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AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill Podcast

Unwrapping the Spotify business model

Season 1, Ep. 234

After a lengthy and detailed discussion over on my instagram about Spotify I thought I'd clear up some of the confusion and misunderstandings involved in their business model and how it is to interact with that as a musician and artist. What unwrapped is all about, how it demands our attention and what we can do to support artists moving forwards

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