Social networks unwrap music master plan

Facebook's series of music partnerships was unveiled at its f8 conference last Thursday, with Spotify being given the highest billing when CEO Daniel Ek appeared on stage.

Additional partners include SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Deezer, MOG, Rdio, Rhapsody and Vevo on the streaming side and Ticketmaster, StubHub and Eventbrite on the ticketing side.

Key for Facebook's current digital music partners - with more expected to sign up in the coming weeks - is Facebook's updated Open Graph.

This allows developers to build ...

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