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Musicians strike a chord with green pledges – but is it enough? - THE EDGE SINGAPORE

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Musicians strike a chord with green pledges – but is it enough?

From Coldplay’s lower-emissions goal to Ellie Goulding’s “eco-vinyl”, here’s how pop musicians are championing sustainability.

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Music industry's evolving new business model

SINGAPORE (Oct 1): I recently attended the gala North American premiere of A Star is Born, starring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga. It was the first time I had attended such a star-studded event. After the screening of the movie, which will open in theatres

Cash-strapped SoundCloud gets new funds from Raine, Temasek

FRANKFURT (Aug 16): SoundCloud, the world's most popular streaming music app, but one that has struggled to find a profitable business model, said it received new funding on Friday, insulating it from potentially running out of cash this year.

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How streaming changed the music industry

(July 24): Stephen Witt recalls downloading thousands of bootlegged songs onto his MP3 music player in his Chicago college dorm room 20 years ago. By the time he was working in a New York hedge fund, he had hoarded more than 150,000 songs — everything f
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