Ashley King

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 the 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...

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...

FCC Commissioner Calls for Apple & Google to Ban TikTok

Ashley King

June 29, 2022

Photo Credit: visuals The FCC has turned its gaze upon TikTok, with an FCC Commissioner calling for Apple & Google to ban TikTok. Brendan Carr, the ranking Republican FCC Commissioner, wrote to Apple CEO... Read More...

Veritonic Announces $7.5M Funding to Power Audio & Podcast Advertising

Ashley King

June 29, 2022

Photo Credit: Dollar Gill Veritonic has announced it has closed a $7.5 million Series A funding round to expand audio advertising. Veritonic is a comprehensive audio and analytics research platform. The Seri... 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 disse... 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 Vir... 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 governm... Read More...

FanRally Raises $3 Million to Expand Subscription Ticketing Plans

Ashley King

June 28, 2022

Photo Credit: Kelvin Moquete Ticketing subscription membership service FanRally has raised $3 million in equity financing to expand. FanRally works with teams across the MLB, NBA, NHL, and the NCAA to sell t... Read More...

Grammy Winning Songwriter Ken Williams Dies at 83

Ashley King

June 28, 2022

Photo Credit: Discogs.com Songwriter Ken Williams has passed away at age 83. Williams' wife shares that he died earlier this month following a long non-COVID-related illness at North Shore University Hospita... Read More...

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