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SiriusXM restarts talks with Pandora’s banks, L.A. Reid's replacement named, and more

Here's all the music industry news you need to know this morning. smoothfm celebrates five years on air - via RadioToday Twitter hires a new GM of revenue products - via TechCrunch SiriusXM has…

By Poppy ReidPublished May 19, 2017
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Here's all the music industry news you need to know this morning.

smoothfm celebrates five years on air - via RadioToday

Twitter hires a new GM of revenue products - via TechCrunch

SiriusXM has recently restarted talks with Pandora’s banks and is discussing the size of a potential offer, sources said. - via NYPost

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David Bowie was the most popular recording artist in the UK last year, with the equivalent of more than 1.6m albums bought or streamed. - via Guardian

The FCC officially proposes to end net neutrality rules  - via TechCrunch

Google’s AI research team, Google Magenta, recently announced  Neural Synthesizer, or NSynth, which generates audio using deep neural networks and will be demonstrating it this week. - via Mashable

Spotify’s operating loss rose to between $350 million to $450 million last year, up from $205 million in 2015 - via Hypebot

Skepta Wins Songwriter of the Year and Best Contemporary Song at The Ivor Novello Awards - via Guardian

Paris Jackson has written a song that she’d like Paul McCartney to sing. - via Noise11

The Killers' Mr Brightside was the most-streamed song released before 2010. - via BBC

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