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   SXSW: Spotify's Daniel Ek Says the Ideal User Experience 'Is Not So Different From Radio'

   1:11 am 3/13/2013

   • by Jeff Miller

   In a featured discussion at South By Southwest, the $300 million man offers advice for young entrepreneurs and addresses controversy surrounding the streaming service's royalty rates.Read more

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   Bruno Mars' 'Locked Out of Heaven' Breaks Spotify Record

   3:15 pm 1/11/2013

   • by Karen Mizoguchi

   The hit single from "Unorthodox Jukebox" makes history as the first track to be streamed more than a million times in a week.Read more

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   Digital Music Sales Make Up for CD Drop in Germany

   4:25 am 12/20/2012

   • by Scott Roxborough

   Sales revenue for 2012 is expected to match last year thanks to Spotify, iTunes, German industry says.Read more

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   Metallica Joins Spotify After Years of Fighting Against Peer-to-Peer Sites

   2:26 pm 12/6/2012

   • by Billboard Staff

   Drummer Lars Ulrich appeared at a New York press conference with Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek to explain why the group decided to be part of the music streaming service.Read more

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   Spotify Nears Funding Round That Would Value It at $4 Billion (Report)

   4:34 am 9/13/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   The privately held company last year had an estimated value of $2.2 billion.Read more

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   Spotify Pricing Staying Put

   11:46 am 9/11/2012

   • by Glenn Peoples, Billboard

   Digital music service is set on its current prices as reports spread that the company is working on a browser-based version.Read more

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   Yahoo Logs Flat Second-Quarter Revenue

   1:29 pm 7/17/2012

   • by Paul Bond

   The company discusses its second-quarter financial results but without input from new CEO Marissa Mayer.Read more

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   Spotify Streaming Boosts Music Sales In Sweden

   6:42 am 7/13/2012

   • by Scott Roxborough

   Music revenue is up 30 percent despite a drop in physical sales and digital downloads.Read more

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   Bon Iver, Arcade Fire Named Best of the Independents at Inaugural Libera Awards

   4:49 pm 6/22/2012

   • by Dan Rys, Billboard

   The "Libbies," as the newly-created celebration has been dubbed, honor the achievements of the independent music industry, including artists GIVERS and Amon Tobin and labels Glassnote and Beggars Banquet. Read more

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    KCRW Becomes First U.S. Radio Station With a Spotify App

    4:17 pm 6/22/2012

    • by Brennan Carley, Billboard

    Featuring 100 songs from the influential station's playlists and hand-picked by its DJs, the app can be accessed through any device.Read more

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