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Nobody wants to buy music anymore. That's why the streaming music scene is such a big battlefield right now.

What does a streaming music service have to do to stick out? The same thing that Netflix, HBO, Hulu and Amazon do in video realm: focus on producing must-have content that you can't get anywhere else. Apple Music and Tidal are trying similar approaches, exclusively releasing records by some of the most popular musicians in the business.

Somehow Tidal, the Jay Z-owned underdog with 3 mi

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If you love being able to stream whatever you want, whenever you want, and at no cost, you’re not alone — but you may actually be hurting yourself in the long run. That’s according to Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews, whose recent op-ed for Business Insider argues on-demand music destroys the music industry when it’s free all the time.

To McAndrews, on-demand is “the modern equivalent of ownership,” and he makes a compelling case; if you have an album or song constantly at your

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