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Rebirth of cool: Is vinyl ready for a second wind, or just a fad?

Most of the top selling vinyl albums from 2014 were not released in 2014

Last year, a monstrous 9.2 million vinyl albums were sold, and seven of the 10 best-selling vinyl records were released before 2014.
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YouBowl: YouTube will live stream its own Super Bowl halftime show

YouTube will live stream its on Super Bowl halftime show this year, featuring stunts, musical performances, and fake Super Bowl ads from top YouTube talent.
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NBC will live stream the Super Bowl for free

NBC will provide individuals with or without a pay-TV subscription an online stream of Super Bowl XLIX as well as the winter premiere of "The Blacklist", for free.
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Atlanta Falcons’ new stadium has incredible retractable roof, high-tech amenities

The New Atlanta Stadium for the Atlanta Falcons has a unique oculus retractable roof, as well as high-tech and eco-friendly elements in its design.
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TLC is raising $150,000 on Kickstarter to make their final album

23 year music veterans, TLC, are reaching out to fans on Kickstarter to help them make their final album. The group is asking for $150,000 to start writing their first album since 2002.
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Sunday dinner lives! Skype adds free group video chat to 2014 Samsung smart TVs

A recent update to Skype's Samsung Smart TV app allows for free group video chatting for up to three people at a time on 2014 models.
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Live Nation partners with Uber to let concertgoers skip the parking lot

Live Nation and Uber have joined forces to provide concertgoers with an easier method to transport themselves to and from their favorite concert events.
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WatchESPN app makes history, frustrates NFL fans, and complicates online sports streaming

ESPN had one of its greatest weeks ever in terms of ratings and viewers, but the WatchESPN app left millions without football.
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Spotify passes 15 million paid subscribers for the first time, hits 60 million total users

Three years after makin its debut in the U.S., Spotify breaks a subscription record in its quest to 40 million paid subscribers.
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Rebirth of cool: Is vinyl ready for a second wind, or just a fad?

Vinyl sales surpass 9 million for the first time in 20 years as streaming breaks record

In 2014, 9.2 million vinyl albums were sold, a 20-year record. Meanwhile, digital album and song sales declined once again.
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Thom Yorke potentially made over $20 million legally on BitTorrent in 2014

Thom Yorke's "Tommorrow's Modern Boxes" was downloaded over 4.4 million times legally on BitTorrent with Yorke set to receive 90 percent of all sales.
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Google facing $1 billion lawsuit over 20,000 unlicensed songs on YouTube

Global Music Rights has announced its plans to sue Google for not removing YouTube videos infringing on the copyrights of songs by Pharrell, John Lennon and others
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Sony’s ‘The Interview’ was illegally downloaded over 900,000 times by Christmas Day

Seth Rogen and James Franco's "The Interview" grossed $1 million at the box office on Christmas Day after the film had been pirated over 900,000 times.
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Remember the Star Wars Christmas album? Christian themes almost killed it

Award winning Broadway composer Maury Yeston explains how he had to change the lyrics on a song from the Star Wars Christmas album due to George Lucas' reservations about mixing the Force with Christianity.
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J. Cole’s new album tops Billboard 200 chart, breaks one direction’s Spotify record

J. Cole's new album 2014 Forest Hills Drive benefited from Billboard's new way of tracking album sales, which include streaming tracks in the total, as it debuted at number 1 after breaking a huge Spotify record.
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Rhapsody offers three months of “unlimited” music streaming for under $1

Rhapsody has unveiled a holiday promotion for its Rhapsody Premier subscription music service offering three months of use for $1.
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Netflix CEO says broadcast TV will be dead in 16 years

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings claims Nielsen's rating system is "irrelevant" and broadcast television will be extinct in less than 20 years.
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Apple prevails in antitrust lawsuit with a unanimous decision

A jury unanimously decided in favor of Apple in the tech giant's antitrust lawsuit over tactics of restricting iPod and iTunes compatibility with competitors.
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Former engineer claims Apple intended to block 100 percent of non-iTunes clients

Former Apple engineer Ron Schultz testified against the tech giant on Friday, claiming Apple willfully attempted to block iPod users from downloading music not purchased from its own iTunes store.
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Pharrell awarded BBC Song of the Year, most streamed song by Spotify for “Happy”

In the span of eight days, Pharrell Williams' infectious hit single "Happy" has become the song of the year according to Spotify and the BBC.
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Soundcloud for iPhone just got better, allowing users to make playlists on the go

Soundcloud has unveiled a new feature for iOS users, Playlist Creation, allowing users to create and edit playlists from their phones.
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Spotify now gives you a chart of what songs your friends listen to the most

Spotify released a new feature called Track In Your Network, a chart of the most streamed songs by Spoitfy users people follow.
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Big red mistake: Starz CEO calls 2008 deal with Netflix ‘terrible’

Starz CEO spoke at the 2014 UBS Global Media and Communications and explained why business with Netflix is not always good.
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Artist Radar tracks albums, books, TV shows, and more from your favorite artists

Artist Radar provides fans with a web and mobile solution for personalized feeds of artist updates for releases of DVD's, books, albums, TV shows and concerts.
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No need to go to the next Coldplay concert, watch it in virtual reality instead

Coldplay has teamed up with tech company NextVR to offer its first broadcast quality virtual reality concert from the group's "Ghost Stories" tour.
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Apple battles news outlets over old Steve Jobs testimony in antitrust suit

CNN, Bloomsberg and Associated Press have filed a legal motion for the public release of Steve Jobs' 2011 deposition video.
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Grooveshark looks to be “compliant” with record labels with new online radio app

After losing a 2011 copyright infringement lawsuit from Universal Music Group, Grooveshark will debut a commercial-free online radio app for .99 cents in 2015
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Paul McCartney’s hologram croons about the future in new Destiny music video

Paul McCartney, appears as a "hologram" in the music video for "Hope For The Future" from Bungie's "Destiny."
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Apple catches a break: New evidence sends a plaintiff packing in iPod lawsuit

New evidence may mean Apple is off the hook in the class action lawsuit over iPod song removals.
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Apple admits it deleted non-iTunes music off iPods for two years

Apple admits to secretly deleting non-Apple music files from iPods during an ongoing antitrust trial.
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Analog Trends: Vinyl record sales on pace to exceed 7 million, but at what cost?

Vinyl sales in 2014 have already surpassed 4 million copies and is on pace to break the record for most sold in a year since 1991
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Apple enters decade-old lawsuit trial with Steve Jobs’ ghost appearing as witness

Apple is on trial in 10 year old antitrust lawsuit over its decision to make songs purchased through iTunes only playable on iPods up until 2009.
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President Obama to Fund $75 Million for Police Body Cameras

President Barack Obama announced a new initiative to outfit 50,000 police officers with body cameras.
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BMG sues Cox Communications for turning a blind eye to music piracy

BMG Rights Management and Round Hill Music claim Cox Communications failed to takedown accounts of repeat copyright infringers.
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Cold Control: Coldplay’s new video will let viewers change the plot on-the-go

Coldplay's new interactive music video for "Ink" allows viewers to pick the plot of the video as they watch.
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Twitter Offers stores coupons on your credit card for in-store purchases

Twitter enters the digital coupon market with Twitter Offer, a feature that allows users to store coupons on debit and credit cards.
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Chromecast diversifies, adding Sesame Street, Comedy Central, and more

Google adds Chromecast support for eight new apps; including Comedy Central, Nickelodeon's Nick, TuneIn, and others.
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Amazon gains ground on Netflix, denies free ad-supported streaming service

Amazon's video service more than doubled its share of bandwidth traffic in North America in the past year and a half.
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