Frank Ocean’s Album Is the Straw That Broke Universal Music’s Back

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01:07 on August 26 2016

Frank Ocean’s ‘Blonde’ Amplifies Discord in the Music Business

New York Times — The albumâ€™s release, through an exclusive deal with Apple, surfaced long-simmering tensions between record labels, streaming services and artists. more info

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09:05 on August 24 2016

Universal Music to ban streaming exclusives after Frank Ocean ‘duped’ them

NME — Ocean’s Apple Music exclusive ‘Endless’ meant he could release ‘proper’ album ‘Blonde’ on his own more info

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23:42 on August 24 2016

Will Frank Ocean’s Blonde Switcheroo Get Him Sued By Universal?

Stereogum — Frank Ocean released about as much music over the past week or so as he had in his entire career up to that point. In doing so, he may have pulled a fast one on Universal... more info

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15:11 on August 25 2016

Frank Ocean’s ‘Blonde’ Is Now On Pandora (Still No Spotify, Though)

Idolator — Looks like Apple’s exclusivity window is up. more info

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12:21 on August 26 2016

Frank Ocean's 'Blonde' album has been illegally downloaded over 750,000 times

NME — Apple Music exclusive has been streaming via platform for less than a week more info

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21:11 on August 26 2016

Frank Ocean’s New Album Was Pirated 750,000 Times

Idolator — One of the downsides to exclusives. more info

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00:30 on August 24 2016

Report: Universal to ban streaming exclusives after being spurned by Frank Ocean

Consequence of Sound — R&B crooner released Blonde independently after fulfilling his contract with Endless. more info

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20:15 on August 26 2016

Frank Ocean’s Blonde illegally downloaded over 750,000 times in its first week of release

Consequence of Sound — The double-edged sword of streaming exclusivity strikes again. more info

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12:00 on August 25 2016