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# 6 Important Music Business Stories You Might Have Missed Over The Holidays
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/6-important-music-business-stories-you-might-have-missed-over-the-holidays/
- Published: 2015-01-05T08:33:54.000Z
- Updated: 2015-01-05T08:33:54.000Z
- Description: We hope that you were offline more than online over the holiday break. But an important part of our mission is to make sure that you stay informed; so here. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/01/6-important-music-business-stories-you-might-have-missed-over-the-holidays.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Alex Day, Amazon Kindle, Bandcamp, Bandwidth (computing), Google Play, music industry, Online and offline, Thom Yorke, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

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We hope that you were offline more than online over the holiday break. But an important part of our mission is to make sure that you stay informed; so here are 6 important music business stories that broke over the holiday break.

- **[Music Sales Down In Almost Every Category In 2014 \[Year End Stats\]](https://www.hypebot.com/2014-music-sales-down-in-almost-every-category-year-end-stats/)**
- ### **[Patreon Donors Gave $10 Million To Musicians and Creators In 2014](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/12/patreon-donors-gave-10-million-to-musicians-and-creators-in-2014-.html)**
- **[Bono On Spotify, Songwriter Royalties, Universal Music and More In U2 Year End Post](https://www.hypebot.com/bono-on-spotify-songwriter-royalties-universal-music-and-more-in-u2-year-end-post/)**
**MORE:**
- ### **[Digital Music Streaming Report Card 2014](https://www.hypebot.com/digital-music-streaming-report-card-2014-mark-mulligan/)**
- ### **[Thom Yorke Releases His Latest Music Sales Experiment On Bandcamp](https://www.hypebot.com/thom-yorkes-latest-music-retail-experiment-bandcamp/)**
- ### **[Google Adds Lyrics To Song Search, Points Results To Google Play](https://www.hypebot.com/google-adds-lyrics-to-song-search-points-to-google-play/)**

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