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Music streaming company adds 8m paying users in 3 months to end of June
Successful ‘direct listings’ cast doubt over the traditional route of an IPO
The company had allowed acts to release music directly on to its service, but not any more
Record labels join tech groups to tackle ‘industrial-scale’ deployment of fake users
Developers and rivals will be feeling nervous as a push into services gathers pace
EU to launch formal competition inquiry as music streaming battle escalates
Three books on why streaming comes at a cost to the way we create and enjoy music
Shares climb on better than expected results
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Audience numbers may be rising but podcasts pull in comparatively puny revenues
Music streaming group makes third podcasting acquisition in two months
EU leaders give Theresa May a short Brexit extension, Spotify enters high-stakes lic…
Universal, Sony and Warner control two-thirds of streaming service’s catalogue
YouTube Music, Google’s new music subscription service, has launched in India less t…
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iPhone maker responds after rival filed European antitrust complaint
Daniel Ek says music-streaming service could have ‘no other choice’ in face of App Store’s 30% fee
Senator’s call for utility-like regulation is one possibility to keep greedy hands from taking all the pie
British MPs have to decide on a way forward on Brexit, the US bows to international …
Music streaming service asks Brussels to clamp down on iPhone maker’s app store
Tech giant joins growing but crowded market that also includes Amazon, Apple and local rivals
Music group seeks injunction to stop Spotify from using copyrights from slew of artists
Swedish music streaming group seeks to diversify from costly business model
Streaming group hopes to push into hardware with new entertainment device
