Ashley King

R. Kelly’s Ex-Staffers Reveal Over 20 Videos of Kelly With Underage Girls

July 13, 2019

The federal investigation run by the Northern District of Illinois has uncovered over 20 videos of R. Kelly with minors. Ex-staffers and employees were integral in turning in the video evidence to the Feds. ... Read More...

What Plagiarism Accusations? LyricFind Announces Turkish Partnership with fizy

Ashley King

July 12, 2019

LyricFind has announced a new partnership with Turkey-based music streaming service fizy. fizy is powered by a Turkish mobile phone operator, Turkcell. LyricFind will provide its full database of lyrics t... Read More...

LINE Music Officially Launches In Taiwan Where Only 6% Of Smartphone Users Stream

Ashley King

July 12, 2019

Line Music expanded into a third market this week, with the service now available in Taiwan. The Japan-based streaming music service launched in Japan and Thailand in 2015. Line Music was one of the first... Read More...

Deezer Expands Its Shazam-Killer ‘SongCatcher’ Into iOS

Ashley King

July 11, 2019

Deezer has announced that its SongCatcher service is available to iOS users. The proprietary audio recognition feature is available inside the Deezer app. Much like Apple-owned Shazam, SongCatcher can ide... Read More...

Japan’s Recording Industry Is Putting Pressure on Apple to Crack Down on Unauthorized Music Apps

Ashley King

July 11, 2019

Several Japanese music industry organizations and streaming providers are taking a hardline stance against unauthorized apps. They're now asking Apple to do something about it. The Recording Industry Associa... Read More...

SiriusXM Further Expands Its Out-of-Car Streaming Experience

Ashley King

July 11, 2019

SiriusXM announced today that subscribers will be able to create personalized music stations with Pandora. The new feature is available to SiriusXM All Access and Premier subscribers. Integrating Pandora's a... Read More...

The Beatles Launch a Massive, $100 Million Legal War Against Counterfeiters

The Beatles’ First Management Contract Sells for $344,000

Ashley King

July 10, 2019

The very first management contract signed by The Beatles on January 24th, 1962 recently sold at auction. The document signed by all four original members went for an eye-watering £275,000 ($344,000 at curren... Read More...

Warner Music Group Launches a New Kids Sub-Label With Build-a-Bear

Ashley King

July 10, 2019

Warner Music Group's Arts division and Warner Chappell Music are partnering with Build-a-Bear Workshop for a new kids-focused label. The global music partnership will produce a label called — appropriately —... Read More...

Disney Taps Beyonce to Curate ‘The Lion King: The Gift’ Album

Ashley King

July 10, 2019

Disney has announced a new Beyonce album to accompany the remake of The Lion King. The album is entitled The Lion King: The Gift and features multiple artists from around the world. The new album will be ... Read More...

The Latest Industry Gigs: Sony/ATV, Spotify, Insanity Records, CMW, More

Ashley King

July 9, 2019

Sony ATV's Sam Reas Here’s a wrap on the latest music industry hirings, firings, retirings, and promotions. If you have a job listing to share, we’re all ears. Send us a note to [email protected]. I... Read More...

Fat Joe Sues His Insurance Company for Refusing to Cover a Copyright Infringement Defense

Ashley King

July 9, 2019

Fat Joe has sued Homeland Insurance Company of New York in federal court. The rapper says the insurer wrongfully denied him coverage in a copyright infringement lawsuit. The stand-off is undoubtedly drawing... Read More...

Unauthorized Apple Music Web Player Attracts More Than 200,000 Users

Ashley King

July 9, 2019

Students at the University of Kent have created a web-based Apple Music player, filling a need Apple has so far ignored. Musish launched five months ago, and since then, the web-based player has at... Read More...

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