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Received a Spotify link as a YouTube Music user? SongFlip fixes the mismatch with no extra taps (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-15 | get Anker Soundcore portable Bluetooth speaker → | tags: songflip, spotify, youtube music

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Is Spotify’s shuffle actually random? User finds 72-song repeating sequence (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-08 | get Sony WH-1000XM5 wireless headphones → | tags: spotify, shuffle algorithm, reddit

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Sales of CD and vinyl music sees strong resurgence amid physical media backlash — US sales of ‘retro media’ were up 59% and 18%, respectively, in H1 2026 (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-06 | by Mark Tyson | get Audio-Technica AT-LP60X turntable → | tags: riaa, vinyl records, cd sales

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Apple One and Apple TV subscription prices increase by up to 20 percent (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-28 | get Apple TV 4K streaming device → | tags: apple tv, apple one, apple music

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CDs vs. NIMBY (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-26 | by Bryan Caplan | get Sony WH-1000XM5 wireless headphones → | tags: spotify, amoeba music, streaming

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AI music can no longer chart in Australia, unless a human actually made it (techspot.com)

2026-08-25 | by Rob Thubron | get Focusrite Scarlett Solo 4th Gen audio interface → | tags: aria, ai music, streaming services

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Australia bans AI-made music from its charts unless humans wrote, performed, and created most of it (techspot.com)

2026-08-25 | by Rob Thubron | get Focusrite Scarlett Solo 4th Gen audio interface → | tags: australia, aria, ai-generated music

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R.I.P. Columbia House: Here’s How It Improbably Survived This Long (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: columbia house, music streaming, pivot

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Pandora's ad-free subscription is less than $10 a month in 2026: Is it worth it? (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jackson Chen | tags: pandora, music streaming, pandora premium

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Spotify’s next trick could take a page from Pixel’s Now Playing (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: spotify, pixel, now playing

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Deezer Is Cracking Down on Fake Music and Fake Streams (cnet.com)

2026-07-21 | by Alex Valdes | tags: deezer, ai-generated music, streaming fraud

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Tidal to Label AI-Generated Music and Remove Fraudulent Material (cnet.com)

2026-06-29 | by See Full Bio | get AI-Generated Music License → | tags: tidal, ai-generated music, suno

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Last.fm Goes Independent After Breaking Up With Paramount Skydance (slashdot.org)

2026-05-28 | get Last.fm Streaming Subscription → | tags: last.fm, paramount skydance, cbs interactive

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Relax! Spotify was never going to keep its disco logo (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-18 | get Spotify Logo T-Shirt → | tags: spotify, disco logo, discomorphism

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Spotify is down for some users (engadget.com)

2026-05-12 | by Anna Washenko | get Spotify Premium Gift Card → | tags: spotify, spotifystatus, down detector

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Spotify Will Now Verify Non-AI Artists (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-30 | get Music Artist Verification Badge → | tags: spotify, music streaming, non-ai artists

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Is Spotify down for you? You’re not alone (Update: Back online) (androidauthority.com)

2026-04-29 | get Spotify Premium Headphones → | tags: spotify, downdetector, statusgator

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Spotify Reveals Its Most Streamed Music of the Last 20 Years (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-24 | get Spotify Streamer Gift Card → | tags: spotify, k-pop, beyhive

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Happy 20th Birthday, Spotify. Here's the Platform's Most Streamed of All Time (cnet.com)

2026-04-23 | by See Full Bio | get Spotify Premium Gift Card → | tags: spotify, music streaming, taylor swift

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YouTube Premium Is the Latest Streaming Service to Hike Prices (cnet.com)

2026-04-10 | by See Full Bio | get YouTube Premium Subscription → | tags: youtube premium, youtube music, streaming service

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Spotify is testing a tool to help real artists deal with AI slop on their profiles (engadget.com)

2026-03-25 | get Music Artist AI Monitor → | tags: spotify, ai-generated songs, artist profile protection

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Spotify's SongDNA maps the creative lineage of your favorite music (techspot.com)

2026-03-25 | get Music Genome Project Chart → | tags: spotify, songdna, music

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I’m a Spotify addict and these are my 8 tricks to avoid listening to bad music (androidauthority.com)

2026-03-19 | get Spotify Premium Subscription → | tags: spotify, android authority, music streaming

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PSA: Spotify investigating outage that’s kicking users off their plans [Update: Fixed] (9to5mac.com)

2026-03-18 | by Chance Miller | get Spotify Premium Gift Card → | tags: spotify, apple music, streaming service

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Spotify vs. YouTube Music: I tried both streaming services, and this one was the better deal (zdnet.com)

2026-03-13 | by Jada Jones | get Spotify Premium Family Plan → | tags: spotify, youtube music, streaming services

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Deezer makes it easier for rival platforms to take a stance against AI-generated music (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-29 | by Lauren Forristal | get Music Player → | tags: ai generated, deezer, generated

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YouTube to pull music data from Billboard’s charts because it doesn’t like its ranking formula (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-17 | by Sarah Perez | get Music database → | tags: album, billboard, music

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Spotify is down — it’s not just you having streaming problems (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-15 | get Streaming device → | tags: appears, having, having trouble

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YouTube Music joins TikTok’s Add to Music app feature in latest update (androidauthority.com)

2025-10-31 | get Chromecast → | tags: add, app, music

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TikTok adds YouTube Music as an option to save songs playing in videos (techcrunch.com)

2025-10-31 | by Ivan Mehta | get Chromecast → | tags: add, music, streaming