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Setlist Podcast: Apple Music’s “spatial audio bonus” favours major labels
Apple Music's spatial audio "bonus" is nothing of the sort for many independent labels and creators, grassroots venue closures in the UK, and more…
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Spotify uses EU Digital Market Act blog post to take potshots at Apple, announces superfan clubs
Spotify is fighting the good fight! Apple is a meanie! The DMA means we can spam everyone! In its latest blog post, Spotify heralds the DMA as a “huge opportunity” for Spotify. And maybe - just maybe - it offers “good things” for artists and labels too…
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CMU Exclusive: Apple Music’s “spatial audio bonus” will favour major labels at the expense of small labels and creators
Apple’s 10% 'bonus' operates at distributor level, not track, artist or label level - and creating Spatial Audio has significant costs. Major labels will definitely benefit - but whether independent labels and creators will is another question entirely.…
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Spotify won’t be launching on Vision Pro and lots of people are surprised - but why would it?
Some people are relieved that Spotify won’t be wasting money trying to force a square peg into a round hole with an early Visio Pro app - while other people are outraged that an audio company won’t be launching on a primarily visual platform. There’s no helping some folk.…
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Setlist Podcast: The new certification for “respectful” AI companies
Former Stability AI exec launches certification for AI companies that license copyrighted content before using it to train their models, redundancies at Pitchfork, and more…
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Spotify hits out at Apple's "outrageous" new App Store rules
Spotify has joined Fortnite maker Epic in criticising Apple over a change to its rules around in-app payments. The change, made to comply with a court order secured by Epic, is meant to help app-makers, but Spotify says it has been implemented in a way that means app-makers are no better off…
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Apple changes App Store rules following Supreme Court announcement, but Epic vows more legal action
The US Supreme Court has declined to consider Epic’s litigation over Apple’s App Store rules - as a result Apple has changed those rules to comply with an order from the Californian courts, although Epic says the changes have been made in “bad faith” and it will take further legal action…
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Setlist Podcast: Spotify’s about-turn on threats to quit Uruguay
Spotify’s change of heart on shutting down in Uruguay, the latest Easyjet lawsuit against a musician, and more…
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European Commission set to force changes to Apple's rules around in-app payments
The European Commission is putting the finishing touches to a ruling on Apple’s App Store rules following the lengthy investigation that was instigated by a complaint by Spotify five years ago…
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⏩ One Liners: Pink, Apple Music Classical, Tom Odell + more
Universal Music and Tuned Global agree deals in Africa; Tracy Maddux departs Downtown; Apple Music Classical iPad app launches; live dates from Pink, Tom Odell and The Damned…
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Barbra's Siri showdown: "There's no Z in Streisand"
Barbra Streisand (careful how you say it) has revealed in her new autobiography that she once called Apple CEO Tim Cook to complain that Siri was saying her name very slightly wrong…
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Fortnite maker takes Apple battle to US Supreme Court
Epic Games has filed legal papers with the US Supreme Court in its ongoing battle with Apple over the tech giant’s App Store rules…