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Spotify is a Hot Mess

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BY: JOSEPH DEBELL, OPINION EDITOR Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Despite its carefully cultivated image as a champion of artists and music lovers, Spotify cares more about profit than the people who make its platform worth using.   The latest revelation? A $150,000 donation to Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony. Spotify defended the move, claiming it was…

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Apple Music’s unethical pay plan hurts ‘indie’ artists

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BY: JOSEPH DEBELL, OPINION EDITOR Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Amid the media attention that arrives with the Grammy Awards, it’s important to remember that the capitalistic system through which artists get paid is still broken and unfair.  While we usually talk about this “unfairness” in the context of Spotify because of its questionable and…

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Spotify’s recent decision is unethical and vague

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BY: JOSEPH DEBELL, OPINION ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Spotify logo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The recent reshuffle of Spotify’s royalty model has led the music-streaming platform to brazenly screw over smaller musicians more than ever. In short, the Billboard and Music Business Worldwide reports both highlight that the royalty-model changes will include a new threshold of minimum…

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Artists Have Reason to be Upset at SXSW

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BY JOSEPH DEBELL, STAFF WRITER Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons SXSW needs to do a better job of paying artists what they deserve, especially considering that some artists that play in the festival come from all over the United States. South by Southwest (SXSW) first appeared in 1987 after the city of Austin, Texas, wanted…

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