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Beep raises $4M, adds Spotify to its connected audio adapter
San Francisco-based connected audio device maker Beep Devices has raised $4 million in seed financing, and Beep bringing Spotify to its connected audio adapter. Beep raises $4M, adds Spotify to its...
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SiriusXM hopes a legal blast from the past will fix Oldies mess
SiriusXM recently suffered a series of disastrous courtroom defeats that threaten to harm not just its own digital radio service, but other companies — from YouTube to FM radio — that also play oldies...
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Slacker relaunches its radio service to finally land a hit
Online radio service Slacker relaunched its website as well as its iOS app Wednesday, and is scheduled to follow up with an updated Android app by the end of the year, in an attempt to reinvent itself...
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Pandora: New copyright claims on oldies music violate free speech
Internet radio service Pandora is striking back against former members of the band The Turtles, claiming that the musicians’ lawsuits — which seek a new set of royalty payments for songs dating from...
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Apple is latest target in legal shakedown over pre-1972 songs
A controversy over who should get paid when songs are streamed on the internet is about to get a whole lot bigger as a company that claims to own the royalty rights to 1960s acts, including the Flying...
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SiriusXM can fight windfall for ’60s singers, judge rules
Music lovers finally caught a break this week as a federal judge ruled SiriusXM can appeal a jaw-dropping ruling that created a new type of copyright royalty, and that could oblige digital media...
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Robots vs. pop stars: Who is better at curating your music?
The Apple rumor mill is getting its groove on these days as new details appear about a revamped streaming service slated to be launched in the coming months. 9to5Mac reported last week that Apple is...
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The music industry’s broken business could change in 2015
The music business has been screwed up for a hopelessly long time, but change is afoot: Congress, courts and the Justice Department are all poised in coming months to shake up how companies and...
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Pandora to release day pass for ad-free listening
Pandora is looking to add a paid day pass to its service later this year, company executives revealed during Pandora’s investor day Thursday. The day pass will give users a way to listen without...
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Pandora acquires Rdio for $75M in cash
Pandora has agreed to acquire key assets from Rdio, a streaming music service that competes with Spotify and similar products, for roughly $75 million in cash. That’s more than $50 million less than...
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