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# WED. BRIEF: Frank Ocean Ignites ‘Exclusives’ Debate • STX Buys Surreal • Lisn, Alively Launch • Live 365 • More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/am-brief-frank-ocean-ignites-exclusives-debate-stx-buys-surreal-lisn-alively-launch-live-365-more/
- Published: 2016-08-24T09:10:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-08-24T09:10:00.000Z
- Description: WEDNESDAY 8.24.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Frank Ocean has triggered an overdue debate over release exclusives while also affirming the growing power of the direct to fan. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/08/am-brief-frank-ocean-ignites-exclusives-debate-stx-buys
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, Music Business, Music Tech, Ace of Base, album, Alice in Chains, American Society of Composers, Apple Inc., Authors and Publishers, Bill Siddons, Bobby Womack, Boys Don't Cry (film), Frank Ocean, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:22

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*Frank Ocean has triggered an overdue debate over release exclusives while also affirming the growing power of the direct to fan connection and diminishing value of record labels.* 

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