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# Music Business News Last Week: Spotify, Dup Data, Apps & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/music-business-news-last-week-8/
- Published: 2025-08-02T12:52:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-03T15:45:53.000Z
- Description: Catch up on what’s happening in the music business news last week from a new look at the state of Spotify, the songwriter’s changing role, duplicate data’s detriment to the. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2025/08/music-business-news-last-week-8.html]
- Author: Alana Bonilla
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, music, music industry, musician, musicians, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

Catch up on what’s happening in the music business news last week from a new look at the state of Spotify, the songwriter’s changing role, duplicate data’s detriment to the industry, and more…

### **Music Business News Last Week**

- [**Spotify reports quarterly loss as users hit 696M, stock down 11%**](https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-reports-q2-loss-as-users-hit-696m-as-stock-falls/)  
  - [**Spotify market value fell $16.6 billion yesterday**](https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-market-value-fell-16-6-billion-dollars-tuesday/)
- [**Why Duplicate Data is Costing Musicians & The Industry Million**](https://www.hypebot.com/why-duplicate-data-is-costing-musicians-and-the-music-industry-millions/)
- T[**he music business is splitting in two. Here’s why songwriters are reinventing their role**](https://www.hypebot.com/how-the-songwriters-are-reinventing-their-role-in-a-divided-industry/)
- [**30+ vibe coded music apps unveiled at Outside Lands Festival**](https://www.hypebot.com/outside-lands-festival-unveils-30-vibe-coded-music-apps/)
- [**10 Music Education Organizations Making A Major Difference**](https://www.hypebot.com/10-music-edication-organizations-making-a-difference/)
- [**FTC goes after Ticket Scalpers, seeks Tens of Millions in Damages**](https://www.hypebot.com/ftc-goes-after-ticket-scalpers/)[](https://www.hypebot.com/why-duplicate-data-is-costing-musicians-and-the-music-industry-millions/)