Paul Manafort sentenced, Spotify challenge royalties ruling

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Manafort will also be sentenced for up to a decade on 13 March on charges related to witness tampering on behalf of the Russians. Although Manafort was brought to justice by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, his sentencing had everything to do with Manafort being a generally greedy individual and nothing related to collusion with the Russian government. [Tim Cohen and Pieter-Louis Myburgh join Daily Maverick's ranks]( Financial journalist and one of Daily Maverick's original team members Tim Cohen has returned. Cohen will be heading the Business Maverick, an exciting expansion of our regular offerings into all things financial. Myburgh will be joining Scorpio to help their stellar investigative work. Stay tuned, 2019's Daily Maverick is about to get turbo-charged. [Spotify and Google appeal royalties increase requirements]( Spotify and Google have appealed a ruling by the courts that would require them to boost the royalties they pay songwriters. The ruling in 2018 required streaming revenue to provide 15.1% share to the artists themselves, a 4.6% increase. Spotify, Amazon, Google and Pandora argued that this would "harm" the industry. If by "industry" they mean "bottom line" for themselves, they are absolutely correct. [Musk's security clearance on review after joint toke]( In what has to be a stunning failure of perspective, the Pentagon has revealed that it was reviewing Elon Musk's federal security clearance. The reason? Musk took a pull on one of them marijuana cigarettes the Gen Zers keeping trying to legalise on a podcast in California. As the CEO of SpaceX, Musk has said clearance due to his company's launching of military spy satellites. [Exclusive Books - Top 10 For Discerning Readers]( Picture of the Day By EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL A close-up view of a Brexit-inspired mural by anonymous British street artist Banksy depicting the European flag in Dover, Britain, 15 February 2019. 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