Ashley King

Apple Podcasts Subscriptions Coming This Week — What You Need To Know

June 13, 2021

Photo Credit: Austin Distel After a major delay, Apple Podcasts subscriptions are finally coming later this week. Apple announced it would offer in-app subscriptions for listeners to support their favorite p... Read More...

Amazon Music Launches ‘DJ Mode’ to Feel More Radio-Like

Ashley King

June 11, 2021

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Photo Credit: Amazon Music Amazon Music is getting a new DJ mode to bring the feel of live radio to music streaming. Amazon says its new DJ mode listening experience will serve up personalized hosted station... Read More...

Apple Will Make AirPods Pro Beta Firmware Available to Developers

Ashley King

June 11, 2021

Photo Credit: Hostaphoto Apple plans to give developers access to beta firmware for AirPods Pro before releasing in the future. Apple announced the change for developers on the downloads page for beta versio... Read More...

Grandma Who Paid for Morgan Wallen Billboards Speaks Out — “We’re Not Bowing Down to the Mob”

Ashley King

June 11, 2021

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Morgan Wallen fans continue to show their support with new billboards in Nashville. The beleaguered country star was subjected to 'cancel culture' earlier this year after uttering a slur on video. But die-ha... Read More...

$225,000 Cache of Stolen Rare Electric and Acoustic Guitars Recovered

Ashley King

June 10, 2021

Photo Credit: Jake Noren A stolen cache of rare electric and acoustic guitars has been recovered in Santa Cruz. The guitars were stolen in Southern California last July. Police served three search warrants a... Read More...

Powfu’s TikTok Hit “Death Bed’ (Coffee for Your Head)” Surpasses 1 Billion Spotify Plays

Ashley King

June 10, 2021

Photo Credit: Powfu Canadian rapper Powfu's TikTok hit "Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)" has racked up over one billion Spotify streams. When the low-key bedroom rapper hit the milestone, he celebrated by p... Read More...

Shares of Believe Drop Substantially as Euronext Paris IPO Proves Underwhelming

Ashley King

June 10, 2021

Photo Credit: Believe French digital music company Believe stumbled on its market debut. Shares slid more than 13% on their first day of trading. Believe is a major player in the indie distribution and label... Read More...

Biden White House Drops Trump Orders to Ban TikTok and WeChat

Ashley King

June 9, 2021

Photo Credit: Solen Feyissa The Biden White House has dropped Trump-era executive orders to ban TikTok and WeChat. Instead, officials say the administration will conduct its own review of national security r... Read More...

‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Host Chris Harrison Is Getting Replaced by… Lil Jon?

Ashley King

June 9, 2021

Photo Credit: ABC Several musical guest hosts will appear on this summer's 'Bachelor in Paradise' to replace Chris Harrison. Harrison left the show this year as the long-time host of ABC's The Bachelor and i... Read More...

The Twitch Music Crackdown Just Got Worse — Cover Songs Are Now Getting Blocked

Ashley King

June 9, 2021

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Photo Credit: Maik Jonietz Twitch spent all of 2020 encouraging musicians to join the platform. Now, its music licensing problem is exploding as cover songs are blocked. Musician and Twitch partner AyyTrae s... Read More...

Think Spatial Audio for Apple Music Isn’t a Game Changer? Think Again

Ashley King

June 9, 2021

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Photo Credit: Anna Earl Apple Music's support of spatial audio is set to be a game-changer for the music industry. Here's why. Spatial audio is an immersive experience that has made gaming and movie-going in... Read More...

Foo Fighters Are Playing Madison Square Garden at 100% Capacity

Ashley King

June 8, 2021

Photo Credit: Jo / CC by 2.0 The Foo Fighters will headline a 100% capacity Madison Square Garden show this month. The June 20 show will be the first 100% capacity show in New York since the pandemic shutdow... Read More...

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Amazon Music Launches ‘DJ Mode’ to Feel More Radio-Like

Apple Will Make AirPods Pro Beta Firmware Available to Developers

Grandma Who Paid for Morgan Wallen Billboards Speaks Out — “We’re Not Bowing Down to the Mob”

Powfu’s TikTok Hit “Death Bed’ (Coffee for Your Head)” Surpasses 1 Billion Spotify Plays

Shares of Believe Drop Substantially as Euronext Paris IPO Proves Underwhelming

‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Host Chris Harrison Is Getting Replaced by… Lil Jon?

The Twitch Music Crackdown Just Got Worse — Cover Songs Are Now Getting Blocked

Think Spatial Audio for Apple Music Isn’t a Game Changer? Think Again

Foo Fighters Are Playing Madison Square Garden at 100% Capacity

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