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Deezer starts selling editorial playlist sponsorship to brands

Headphone brand Marshall has been named as one of Deezer’s first playlist sponsors
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Deezer teams with European telco A1 Telekom to launch new co-branded streaming service, A1 Xplore Music, across Eastern Europe and Austria

New service will be available to around 8.5m A1 customers in Austria, Slovenia and Bulgaria
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SiriusXM set to buy Stitcher (for a price that will make Deezer wince)

Reported $300m pricetag is 67 times the amount Deezer sold Stitcher for in 2016
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Stat Of The Week: Deezer is now a $1.4bn company – with a big opportunity in Mexico

Grupo Salinas acquires minority stake in Deezer, providing a large-scale media and retail platform in return
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‘Our advice to independent artists right now is simple: keep releasing’

The CEO of Believe, Denis Ladegaillerie, offers his advice to artists, labels and managers during an uncertain time
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Global Spotify chart streams rose 3% last week – but fell again in the United States

Deezer says there’s reason to be hopeful – and we need to wait things out
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Pro Music Rights sues ‘the entire music industry’ for allegedly ‘running an illegal cartel’

Florida-based royalty collection firm Pro Music Rights LLC (PMR) has filed an antitrust lawsuit against what it says is “the entire music industry”. Filed in Connecticut federal court Monday (March 9), PMR’s suit alleges that the name…

Deezer expands playlist brands into ‘LIVE’ concerts; recorded gigs to be available exclusively on platform

First event is Rocket LIVE in Paris on February 19
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Over half of us listen to fewer albums than 5 -10 years ago (report)

Only 9% of 8,000 people surveyed favor albums
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After suing Spotify for mistreatment, independent music company files 10 copyright infringement lawsuits against YouTube, Apple and others

Apple, Google, YouTube, Amazon, SoundCloud, Pandora, Deezer, 7digital, iHeartradio and Rhapsody named as defendants
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