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  Down By Law: The Year Downloading Took a Dive

  December 14, 2012 – In the early dawn hours of January 20, 2012, in a small village on the outskirts of Auckland, New Zealand, heavily armed police (with help from an FBI logistics team) descended on the lavish mansion owned by Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom. …
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  Spotify Users Still Not Over That Gotye Song

  November 29, 2012 – Gotye's endlessly parodied, repeatedly remixed, constantly Shazam'ed "Somebody That I Used to Know" was Spotify's most played and most shared song worldwide this year. In a press release on Thursday (November 29), the company announced that the singer's breakout hit bested popular tracks "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen, "We Are Young" by fun., and "Whistle" and "Wild Ones" by Flo Rida for top song. …
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  Billboard Adds Digital Twist to Genre Chart Methodology

  October 11, 2012 – Billboard is updatings its genre charts methodology to include input from people who buy and stream music online. The music business publication will incorporate digital download sales and streaming data from services such as Spotify and Rhapsody in charts covering genres from country to rap. …
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  Spotify and Yahoo! Team Up

  June 27, 2012 – Spotify is always looking for more listeners, and just a week or so after announcing a wide-ranging mobile streaming service, is now turning to original Internet search giant Yahoo to find them. …
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  Spotify Gets a Little Bit Freer With New Mobile Radio

  June 25, 2012 – On a PC or Mac, Spotify is great. The app is easy to download and install, and the ad-supported free version of the online music streaming service works well enough that casual listeners don't need to shell out $5-$10 per month for Spotify's premium features. …
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  Spotify Now Plays Well With Others

  April 11, 2012 – Long before its U.S. launch, Spotify was hailed as a knight in shining armor, driven by the idea that when it comes to streaming music, easy is even better than free. The new Spotify Play Button, available today and already featured on SPIN.com, makes it dead simple to listen to songs from Spotify's vast library, free and legally. All without leaving the site you're currently visiting. …
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  Don't Worry, U.S. Spotify Users, Unlimited Free Listening Will Continue (For Now)

  March 29, 2012 – When Spotify made its stateside debut in July 2011, most of us were too deep in "Oooh, prettyyyyyy" mode to notice, but its creators quietly told U.S. users that they would have six months of unlimited free listening, at which point a song limit would be put into effect. When that six-month mark rolled around in January, no one seemed to notice, but unlimited free listening didn't stop. …
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  A Guide to Spotify's New Record Label Apps

  March 22, 2012 – Spotify just got another upgrade. The music streaming service launched a handful of apps this past November after coming to the U.S. in July, but 12 new ones have been added as of this morning, including several from major and indie labels (via Hypebot). …
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  Adele's Relationship With Spotify: It's Complicated

  February 17, 2012 – Spotify is friend to many artists, but (as we well know) not all. As SPIN has reported previously, there've been a number of big-name artists to turn their noses up at streaming catalog services like Spotify and Rhapsody, for myriad reasons of varying levels of merit. …
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  Don't Worry, Paul McCartney's Solo Work is Still Available on Streaming Services

  February 8, 2012 – iTunes will live-stream a concert by Sir Paul McCartney at Capitol Studios in Hollywood tomorrow night (February 9) where he'll play the entirety of his new record Kisses on the Bottom. …
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