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Spotify hires manager Troy Carter to challenge Apple & others on exclusive...
Apple's chief competitor in the streaming music space, Spotify, is reportedly hiring Troy Carter, a high-profile manager best known for artists like Lady Gaga, Meghan Trainor, and John Legend.
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Spotify says Apple's App Store changes omit 'price flexibility,' customer data
Apple's planned changes to the App Store still don't address some fundamental problems, a Spotify executive said on Thursday, hinting that the music service's in-app subscription fees are likely to...
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Apple Music rival Spotify tops 100 million subscribers, 30 million paid...
Spotify on Monday announced that it had surpassed 100 million subscribers, including 30 million paid customers, keeping it firmly ahead of Apple Music and other rivals in the streaming music space.
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Spotify says Apple rejected update over App Store policies, 'causing grave...
Apple Music competitor Spotify has accused Apple of rejecting an update to its official iOS app, claiming that the iPhone maker has exhibited "a troubling pattern of behavior" that's anti-competitive.
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Apple counsel attacks Spotify complaints as 'rumors and half-truths'
Spotify is "resorting to rumors and half-truths" in order to ask for an exemption from App Store rules, according to a letter to the company by Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell.
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Pandora planning to take on Apple Music with on-demand streaming as soon as...
Long a radio-only service, Pandora is preparing to delve into the world of on-demand streaming as soon as September, a report said on Friday.
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Spotify looks to squeeze record labels over streaming rights ahead of IPO
Coming off a year of heavy net losses, Spotify, the world's largest music streaming service, is attempting to negotiate better terms with record labels as it prepares for a potential initial public...
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Spotify allegedly retaliating against Apple Music exclusives by 'burying'...
While Apple is buying exclusives to keep music off rival streaming services, its main competitor -- Spotify -- is reportedly firing back by "burying" content from artists who sign those deals.
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Britney Spears' album 'Glory' debuts, but not as Apple Music exclusive
Britney Spears debuted her ninth studio effort, "Glory," on Friday as a non-exclusive streaming release despite reports, and a highly suggestive tweet from Spears herself, that it would land only on...
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Music industry heads towards recovery on streaming services like Spotify &...
U.S. music sales grew 8.1 percent to $3.4 billion in the first half of 2016, largely on the back of streaming services like Pandora, Spotify, and Apple Music, according to industry data published on...
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Spotify debuts 'Daily Mix' to compete with Apple Music's 'For You'
Spotify on Tuesday debuted a feature called the Daily Mix, offering tailored playlists apparently meant to challenge the "For You" content on Apple Music.
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Apple Music tops customer satisfaction in new JD Power study
In terms of customer satisfaction, at least, Apple Music is the top-rated streaming music service, J.D. Power said in its first Streaming Music Satisfaction Study, published on Wednesday.
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macOS, Windows Spotify Free users plagued by malicious website pop-ups
Music streaming service Spotify has apparently been serving up malware-laden websites to users of its free ad-supported service, but at this time it is having little effect on Mac users other than...
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Apple Music, Spotify debut user-uploaded remixes via deal with Dubset
Apple Music and Spotify on Thursday granted subscribers access to unofficial, user-uploaded remixes, a first for the streaming services, thanks to partnerships struck with music rights management firm...
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No native Spotify app for Apple TV 'any time soon,' company says
People with a fourth-generation Apple TV shouldn't expect a native Spotify app in the near future, according to a product owner with the company.
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Neil Young restores catalog to Apple Music, Spotify & other streaming services
Folk/rock artist Neil Young's back catalog has returned to streaming music services including Apple Music, Deezer, and Spotify, a report noted on Friday, a little over a year after the musician...
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Spotify promises fix for Mac glitch causing excessive writes on hard disks &...
Spotify is currently rolling out a patch for a major bug, which can -- at least in some cases -- cause its desktop apps to write tens or hundreds of gigabytes to a hard disk or SSD in the space of an...
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Apple Music rival Spotify on verge of turning a profit, board member says
Spotify, the world's biggest on-demand music service, could finally turn a profit in 2017, one of its board members said on Thursday.
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Apple Music surpasses 20M subscribers after 17 months of service [u]
Less than 18 months after its debut in 2015, Apple's fledgling music streaming service Apple Music recently surpassed 20 million subscribers, a milestone that took rival Spotify some seven years to...
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Spotify drops efforts to buy SoundCloud in prep for IPO plans - report
Apple's chief rival in on-demand music, Spotify, has backed away from trying to buy another important player in the space, SoundCloud, according to a report.
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