Spotify wants to pay artists less for the music they make as it tries to cut a deal with the majors while preparing for its IPO. These attempts are generating a lot of criticism from those in the know.
‘Apple leads’
Sean Glass is an indie label boss and helped launch Apple Music, though he is no longer an Apple employee. He was also the cofounder of the now defunct WinMusic service, so he knows plenty about the streaming music market he helped to build, “I’m no longer employed, I have no horse in this race. But I fully support Apple as the leader and only relevant party,” he wrote.
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