Why artists and indies shouldn't write Spotify off – at least not yet

Mercury-nominated artist Jon Hopkins sparked debate by attacking the streaming service – but do the numbers give hope?A few weeks ago a tweet by Mercury-nominated artist Jon Hopkins caused a stir on music and technology sites. "Got paid £8 for 90,000 plays. Fuck Spotify," it said. He later added: "Radio 1 pay about £50 for each play." Taking these tweets at face value, dozens of bloggers weighed in on the debate – on one side were those who claimed Spotify would kill the music industry and...

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