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Spotify Blog:
Spotify hits 20M paid subscribers, 75M total active users, has paid $3B in artist royalties — 20 Million Reasons to Say Thanks — What a difference a year makes! At the end of May 2014, we reached 10 million paying subscribers and 40 million active users.
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Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify raises $526M at a $8.53B valuation, plans new forms of content to challenge rivals including Apple Music — Spotify Raises $526 Million Amid Battle With Apple — Spotify has closed a massive new round of funding from a wide range of global investors who are betting it can fend off a new threat from Apple.
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Wall Street Journal to roll out beta of paid, digest-style news app What's News next month — Journal to roll out paid mobile app — The Wall Street Journal is set to roll out its first mobile-only product, Capital has learned—a paid, digest-style news app that's said to be an ambitious project …
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New York Times:
Attorneys general in NY and Conn. investigating whether Apple, music labels violated antitrust laws in talking about competing freemium services like Spotify — Apple Music and Labels Investigated in 2 States — While Apple was preparing a splashy introduction for a new service …
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Kevin Donovan / Toronto Star:
CBC host Evan Solomon fired after Star investigation finds he took secret cut of art deals — CBC journalist facilitated sales of art to wealthy Canadians he dealt with in his job — including one buyer who had no idea Solomon was collecting a commission. — CBC
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David Gonzalez / New York Times:
Photographer David Guttenfelder on using Periscope and Instagram in North Korea — Live, From North Korea — David Guttenfelder was recently on assignment in North Korea for The New York Times. He decided to bring readers on his journey by streaming live video on Periscope. — Video: David Guttenfelder
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Associated Press:
Indian police investigate minister in death of journalist — LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Police on Wednesday began an investigation into the death of a journalist set on fire after he accused a state minister of being involved in illegal mining and land seizures in northern India.
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The Indian Express, dna, dna and dna
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
Interview with Eddy Cue and Jimmy Iovine on Apple Music, Connect, and the importance of a “human touch” in curating playlists — Apple Music interview: 'Algorithms can't do it alone - you need a human touch' — Jimmy Iovine and Eddy Cue train their sights on Spotify …
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Jeré Longman / New York Times:
Publishers of only daily newspaper in Cayman Islands flee country after accusations of treason for FIFA-related editorial criticizing government — Critical of FIFA, Publishers Flee — Fallout from the FIFA soccer scandal has begun to affect journalism in the Cayman Islands.
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Washington Post, Guardian, Cayman Compass newspaper … and Cayman Compass newspaper …
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