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This week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome direct-to-fan expert Jessie Scoullar (Wicksteedworks.com) and supreme tinkerer Syd Lawrence (Wemakeawesomesh.it) to the show.

We start by chatting about Beats, as the acquisition gets regulatory approval in Europe and Vivendi declares the sale of its 13% share in the company to Apple, Ian Rogers is reportedly going to head both Beats Music and iTunes Radio, what could that mean for the company?

We also chat about Samsung finally introducing a premium tier for Milk (with a twist), Shazam's Mac app - creepy or cool? - and its new Resonate product, Rhapsody's mini acquisition spree with Exfm and Soundtracking and what Apple's acquisition of Swell could mean - do we need more integration between spoken word and music content?

On top of that my guests chat about their latest projects which are very very cool. Syd talks about Basement Jaxx's Power To The People project that just launched today, allowing users to contribute to the track and remix the contributions that will go towards the release of a charity single - check it out on http://www.powertothepeople.fm.

Jessie chats about her "Which Platform?" report that compares the most prominent direct to fan platforms analysing pretty much every aspect of what they offer so you can make an informed decision. Check out http://www.wicksteedworks.com/report/ for more info and to get a free sample.

And that's all for this week. I really hope you'll enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!

Andrea Leonelli

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