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Facebook launches 360 video with Star Wars exclusive –
A short, exclusive Star Wars clip is among the first 360-degree videos to be posted on Facebook. The sequence, created by Lucasfilm’s special effects team ILMxLAB, allows users to look in all directions as the camera whizzes through the sci-fi scene. When watched on a normal computer, the mouse is used to move the view. On mobile devices, a user can move the device around to alter the perspective. Other 360 videos posted include content from Discovery, GoPro, NBC and Vice.[BBC]
All About That Bass writer says he got $5,679 from 178m streams –
Kevin Kadish, who wrote All About That Bass, says he made just $5,679 (£3,700) from 178 million streams of the song. “I’ve never heard a songwriter complain about radio royalties as much as streaming royalties,” Mr Kadish said. “That was the real issue for us, like one million streams equals $90 (£59).” Mr Kadish co-wrote All About That Bass with singer Meghan Trainor. She became the first act to enter the UK top 40 based purely on streams of All About That Bass. Streaming now accounts for one-third of the US music industry’s income, which remains relatively flat, with total revenue down 0.5% to $3.17bn (£2.05bn). [BBC Newsbeat]
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List of most streamed songs in the United Kingdom – [from Wikipedia]
| No. | Song title | Artist | Released | Streams (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Radioactive“ | Imagine Dragons | October 2012 | 19.7+ | |
| “Pompeii“ | Bastille | February 2013 | 32.0+ | |
| “Let Her Go“ | Passenger | February 2013 | 21.7+ | |
| “Get Lucky“ | Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams | April 2013 | 24.5+ | |
| “Counting Stars“ | OneRepublic | June 2013 | 19.7+ | |
| “Blurred Lines“ | Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams | May 2013 | 20.7+ | |
| “Wake Me Up!“ | Avicii | July 2013 | 21.4+ | |
| “All of Me“ | John Legend | August 2013 | 38.7+ | |
| “Happy“ | Pharrell Williams | November 2013 | 40.0+ | |
| “Timber“ | Pitbull featuring Kesha | December 2013 | 21.0+ | |
| “Rather Be“ | Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne | January 2014 | 41.0+ | |
| “Take Me to Church“ | Hozier | January 2014 | 50.8 | |
| “Waves“ | Mr Probz | February 2014 | 32.1+ | |
| “Stay with Me“ | Sam Smith | April 2014 | 29.1+ | |
| “Thinking Out Loud“ | Ed Sheeran | June 2014 | 60.1 | |
| “Uptown Funk“ | Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars | December 2014 | 60.0 | |
| “Love Me like You Do“ | Ellie Goulding | February 2015 | 30.0 | |
| “Cheerleader“ | OMI | April 2015 | 40.0 | |
| “See You Again“ | Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth | April 2015 | 29.5 |
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- Pope Francis makes his first ever visit to the U.S. and becomes the third Pope to visit the White House. He was received in an official welcome ceremony by President and Mrs. Obama and is scheduled to meet with a bishops’ conference of the United States and hold mass and canonize Junipero Serra at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, near the Catholic University of America. (AP via MSN), (The New York Times), (Washington Post), (CNN)
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