Mediagazer: Beats spins off Daisy with $60m funding led by Access Industries (Stuart Dredge/Music Ally)

5:45 AM ET, March 6, 2013

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Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:

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Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg:

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Fortune:

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