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Alex Taggart

@AlexSTaggart

Music, China, China music

 Beijing, China
Joined August 2009
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first ever large-scale collection of reliable data on Chinese digital music xitter.cf/qz/status/649211116564…
Quartz (@qz) profile pictureQuartz@qz30 Sep 2015
Apple is finally bringing its music to China with the domestic launch of Apple Music qz.com/514026
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Quotes from me in this one xitter.cf/billboard/status/62973…
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@billboard7 Aug 2015
China takes down millions of songs in push towards digital music legitimacy: blbrd.cm/MYhuQ7
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Expert opinion quote comes from a netizen who "studied music in college". No one thought to ask a copyright lawyer? xitter.cf/chinarealtime/status/6…
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@ChinaRealTime4 Aug 2015
China's Winter Olympic theme sounds familiar, and netizens won't 'Let It Go' on.wsj.com/1KOzUXz
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Cheeky local news headlines: never gets old. I doff my cap to you, Isle of Man News. xitter.cf/isle_of_man/status/627…
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Ch news today reporting that as of today, all online music must be licensed. But it's not. It's just...not. So...umm...yeah.
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Agreed, even though it's jarring to see "respect" in the same sentence as "China" and "music business" xitter.cf/gah650/status/62581919…
George Howard (@gah650) profile pictureGeorge Howard@gah65028 Jul 2015
really the only things that get my blood pumping with respect to the music business these days are 1. blockchain 2. china
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Nice to see @horwitzjosh drop some China music biz realness in today's @MusicAlly mailout, making sense of the copyright lawsuit shitstorm
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A rap anthem called 'F*ck Communism' is going viral in Vietnam bit.ly/1In0Luf
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Funny how many "revolutionary global music industry ideas" are completely unworkable in China. Blockchain? New Music Friday? #notapplicable
U have to dig around but AppleMusic playlists are pure fire//The Ladies of Electronic R'n'B itunes.apple.com/gb/playlist…
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@hypebot23 Jul 2015
The Bitcoin Blockchain Might Save The Music Industry...If Only We Could Understand It bit.ly/1CSmPwl
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Great piece on the increasingly litigious world of Chinese music rights (quote from me) xitter.cf/horwitzjosh/status/623…
Josh Horwitz (@horwitzjosh) profile pictureJosh Horwitz@horwitzjosh22 Jul 2015
Music streaming in China taking a divergent path than int’l. Streamers buying exclusive rights… and suing each other qz.com/459551
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The wise elders of China copyright RT @chinamusicbiz //Article: "Change Agents: Inside China's Music Copyright Law" buff.ly/1P0TP8c
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Recommendations in (traditional) Chinese on @Spotify app landing page for mainland users. Nice touch but less of the Guetta pls
Journeys Along the Seventh Ring - a multimedia road trip through Beijing's outermost edges online.thatsmags.com/post/jo…
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Fake Chinese iPhones have been using it for years // Meet Apple’s new font, designed for its smartwatch tnw.to/c4h47 @thenextweb
TIME picked up our T-Swizzle piece // Taylor Swift takes her music of Chinese streaming services wp.me/p5HMd-f2Le via @TIMECulture
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Article: Taylor Swift bans herself from China - buff.ly/1usvQWa
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Don’t Mention "1989": Taylor Swift Bans Herself in China, by me and @edpeto chinamusicbusiness.com/artic…
One good thing about the Chinese music industry is that voicing opposition to streaming will get you laughed out of the room
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