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Beats Music buys Topspin and leaves Spotify in an awkward spot

Streaming music service Beats Music has acquired D2C firm Topspin. The company announced the deal in a blog post from its CEO Ian Rogers – formerly boss of Topspin – this afternoon. “The acquisition brings a team of talented people who have spent years working on building and fine-tuning the artist-to-fan connection into the Beats Music experience,” Rogers wrote....

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Interview: Billy Bragg on Spotify ‘talking playlists’, YouTube and artists’ rights

The latest curator on Spotify is Billy Bragg, who announced plans this morning for a series of ‘talking playlist’ radio shows distributed through the streaming music service. The first goes live tomorrow: a collection of 14 tracks and Bragg’s spoken-word explanations of what they are and why he picked them, with new shows to follow at monthly...

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Jac Holzman: From vinyl to apps to what comes next (Q&A)

Jac Holzman, founder of Elektra and Nonesuch Records.(Credit: Getty Images) Jac Holzman is legit. His track record in the music industry stretches back nearly 65 years — that’s the lifespan of about 12 iTunes — to when he founded Elektra Records out of his college dorm room in 1950. He went on to sign acts like the...

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