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# This Week In Music Commentary
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/this-week-in-music-commentary-1-9/
- Published: 2018-09-15T11:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2018-09-15T11:00:00.000Z
- Description: This week we heard from commentators inside the music industry on Spotify's conversion of free to paid users, what went on at AmericanaFest 2018, who SXSW 2019's keynote speakers will. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2018/09/this-week-in-music-commentary-1-9.html]
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This week we heard from commentators inside the music industry on Spotify's conversion of free to paid users, what went on at AmericanaFest 2018, who SXSW 2019's keynote speakers will be, and more.
- **[50% Active Spotify Free Users Convert To Paid says Spotify CFO Barry McCarthy](https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-cfo-barry-mccarthy/)**
- **[AmericanaFest 2018: NoiseTrade Songsmith Social \[INTERVIEW\]](https://www.hypebot.com/were-celebrating-americanafest-2018-in-nashville-by-throwing-our-very-own-party-with-our-friends-over-at-thirty-tigers-a/)**
- **[Scooter Braun Sues Troy Carter Alleging $10M Loan Default](https://www.hypebot.com/scooter-braun-sues-troy-carter-alleging-10m-loan-default/)**
- [**SXSW 2019 Announces First Keynotes, Speakers**](https://www.hypebot.com/sxsw-2019-announces-first-keynotes-speakers/)