Colin Cohen, Author at Digital Music News

As Music Piracy Significantly Declines, Italy's Top Music Industry Boss Details the Real Problem — Spotify and YouTube

Spotify Preparing To Acquire Podcasting Network the Ringer — Report

January 20, 2020

In the wake of analysts from both Evercore and Bernstein giving Spotify an underperform rating, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the company is in early talks to acquire a podcasting network called t... Read More...

Chinese Audio Platform Lizhi Goes Public on Wall Street

Colin Cohen

January 19, 2020

A leading Chinese podcasting and audio content app called Lizhi has gone public on Nasdaq. Trading under the ticker symbol LIZI, Lizhi is a competitor of Ximalaya and Dragonfly. They are currently offering i... Read More...

Surviving Doors, Nirvana Members To Perform Together

Colin Cohen

January 19, 2020

Photo of Krist Novoselic of Nirvana by David Lee (CC BY-SA 2.0) The two surviving members of the Doors are planning a charity concert that will feature, among others, former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic. ... Read More...

Chuck D Responds to Recording Academy Imbroglio — ‘Same Old Bullsh*t’

Colin Cohen

January 19, 2020

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Photo of Chuck D by Mika Väisänen (CC BY-SA 4.0) Legendary rapper Chuck D has come out in support of suspended Recording Academy president and CEO Deborah Dugan. Just prior to the 2020 Grammy Awards, the Aca... Read More...

DaBaby Caught on Video Assaulting a Hotel Worker

Colin Cohen

January 18, 2020

Photo of DaBaby Fresh off a recent arrest, along with other altercations, rapper DaBaby has been caught on video assaulting a hotel worker. The video in question, according to TMZ, comes from the security ca... Read More...

Ariana Grande Faces a Massive Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Over ‘7 Rings’

Colin Cohen

January 17, 2020

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Photo of Ariana Grande by Lindsay Neilson (Twitter, IG) A rapper is suing pop star Ariana Grande for copyright infringement, claiming that she copied the chorus of "7 Rings" from one of his songs. The suit a... Read More...

Grateful Dead Publishing Company Inks with Warner Chappell

Colin Cohen

January 17, 2020

Public domain photo of the Grateful Dead Warner Chappell Music has announced that it has concluded a global publishing deal with Ice Nine, which is the Grateful Dead's publishing company. Interestingly, the ... Read More...

Eminem Getting Ripped Apart for Rapping About 2017 Manchester Arena Bombing

Colin Cohen

January 17, 2020

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Photo of Eminem The latest album by rapper Eminem is facing backlash over lyrics that seemingly make light of the 2017 bombing of an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. The bombing, which occurred ... Read More...

Ousted Recording Academy CEO Lawyers Up, Promises To Spill the Beans

Colin Cohen

January 17, 2020

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Recording Academy President and CEO Deborah Dugan In the wake of the Recording Academy placing its president and CEO Deborah Dugan on administrative leave, Dugan has hired a prominent litigation attorney to d... Read More...

Irving Azoff's Global Music Rights Wins Significant Victory in Case against RMLC

Major Radio Broadcasters Lambaste the DOJ for Siding with Irving Azoff’s GMR

Colin Cohen

January 16, 2020

Photo of Irving Azoff In response to the Department of Justice (DOJ) filing an amicus brief in support of Irving Azoff and his long-standing legal battle with the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC), the Nat... Read More...

iHeartMedia Promotes Three Programmers in the Wake of Mass Layoffs

Colin Cohen

January 16, 2020

In the wake of layoffs and the replacement of workers with "technology and artificial intelligence," iHeartMedia announced that it has promoted three senior programmers to division executive vice presidents o... Read More...

BTS’ Latest Album Receives 3.4 Million Pre-Orders in Just 7 Days

Colin Cohen

January 16, 2020

Photo of BTS Big Hit Entertainment has announced that the upcoming album by K-Pop sensations BTS has sold more than 3.4 million copies in just seven days, based on data from the album's distributor, Dreamus C... Read More...

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