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# The Top Music Business Stories Of 2013 [PODCAST]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/the-top-music-business-stories-of-2013-podcast/
- Published: 2013-12-31T11:28:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-12-31T11:28:00.000Z
- Description: In this episode of the Deep Dive podcast, we are joined by Darren Hemmings, who runs the digital consultancy Motive Unknown and curates the music industry newsletter the Daily Digest.. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/12/the-top-music-business-stories-of-2013-podcast.html]
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In this episode of the Deep Dive podcast, we are joined by **Darren Hemmings**, who runs the digital consultancy [Motive Unknown](http://motiveunknown.com/?ref=hypebot.com#1b9/custom%5Fplain) and curates the music industry newsletter the Daily Digest. We talk with him about the top music and technology stories of 2013 — such as the increasingly heated music royalty debate and Pandora's abandonment of the Internet radio fairness act — and what these developments might mean in the new year.

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