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Jimmy Buffett Asks Spotify For A Raise

10/10/2014
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(Radio.com) Jimmy Buffett was one of many audience members at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit's panel on "Disrupting the Music Business" but was one of the few who got to stand up and ask Spotify CEO Daniel Ek a question. And what Buffett really wants to know is simple: can he get a raise?

It seems that the Mayor of Margaritaville is not to thrilled with the split on streaming music that he's getting from his label at the moment and would prefer to deal directly with Spotify.

"Do you see anything in your future where we might get a raise directly from you, as opposed to going through the bulls**t you have to go through to deal with a label these days?" Buffett asked, point blank.

In his answer Ek doesn't give a direct answer to Buffett's inquiry, although he does say he agrees and reveals that Spotify pays 70 percent of every dollar it makes to the music's rights holders. Read more here.

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