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Fast Company John Paul Titlow	Taylor Swift Burns Spotify, Praises Apple (And Her Mom) The future of music won't be shaped by record labels and tech industry executives alone: Taylor Swift is going to have her say too.
Fast Company John Paul Titlow	Report: The FTC Is Probing Apple's Communications With Record Labels The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly probing Apple's approach to securing streaming rights from record labels.
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Fast Company November 2006	How Rumblefish Works Licensing music has traditionally meant clearing rights with the record labels, music publishers, and anyone else involved with a track. Here's how Rumblefish democratizes music licensing.
AskMen.com Craig Mazin	5 Things You Didn't Know About Record Deals The basic fact underlying recording contracts is that their terms tilt heavily towards the benefit of the labels, not the artists. Many of the terms border on swindling.
PC Magazine November 14, 2007 Dan Costa	The Music Wants to Be Free More musicians are using the Net to cut the record labels out of the loop. It isn't just unknown bands any-more, but the megastars the labels depend on. And there isn't a damn thing the industry can do about it.
AskMen.com Steve Richer	How To: Land A Record Deal But the key to making this happen is landing a record contract. So now that you've learned to sing and formed a band, it's time for you to get the exposure you deserve.
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Wired December 18, 2007 David Byrne	David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists -- and Megastars What is called the music business today has became the business of selling CDs in plastic cases, and that business will soon be over. But there have never been more opportunities for artists to reach an audience.
The Motley Fool August 20, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	I Guess iLike This Acquisition by MySpace News Corp. digs deeper into digital music, buying iLike, a music-discovery app with a social networking angle that's been a hit on Facebook for two years.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2007 Alyce Lomax	SNOCAP's Indie Spirit Giving indie labels a better form of distribution is as significant as allowing artists to sell directly to fans, another possible effect if MySpace's music commerce initiative really takes off.
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InternetNews October 2, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	You Name the Price for Next Radiohead Album Radiohead tells fans they decide how much to pay in next week's online-only album release.
Salon.com June 25, 2002 Eric Boehlert	Will Congress tackle pay-for-play? Radio-station owners are shocked -- shocked! -- as the music industry's payola scandal widens. Record-label execs aren't buying it (and neither should you).
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Home Theater March 6, 2008	Musicians Demand Copyright Cash Little of the millions of dollars in settlements major record labels have collected in copyright-infringement suits has been shared with recording artists.
Home Theater October 11, 2007	Music Royalty Rhetoric Rises The recording, broadcasting, music publishing and live performance industries are currently waging a rhetorical free-for-all over what musicians get paid.
BusinessWeek September 6, 2004 Heather Green	Kissing Off the Big Music Labels Team Love, an indie record label, has a new approach to selling its CDs: Give away free downloads. If that sounds naive, think again.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Warner's Digital Groove Digital gains help soften the weakness at Warner Music Group. Investors, take note.
Salon.com June 14, 2000 Courtney Love	Courtney Love does the math The controversial singer takes on record label profits, Napster and "sucka VCs."
PC Magazine September 28, 2005 John C. Dvorak	The New Music Download Battle The RIAA is not happy with the cost of songs in iTunes and wants a variable-priced solution.
Fast Company John Paul Titlow	Apple Is Officially Spotify's Newest, Biggest Competitor After months of speculation, Apple officially entered the music subscription market this afternoon with the official debut of Apple Music.
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Salon.com September 6, 2001 Anthony York	Courtney Love's big Sacramento adventure The singer and actress takes her campaign against the record industry to the California legislature...
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InternetNews January 11, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Sony BMG Opens DRM-Free Content to Amazon Sony BMG's move gives Amazon a new boost in its quest to upend iTunes, but where do the record labels' priorities' really lie?
The Motley Fool October 10, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Good Riddance, Major Labels Last week, Radiohead announced that it's going solo and releasing its next album digitally, without the helping hand of a major label. Nine Inch Nails followed suit this week. Oasis and Jamiroquai may be next.
Salon.com August 7, 2002 Eric Boehlert	The empire strikes back As the music industry's "pay-for-play" scandal deepens, the big five record labels try to crush the expanding power of the dreaded indie promoters.
The Motley Fool May 20, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Music's 2010 Overture If traditional radio and the major record labels want to matter in five years, they better make some changes.
The Motley Fool May 15, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	The Music Industry's Next Idol IAC has a winner here, as long as it is able to cash in on the synergies that are available through its growing portfolio of media properties, without alienating the Aguileras and Aerosmiths that it needs to see its dream through.
Salon.com March 13, 2002 Eric Boehlert	Record companies: Save us from ourselves! With payola up but profits down, labels are wondering if paying $100 million to middlemen "fixers" is still a swell business idea...
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Fast Company David Lumb	The Big Way Apple's Upcoming Streaming Music Service Will Differ From Spotify Unlike the popular streaming music service Spotify, Apple's product will not include a free tier.
Salon.com June 5, 2001 Eric Boehlert	The "Bootylicious" gambit Can a hot new single from Destiny's Child help Columbia Records crack the indie promoters' control of pop radio?
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