of The National and Bon Iver. But it does also now have a digital element. “We...

Lead: The album exclusive is pretty much dead. But in its place has come the growing demand from DSPs for bespoke and unique content. They all want to be serviced with something their rivals don’t have – but this is a...

Lead: With so much music now being ostensibly free at the point of consumption, advertising is expected to do a lot of the heavy lifting for the digital content industries. As such, the nature and forms of advertising have...

The latest band testing the virtual-reality waters is The National, with a VR documentary filmed and distributed by the New York Times. ’The National: Something Out of Nothing’ was released on Friday to tie in with...

US band The National saw their new album leak online last week in advance of its release, but like an increasing number of artists, they've turned to free streaming as a response...