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# 3 Major Music Industry Stories You Missed Over The Weekend
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/3-major-music-industry-stories-you-missed-over-the-weekend/
- Published: 2016-01-11T08:03:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-01-11T08:03:00.000Z
- Description: Fewer business stories break late on Friday afternoon or over the weekend. But that journalistic adage did not hold true this weekend as Spotify got hit by a second lawsuit,. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/01/3-major-music-industry-stories-you-missed-over-the-weekend.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Apple Music, Capital Music Group, Spotify, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:22

[![image from www.womaninthehat.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c805a973970b-150wi "image from www.womaninthehat.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c805a973970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Fewer business stories break late on Friday afternoon or over the weekend. But that journalistic adage did not hold true this weekend as **Spotify** got hit by a second lawsuit, **Apple Music** hit an impressive milestone and some **Capital Music Group** staffers and execs received some very bad news.

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[Second Class Action Suit Filed Against Spotify Seeks $200M "To Vindicate Rights" Of Songwriters And Publishers](https://www.hypebot.com/second-class-action-suit-filed-against-spotify-seeks-200m-to-vindicate-rights-of-songwriters-publish/)\- [Apple Music Tops 10 Million Paid Subscribers Just 6 Months After Launch](https://www.hypebot.com/apple-music-tops-10-million-paid-subscribers-6-months-after-launch/)\- [Major Layoffs At Capital Music Group Including Many Top Execs](https://www.hypebot.com/major-layoffs-at-capital-music-group-including-several-executives/)

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