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Elvis Music Videos See Double Viewership During Biopic’s Opening Weekend

June 29, 2022

Photo Credit: Elvis Presley '68 Comeback Special, Vevo Since the debut of Baz Luhrmann's Elvis film over the weekend, his music videos have seen an increase in viewership. Best known for providing official m... Read More...

Snoop Dogg Still Believes NFTs are the Future of the Music Industry, Despite Crypto Winter

Ashley King

June 29, 2022

Photo Credit: The Come Up Show / CC by 2.0 Snoop Dogg, one of the most prominent celebrities in the Web3 space, sat down with CNBC in an interview at the NFT.NYC conference last week. Here's what he had to sa... Read More...

Latest Music Industry Jobs: Gibson, AFM, Thematic, Beatport, More

Dylan Smith

June 29, 2022

In one of June's music industry jobs, Erica Krusen (pictured) signed on as Gibson's senior director of cultural influence. Photo Credit: Gibson Here’s a recap of recent music industry jobs — including both hirings and in-house promotions — as of June 29th, 2... Read More...

Recording Academy Sends 2,700+ Member Invitations

Ashley King

June 29, 2022

Photo Credit: Recording Academy The Recording Academy has issued more than 2,700 invites for new members for the 2023 year. More than 2,000 of those invites were to people to become voting members, while 600... Read More...

CAA Officially Set to Acquire ICM for $750 Million — Let the Layoffs Begin

Ashley King

June 29, 2022

Photo Credit: CAA & ICM Partners CAA closes a deal to acquire ICM Partners for $750 million as sources say the Department of Justice finally approved the proposal. Unfortunately, the acquisition will elim... Read More...

Depeche Mode Founder Andy Fletcher’s Cause of Death Revealed

Ashley King

June 29, 2022

Photo Credit: Dena Flows / CC by 3.0 When Depeche Mode founder Andy Fletcher passed away suddenly on May 26 at the age of 60, his cause of death was initially unknown. It is now revealed to be an aortic dissection -- a tear in a primary artery from his heart... Read More...

Schoolboy Q, Rezz, Chris Lake, and More Headline Audiotistic’s Return to The Bay Area

Nicole Haiimpoor

June 28, 2022

Photo Credit: Skylar Greene for Insomniac Events It's not uncommon for dance music and hip-hop to collide, as we've recently seen with the release of Drake's newest dance music album Honestly, Nevermind. Audi... Read More...

Howard Stern Mulls Over Presidential Run to ‘Overturn’ Supreme Court

Ashley King

June 28, 2022

Photo Credit: Bill Norton / CC by 2.0 Howard Stern said he's serious about a potential presidential run in 2024 on his SiriusXM show. Stern says his potential presidential run hinges on whether Donald Trump ... Read More...

Feds Seize Six Websites Offering Pirated Latin Music for Download

Ashley King

June 28, 2022

Photo Credit: Rodrigo Escalante Federal authorities have seized at least six websites that prosecutors say offered for download pirated Latin music. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced the seizures on Monday. According ... Read More...

The NMPA’s Vinkle Infringement Suit Has Officially Been Reassigned — Less Than Two Weeks After It Was Filed

Dylan Smith

June 28, 2022

Photo Credit: David Veksler Earlier this month, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) spearheaded a copyright infringement lawsuit against the China-based parent company of video-making app Vinkle... Read More...

DistroKid beta testing DistroVid service

DistroKid Officially Launches Music Video Distribution Service ‘DistroVid’ — Early Partners Include Tidal and Apple Music

Dylan Smith

June 28, 2022

Photo Credit: DistroVid Last month, indie distributor DistroKid began testing a music-video offering called DistroVid. Now, the latter has officially launched with Apple Music, Amazon Music, Tidal, and Vevo a... Read More...

Canada Seeks to Aggressively Boost Domestic Content on YouTube, Spotify, & Others

Ashley King

June 28, 2022

Photo Credit: Conor Samuel Canada has approved legislation to target what platforms like YouTube, Spotify, and Netflix can broadcast to Canadian audiences. It's the second attempt by Canada's Liberal government to compel digital platforms to modify their al... Read More...

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Latest Posts

Elvis Music Videos See Double Viewership During Biopic’s Opening Weekend

Snoop Dogg Still Believes NFTs are the Future of the Music Industry, Despite Crypto Winter

Latest Music Industry Jobs: Gibson, AFM, Thematic, Beatport, More

Recording Academy Sends 2,700+ Member Invitations

CAA Officially Set to Acquire ICM for $750 Million — Let the Layoffs Begin

Depeche Mode Founder Andy Fletcher’s Cause of Death Revealed

Schoolboy Q, Rezz, Chris Lake, and More Headline Audiotistic’s Return to The Bay Area

Howard Stern Mulls Over Presidential Run to ‘Overturn’ Supreme Court

Feds Seize Six Websites Offering Pirated Latin Music for Download

The NMPA’s Vinkle Infringement Suit Has Officially Been Reassigned — Less Than Two Weeks After It Was Filed

DistroKid Officially Launches Music Video Distribution Service ‘DistroVid’ — Early Partners Include Tidal and Apple Music