Spotify sued over songwriter rights

Wixen Music Publishing is seeking damages of at least $1.6bn.

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Each of us streamed 1,036 songs last year (and most of them were by Ed Sheeran)

UK music fans streamed 68.1 billion songs last year, an average of 1,036 songs per person.

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Logan Paul: YouTuber apologises over Japan dead man video

Six million people watched the film showing Logan Paul finding an apparent suicide victim in Japan.

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Dating website eHarmony's 'scientific' match ad banned

The claim from eHarmony has been called 'misleading' by the Advertising Standards Authority.

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Facebook, not Twitter, will live stream this year’s Golden Globes’ red carpet pre-show

 Facebook has scored the exclusive rights to live stream this year’s Golden Globes’ red carpet pre-show – a deal that last year went to Twitter. On Tuesday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) and dick clark productions announced the two-hour event would be exclusively available on the Golden Globes Facebook page from 6 to 8 p.m. ET (3 to 5 p.m. PT) on Sunday… Read More

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UK eyeing ‘extremism’ tax on social media giants

 The UK government has kicked off the new year with another warning shot across the bows of social media giants. Read More

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Gaming addiction classified as disorder by WHO

The World Health Organisation will include gaming addiction in its disease bible for first time.

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