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Closing the window: Why The 1975's next album won't be a streaming exclusive

These are tough times for the streaming exclusive. This time last year, it seemed like pretty much everyone who was anyone was looking to tie up an exclusive deal with Apple Music or Tidal. Now, the climate has changed so much that even those who did those deals and reaped ...

IMPALA

IMPALA, CISAC hail 'value gap' progress

YouTube

See You Again (& again & again): Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth now all-time most viewed YouTube video

PRS for Music study shows that stream-ripping has increased 141% to become most aggressive form of music piracy

SoundCloud cuts 40% of workforce, closes London office

Indian streaming platform Saavn will be profitable by 2018 - report

"Profitability" might not currently be synonomous with "streaming platform", but it looks like that might change soon - in South Asia. Indan streaming firm Saavn has released figures ...

Vevo's Erik Huggers talks subscription, YouTube and Facebook

Vevo still plans to launch a music video subscription service, according to CEO Erik Huggers – but the music biz shouldn’t start holding its breath just yet. Huggers ...

7digital chief hails 'transformational' deal for digital music firm 24-7

7digital CEO Simon Cole has hailed his B2B digital music and radio service company’s £2.2 million acquisition of rival 24-7 as “transformational”. Copenhagen-headquartered digital music firm 24-7 was ...

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