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Looking for a glow up?

Fast Company Tech

While the multi-billion-dollar beauty industry offers numerous products to aid in this journey, an accessible and potent tool is often overlooked: music. Scientific research underscores the profound impact of music on essential aspects of well-being, including sleep quality, stress management, and exercise performance. The good news?

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Apple Music pays a penny per stream

The Verge

Apple Music’s payment rate for artists and labels is fundamentally a penny per stream, according to a letter from the company posted on its artist dashboard and first reported by the Wall Street Journal. Announcing a penny-per-stream rate is a nice PR win for Apple Music, since it is 1. very simple and 2.

Music 131
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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward.

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Study: Hand clapping is akin to a Helmholtz resonator

Ars Technica

Hand clapping is ubiquitous behavior for humans across time and cultures, serving many different purposes: to signify approval with applause, for instance, or to keep time to music. Acousticians often use a hand clap as a cheap substitute for pricey equipment to make acoustic measurements in architecture.

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Apple Music pays rights holders a penny per song streamed

TechSpot

The document, which was seen by The Wall Street Journal, adds a bit of transparency to an industry that has traditionally been rather secretive with regard to how finances are managed.

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Amazon buys Wondery, setting itself up to compete against Spotify for podcast domination

The Verge

Amazon didn’t disclose the acquisition price, although earlier reports from Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal suggested Wondery’s value was at least $300 million. Wondery would technically be part of Amazon Music, which launched podcast support in September this year.

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Your attitude is the reason you’re poor

The Next Web

In an article in the Journal of Business Venturing , leading positive psychology researcher Barbara Fredrickson found positive emotions help build essential resources for entrepreneurs. Those who imagined playing their whole lives had more success than those who didn’t see a future in music. Take two minutes and journal.

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