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Facebook closed new music licensing deals with Merlin, Beggars Group, [PIAS] and Ingrooves
Facebook's plan to expand its presence in the online music arena is going strong. The company, indeed, announced new multi-territory licensing deals…
Chic working on new album full of vip guests
Nile Rodgers in a recent interview with Pitchfork Radio talked about the album Chic have been working for quite a long time, "It’s About Time…
Label-less artists generated $472m of revenues in 2017
According to a report put out by consultancy Midia Research, artists who aren’t signed to a label generated revenues of $472m in 2017, up 27.2% year…
Vivendi is thinking about potential IPO of Universal Music Group
CEO Arnaud De Puyfontaine officially confirmed that Vivendi is officially busy with with preparatory work to put Universal Music Group as its…
Midia: global recorded music industry revenues topped $17bn in 2017
Midia Research shared a study saying that the global recorded music business generated wholesale revenues of USD $17.4bn in 2017 (up 8.5% year-on…
Kanye West is writing his own philosophy book and posting it to Twitter... right now
Kanye West is writing a philosophy book. He began talking about it last week, but now we have written proof. Indeed the rapper - after a prolonged…
All about WARM, the Danish tech start-up
WARM is a Danish tech start-up launched in 2017 with the aim to offer unprecedented access to key radio airplay data for the independent music…
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ bassist Flea to publish his memoir this fall
Flea, the iconic bass player of Red Hot Chili Peppers, will soon release his own memoir. He has been working on the book for the last four years and…
Spotify buys Loudr
Spotify acquired Loudr in order to streghnten its policy of dentifying, tracking and paying royalties to music publishers and songwriters. Spotify…
SoundCloud losses increased to $74.5m in 2016
SoundCloud justpublished its financial results for 2016 through Companies House in the UK. The figures show that the company’s revenues…
YouTube to esclusively livestream Coachella 2018
YouTube returns to Coachella for the eighth year in a row to exclusively livestream the first weekend of Coachella 2018. Presented by T-Mobile in…
Coachella 2018 will be on YouTube Live Stream once again
Even this year the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will live stream sets from its first weekend, via its official YouTube channel. Among…
Oliver Schusser is now global head of Apple Music
Big news from Cupertino. Indeed, Apple Music has a new global boss. His name is Oliver Schusser and he has been named head of Apple Music Worldwide…
L7 to release new album after 20 years
All female grunge punlk rockers L7 just announced their first new album since 1999. The band launched a PledgeMusic campaign with pre-orders for the…
YouTube’s top 19 music videos - together - have 50.9bn views
New records for YouTuber. Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s "Despacito" has passed another milestone: 5bn views of its official video, nearly 15…
Sonos: are there plans for an IPO in the future?
Sonos might be the next music-related company to be launched on the public markets, after Spotify. Indeed, some of its recent recruitment ads…
Drake shares new single “Nice For What” - VIDEO
Canadian rapper Drake announced a new upcoming single... and here it is. As promised, indeed, he released a new track called “Nice For What”…
Sony Music sold 17.2% of its shares in Spotify
Sony Music Entertainment sold a chunk of its shareholding in Spotify, taking home over $250m after just one day of public trading of the company…
Sony’s stake in Spotify worth $1.5bn after day one on the New York Stock Exchange
Spotify started publicly trading on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday; just before 1pm ET, its shares were valued at $165.90 – resulting in…
Eminem drops splatter video for “Framed” - WATCH
Detroit rap king Eminem just shared a new music video for the track "Framed" - taken from his latest studio effort, "Revival". The clip was directed…