When was the last time a mere music distribution service — think iTunes, Best Buy and Tower Records — asked its customers to get political? That’s what Spotify is doing this week in sending users notifications and custom, state-specific playlists asking them to vote in the U.S. midterms. On Tuesday, …
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UPDATE:On September 24, Apple announced its complete acquisition of Shazam. *** It was nearly a year ago that Apple announced its plans to buy the popular music-identification company Shazam — plans that have largely been stalled because of an European Union investigation. After several months of inquiry, however, the EU …
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UPDATE: U.S. District Court Judge Michael Mosman has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Coachella’s organizer Goldenvoice, Billboard reports. The suit alleged the California festival’s restrictive radius clause, which prevents Coachella-booked acts to perform at any other North American festival from December 15th through May 1st, violated anti-trust law. The suit …
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After some 20 years of stumbling through the digital era, the world’s biggest record labels are finally poised to get richer, thanks to Spotify’s plan to go public. The music-streaming giant, which has 159 million monthly listeners and 73 million paid subscribers, filed for a modified initial public offering Wednesday, …
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