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Audio News for May 13, 2016

Classical Music Blaring from SF Store Curbs Crowd – Studies have shown that classical music can help calm nerves, enhance memory and make pets more calm, but a Burger King in downtown San Francisco is using works of Vivaldi and Bach to help clear a troubled street corner of the mobs that used to hang out there. The music blares out of multiple speakers until 3 AM most nights, although the music is turned down at 11 PM to allow guests are a nearby hotel to sleep. Amazon Offers Content Creators Video Direct – The new Video Direct service will be a competitor to YouTube, with more flexibility in how content is managed. There are four ways to do it: if everyone is welcome to watch, then your video will be ad-supported, If can also be rented, offered as an add-on subscription, or be exclusive to Amazon Prime Video, with the creator getting part of the per-hour royalty fee. The subscription-type option pays content creators 50% of the earned revenue. So far the service has gained favorable reactions from Conde Nast, How StuffWorks, the Guardian and Business Insider. Hardware Invention: Jack Caps, to Benefit Musicians and Music Lovers – World […]