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# NEWS BRIEF: Spotify Merch Launches, YouTube Ads = $5.6B, Instagram Reveal, Streaming Price Wars & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/am-news-brief-spotify-merch-launches-youtube-ads-56b-instagram-reveal-streaming-price-wars-more/
- Published: 2013-12-12T08:52:49.000Z
- Updated: 2013-12-12T08:52:49.000Z
- Description: THURSDAY 12.12.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web CLICK HERE Updated Continuously @ Hypebot's More News Tab
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Babygrande Records, Crowd funding, Do it yourself, Facebook, Hypebot, music industry, PledgeMusic, Twitter, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:43

**THURSDAY 12.12.2013**

**Music Business News & Views From Around The Web** 

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