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Radiohead’s Thom Yorke drops Spotify

Add Radiohead's Thom Yorke to the list of high profile musicians protesting the amount of pay artists get from Spotify.

Add Radiohead’s Thom Yorke to the list of high profile musicians protesting the amount of pay artists get from Spotify. Yorke pulled two albums from Spotify, Tweeting that he was quote “standing up for our fellow musicians.”

The growing popularity of music subscription services has sparked a debate about compensation and the worth of exposure. Casey Rae-Hunter, deputy director at the Future of Music Coalition , an advocacy group for artists in the digital age, joins Marketplace Tech host Ben Johnson to discuss.

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