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  Spotify to Continue Service in Uruguay After Clarifications on Bill Requiring Fair Pay for Artists

  PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2023

  With the advent of changes to federal copyright law, Spotify is planning on ceasing service to the market in Uruguay. The streaming giant...

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  Nile Rodgers Doesn't Think David Bowie Could Have Made It in the Streaming Era

  PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2023

  It's rather unanimously agreed upon that the late David Bowie was pretty good at music — one of the all-time greats, so to speak. But Chic'...

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  Martin Short, Robbie Robertson Lead Canadian Nominees at the 2024 Golden Globes

  PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2023

  The complete list of nominees for the 2024 Golden Globe Awards has been released and, as expected, Barbie and Oppenheimer lead the way in t...

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  Taylor Swift's Eras Tour Becomes First to Gross $1 Billion

  PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2023

  Taylor Swift has officially dethroned Elton John's infamously lengthy Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour for the highest-grossing tour of all...

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  Toronto Tennis Stadium to Become Outdoor Music Venue

  PUBLISHED Dec 6, 2023

  It's December, so naturally we're thinking ahead to next summer with every shred of hope we can hang onto — and the 2024 season will bring...

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  Streams of Tom Petty's "Love Is a Long Road" Spike Following 'GTA VI' Trailer

  PUBLISHED Dec 6, 2023

  Thanks to the long-awaited trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI, Tom Petty is getting his "Running Up That Hill"/Stranger Things moment. After b...

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  TikTok's Top Sounds of 2023 Were Sped-Up Versions of Songs, to No One's Surprise

  PUBLISHED Dec 6, 2023

  We've already counted down Exclaim!'s top songs and albums of 2023, and just about everyone and everything else, including TikTok, is doing...

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  Spotify Lays Off 17 Percent of Workforce

  PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2023

  We got to have some fun with Wrapped last week, but Spotify has now returned to business as usual: the company has laid off 17 percent of i...