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6 Major Music Business Stories you missed over the long weekend

Believe it or not the global music business doesn’t stop for US holidays. Here’s what you missed over the 4 day weekend. • Epic Games acquires Rock Band maker Harmonix. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2021/11/6-major-music-business-stories-you-missed-over-the-long-weekend.html]

,   and  Bruce Houghton
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Believe it or not the global music business doesn’t stop for US holidays.  Here’s what you missed over the 4 day weekend.

• Epic Games acquires Rock Band maker Harmonix to “reimagine how music is experiences, created and distributed.” (MBW)

Adele’s ’30’ Has the Biggest Bow of 2021 With 839,000 Album Units (Variety)

• Live Nation Among Stocks Down Amid Fears Over New COVID-19 Variant (Billboard)

• Spotify becomes latest to experiment with a TikTok-style video feed –
There’s a new Discover icon in the navigation bar (Hypebot)

• Spotify Disconnects Car View

• Dubsmash to shut down. (MA)

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