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Gibson has unveiled a joint venture with Gene Simmons to develop electric guitars and basses – as well as “new entertainment content” – under the G² banner. The Nashville-headquartered guitar manufacturer an... Read More...

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Bank of America has dramatically increased its Spotify stock target price; the Stockholm-based streaming service is slated to release its Q4 2020 earnings report in about one month. Bank of America analyst J... Read More...
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A new piece is shedding light upon the substantial royalties associated with white-noise tracks – and prompting some to ask whether it’d be easier to make money on Spotify by releasing white noise instead of ... Read More...

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