Colin Cohen, Author at Digital Music News

TikTok Superstar Chase Hudson Inks Representation Deal with WME

January 14, 2020

TikTok star Chase Hudson and the content creation collective Hype House have signed a representation deal with William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (WME). According to The Hollywood Reporter, WME will provi... Read More...

Warner Chappell Settles Its Long-Running Licensing Dispute with Spotify

Colin Cohen

January 14, 2020

Warner Chappell and Spotify have resolved their long-running licensing dispute in India by signing a global licensing deal. Since February of 2019, Spotify had been operating its music streaming service in I... Read More...

Thanks to Streaming, Songs Have Become Shorter

EMI’s On-Again, Off-Again Lawsuit Against Kanye West Is Off-Again

Colin Cohen

January 14, 2020

Photo of Kanye West by Pieter Jannick Dijkstra The long-standing legal battle between Kanye West and EMI Music Publishing seems to be finally approaching a resolution. On January 13, representatives of EMI f... Read More...

Justin Bieber’s Chart-Gaming Attempts Are Falling a Little Short

Colin Cohen

January 13, 2020

Photo of Spotify Charts showcasing the ascent of "Yummy" by Justin Bieber. The controversial attempts of singer Justin Bieber and/or his team to game the charts and make "Yummy" a No. 1 song seem to be coming... Read More...

Composer Discovers His Music Is All Over Chinese TV, Can’t Get Paid

Colin Cohen

January 13, 2020

Photo Credit: Vjeran Pavic / CC by 3.0 In a collection of 37 Twitter posts, composer Kerry Muzzey described his odyssey of trying to get paid for music of his that has appeared on Chinese TV. Muzzey alleges ... Read More...

Deezer Inks a Bundled Carrier Deal with Mondia for Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE

Colin Cohen

January 13, 2020

Photo of Deezer and Mondia executives (courtesy of Deezer) Deezer announced that it has signed an agreement with a mobile technology company called Mondia that will allow for direct carrier billing services i... Read More...

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

Bernstein Initiates Coverage of Spotify, Starts at ‘Underperform’

Colin Cohen

January 13, 2020

Bernstein Bank has begun covering Spotify as a stock, and they are very bearish at the moment, believing that the stock is significantly underperforming. Todd Juenger, who is an analyst at Bernstein, has set... Read More...

LiveXLive Says It Has 820,000 Paying Subscribers

Colin Cohen

January 13, 2020

LiveXLive announced that it has reached 820,000 paid subscribers, which is up 140,000 in the past nine months. The achievement came within the context of the company releasing certain operational metrics for... Read More...

Is Anghami for Sale? $400 Million Price Tag Rumored

Colin Cohen

January 13, 2020

According to a report from Bloomberg, Anghami is considering selling the company to a pay television network in Dubai called Orbit Showtime Network (OSN). Sources have told Bloomberg that the Middle East mus... Read More...

Eric Holder Allegedly Killed Nipsey Hussle After the Rapper Cautioned Him About Snitching

Nipsey Hussle’s Album ‘Victory Lap’ Officially Goes Platinum

Colin Cohen

January 12, 2020

Photo of Nipsey Hussle Nine months after the murder of rapper Nipsey Hussle, his debut album Victory Lap has officially gone platinum, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Relea... Read More...

Finally: SiriusXM Is Testing Bundled Pandora Subscriptions

Colin Cohen

January 12, 2020

A little more than a year after it acquired Pandora, SiriusXM is finally considering bundling it with its satellite radio service. At the moment, there are scant details about how the company might package t... Read More...

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