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Submission + - Miyamoto steps down from lead role at Nintendo (wired.com) 4

AllyGreen writes: Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto is stepping down from the head position, saying he wants to concentrate on smaller games with younger developers. Massive loss for Nintendo or a move in the right direction?
Music

Submission + - Revealed: what music stores pay their artists (pcpro.co.uk)

Barence writes: There's a huge disparity in the royalties paid to independent musicians by online stores such as iTunes, Amazon and Spotify, according to a musician writing for PC Pro. While artists can earn $7 for a five-track album sold on iTunes US, that same album only commands a royalty of $3.50 on Amazon — because of Amazon's rigid insistence on charging per track rather than by album. Royalties accrued for streaming sites, meanwhile, are tiny. Artists receive $0.01 for each track played on sites such as Rhapsody and Napster — not enough to buy a cup of coffee for hundreds of downloads. "There has to be a point at which we decide music is worth paying for, that it's worth supporting the music makers," argues artist Robin Vincent. "Pursuing the lowest price, the cheapest consumer experience, will not, I believe, help us in the future."

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