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What is the future of music streaming?
Music streaming is arguably the hottest topic in the music industry. Eight years ago Spotify was founded, and many other players have since entered the market: Deezer, WiMP and most recently Beats to name a few. And while streaming platforms are made in heaven for the consumer, some artists and labels have struggled to accept it as the future of music listening habits. Thom Yorke famously called it “the last desperate fart of a dying corpse” late last year and much ado has been made about ‘unfair’ royalty payments.