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Sabrina Carpenter and Spotify conspiracy theories
In the Spotlight Popularity of viral hit Espresso sparks accusations of modern 'payola' and algorithm hijacking by streaming platforms
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Taylor Swift's surprise double album: an event of 'world-shaking proportions'
Why Everyone's Talking About Fans are 'reeling' after The Tortured Poets Department is followed by The Anthology – 15 additional tracks
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5 podcasts you may have missed this winter
The week recommends Take a chance on some of these shows before spring gets here
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The death of DVDs and the decline of ownership in digital age
Talking Point Physical media sales are still in freefall even as a backlash against streaming grows
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Meghan and Harry: the end of their $20m Spotify deal
Talking Point The axing of Archetypes isn’t just about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex
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Are streaming services helping or hurting musicians?
In Depth Streaming is on the up but MPs say most artists make ‘pitiful’ incomes from services
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The Week Unwrapped podcast: Cut-price music, Brexit fur and a presidential trio
Speed Read Why don’t artists make money from streaming? Will Britain ban fur post-Brexit? And how did Peru have three presidents in a week?
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Spotify aims for podcast dominance with The Ringer deal
In Depth The audio streaming giant wants to move with consumer tastes, and lessen its dependency on music
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Music piracy in UK halves in five years
Speed Read Streaming services such as Spotify and Tidal have reversed illegal downloading trend
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Spotify hit with billion-dollar copyright lawsuit
Speed Read Online streaming service accused of infringing musicians’ rights in industry test case
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Who are the 'fake artists' on your Spotify playlists?
In Depth Streaming music company rejects accusations that it is padding out popular playlists with non-existent artists
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Sonos Playbase: The 'tonally expressive' speaker that's changing TV audio
In Depth Buyers will be 'immediately impressed' with the network speaker's 'natural' sound, say critics
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Electric Jukebox: Britain's answer to Spotify?
Speed Read New Internet of Things music appliance hopes to 'bring music streaming to the masses'
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Prime Music: Amazon enters music-streaming market
Speed Read Amazon's music streaming-service is cheaper than Apple Music or Spotify, but offers a far smaller library of songs
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