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WhoSampled Is Joining Spotify

saeedesmaili
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business

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music industry

Spotify

acquisitions

WhoSampled, a music discovery platform, is joining Spotify, potentially expanding Spotify's music metadata capabilities. The acquisition may impact music discovery and attribution.

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moritzwarhier
2h ago
Woah, that's kind of unexpected to me, but it totally makes sense in many ways.

Sad to see decades of user contributions being sucked up for profit again, but as long as they don't lock it down... well, they will at some point, I fear.

Hopefully Discogs won't be next.

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