Rolling Stone
How Coronavirus Is Destroying the Livelihood of Music's Behind-the-Scenes Workforce
9 min read · From 2020 · As the COVID-19 outbreak threatens live music everywhere, crew members, venue workers, and many other employees are struggling to pay their bills
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Rolling Stone
The Black Crowes Are Finally at Peace. It Took Six Years
~18 min read · From 2019 · In their first joint interview in decades, Chris and Rich Robinson look forward and back for their upcoming 30th anniversary Shake Your Money Maker tour
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Rolling Stone
How Music Copyright Lawsuits Are Scaring Away New Hits
5 min read · From 2020 · The boom in copyright lawsuits is rattling the music industry — to the point where some artists and songwriters are spending tens of thousands of dollars on insurance policies
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TechCrunch
Spotify spent a lot of money on podcasting, so it wants you to start listening, please
1 min read · From 2019 · Listen. Spotify’s tired of screwing around here. The company spent a lot of money on podcasts. Like, a lot, a lot. And it really needs you to start listening to things, because it’s almost certainly…
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Visual Capitalist
Cents and Sounds: How Music Streaming Makes Money
10 min read · From 2019 · This infographic explores how the music streaming industry generates almost half of the global music market's $19.1 billion in revenue.
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Rolling Stone
The Curse of the Ramones
20+ min read · From 2019 · 40 years later: The feuds, failures and breakdowns of the band that launched punk rock
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EL PAÍS
¿De qué habla la canción más críptica de Antonio Vega? El misterio resuelto sobre la letra de ‘Lucha de gigantes’
6 min read · From 2019 · Este miércoles noche se celebró en el WiZink Center de Madrid un concierto solidario de Acción Contra el Hambre que lleva por nombre el título de este tema del músico madrileño. La temática de la…
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Business Insider
TikTok hit 1.5 billion downloads, and is still outperforming Instagram
2 min read · From 2019 · TikTok is posing a growing threat to Facebook and Instagram, which have both tried to clone its success.
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Quartz
The future of live music lives on your smartphone
7 min read · From 2019 · A new app could revolutionize the way we experience live events.
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The Wall Street Journal
WSJ News Exclusive | Google’s Secret ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans
8 min read · From 2019 · Google is teaming with one of the country’s largest health-care systems on a secret project to collect and crunch detailed health information of millions of Americans across 21 states.
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The New York Times
Filming the Show: Pardon the Intrusion? Or Punish It?
6 min read · From 2019 · A seized phone. A stopped concert. A text from Rihanna. All new fuel for a heated debate about theater etiquette in the digital age.
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Guardian Travel
The Beatles’ Strawberry Fields opens forever
9 min read · From 2019 · Fans will no longer have to peer through the gates – the Salvation Army garden immortalised by John Lennon is opening for the first time, with an interactive exhibition
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Guardian music
The 100 best albums of the 21st century
20+ min read · From 2019 · We polled 45 music writers to rank the definitive LPs of the 21st century so far. Read our countdown of passionate pop, electrifying rock and anthemic rap – and see if you agree
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Guardian music
'This tape rewrites everything we knew about the Beatles'
7 min read · From 2019 · Mark Lewisohn knows the Fab Four better than they knew themselves. The expert’s tapes of their tense final meetings shed new light on Abbey Road – and inspired a new stage show
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The Nation
What Even Is Spotify?
8 min read · From 2019 · Is it a streaming giant? Ad-tech broker? Social network? A new book pulls the curtain behind the mysterious company.
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elDiario.es
Spotify analiza las canciones que escuchas para saber tu estado de ánimo y vende la información a los anunciantes
5 min read · From 2019 · La plataforma estudia el comportamiento de los usuarios para averiguar "el estado de ánimo, la mentalidad, los gustos y los comportamientos de nuestro público"Spotify ofrece esos datos…
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