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# AM BRIEF: Spotify Songwriters Spat Intensifies • Believe Denies Sony Buyout • MelodyVR Scores 3rd Major • More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/am-brief-spotify-songwriters-spat-intensifies-believe-denies-sony-buyout-melodyvr-scores-3rd-major-m/
- Published: 2017-07-18T07:44:27.000Z
- Updated: 2017-07-18T07:44:27.000Z
- Description: TUESDAY 7.18.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Think that Spotify payments suck for artists and labels? Look at what songwriters and publishers get. Updated continuously under our More News tab
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, Amazon, Apple, Apple Music, Google, music, music industry, musician, musicians, Pandora, Spotify, Tech Stories, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:13

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*Think that Spotify payments suck for artists and labels? Look at what songwriters and publishers get.*

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