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# This Week in Music Commentary
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/thi-8/
- Published: 2015-06-21T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-06-21T10:00:00.000Z
- Description: Some the music industry's best mins including Derek Sivers, Mark Mulligan, David McMillin, Kyle Bylin and Cortney Harding all weighed in this week. I even had something to add…
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, Apple Inc., Billboard Magazine, David McMillin, Fort Frances, iTunes, music industry, PopMatters, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![Megaphone](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0845c81c970d-100wi "Megaphone")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0845c81c970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Some the music industry's best mins including **Derek Sivers, Mark Mulligan, David McMillin, Kyle Bylin** and **Cortney Harding** all weighed in this week. I even had something to add…

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- #### [Pandora Is Out Of Tune With Songwriters, Says CD Baby Founder Derek Sivers](https://www.hypebot.com/pandora-is-out-of-tune-with-songwriters/)
- #### [Apple Music Boycott – Should Indie Artists, Labels Stop Releasing New Music For Next 90 Days?](https://www.hypebot.com/should-indie-artists-and-labels-stop-releasing-new-music-for-the-next-90-days/) **\[Bruce Houghton\]**
- #### [Potentials And Pitfalls Of Apple Music](https://www.hypebot.com/history-tells-us-that-apple-doesnt-tend-to-over-promise-and-under-deliver-we-also-know-from-experience-that-apples-re/)
- #### [The Bundle Deal: The Miracle Of Spotify’s Paid Subscription Numbers](https://www.hypebot.com/the-bundle-deal-the-miracle-of-spotifys-paid-subscription-numbers/)
- #### [Spotify Plays The Big Numbers Game](https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-plays-the-big-numbers-game/) \[Music Biz Podcast\]
- #### [It's Time To Stop Hating Spotify](https://www.hypebot.com/its-time-to-stop-hating-spotify/)
- #### [Hell Has Not Frozen Over: The Absurdity Of The Spotify Antitrust Investigations Into Apple Music](https://www.hypebot.com/hell-has-not-frozen-over-the-absurdity-of-the-spotify-antitrust-investigations-into-apple-music/)

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