NEWS BRIEF: Spotify’s Plans, Vice + Warner Bros, 4.74 Degrees Of Separation, Digital Stones & More

What do think Spotify is launching during its "big announcement" next Wednesday? I share my best guesses here. What are yours?

• Four years after leaving Atlantic Records, Vice Music, the in-house label of Vice Media  is partnering Warner Bros. Records for global  distribution, marketing and touring support. (Billboard)
• Its no longer 6 degrees of separation. New study says it's 4.74 degrees. (NYT)

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