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Author Colin Cohen

Colin Cohen

Colin has many years of experience writing about music, technology and sports for publications around the world while living in both the United States and Europe. He has also had fiction published by Akashic Books and Lettre International.

Justin Bieber Asks Fans To Generate Fake Spotify Plays So He Can Get a #1 Song

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Photo of Justin Bieber In the wake of a controversy over fake music streams of a French Montana song, the Instagram account of Justin Bieber instructed fans on how to game Spotify and iTunes in order to help ... Read More...

Legendary Rush Drummer Neil Peart Passes Away

Colin Cohen
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Photo of Neil Peart (Public Domain) Rush has announced that its longtime drummer Neil Peart has died of brain cancer at the age of 67. The band says that Peart passed away on January 7 in Santa Monica, Calif... Read More...

Latest Industry Gigs: Muserk, One Media iP, ID&T, Primary Wave, Pearl Records and More

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Photo of Quentin Bradley (courtesy of Muserk) Here’s a recap of recent executive shuffles — including both hirings and in-house promotions — from across the music industry. If you have a job listing to share... Read More...

Australian Radio Stations Are Banning Songs Mentioning Fire, Burning, Heat

Colin Cohen
January 10, 2020
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Photo of smoke caused by the Australian bushfires. In response to the fires that have ravaged Australia, it is being reported that some radio stations in the country are banning songs that contain lyrics that... Read More...
All iPhonez On Me: Fans Slam Tupac Shakur Biographical Film

The BMW That Tupac Shakur Was Murdered in Selling for $1.75MM

Colin Cohen
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Photo of Tupac Shakur The black BMW 750Li that rapper Tupac Shakur was driving on the night he was murdered has been restored and is selling for a whopping $1.75 million. Celebrity Cars Las Vegas is selling ... Read More...

Vivendi-Owned See Tickets Acquires Swiss Indie Ticket Platform StarTicket

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Ticketing company See Tickets, which is owned by Vivendi, has acquired a Swiss ticketing company called StarTicket from the TX Group. StarTicket, which began operations in 2003, reportedly sells about 5 mill... Read More...
U.S. Patent Office Approves Microsoft's Next Gen AirPods Killer Dubbed the Surface Pen

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A new report from analyst Kevin Rooke is indicating that Apple's revenue from AirPods exceeds that of Spotify, Twitter, Snapchat, and Shopify combined. In his report, Rooke presented the following graph to s... Read More...

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Photo of Enrique Iglesias by Eva Rinaldi (CC BY-SA 2.0) A new law relating to open government in Texas has revealed how much the city of McAllen paid for singer Enrique Iglesias' performance there in 2015. A... Read More...

Nettwerk Music Is Buying Itself Back — Plans Repurchase from HBC

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Nettwerk Music Group has announced that it plans to recapitalize its business by repurchasing ownership of the company from HBC Investments. The company said that the repurchase was part of what it termed "a... Read More...
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According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), the airing of the second installment of Surviving R. Kelly led to a 40% spike in calls to their hotline. Surviving R. Kelly, Part II: The R... Read More...
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The Saban Music Group has announced that it has reached a global distribution and marketing deal with Universal Music Group (UMG), which comes six months after billionaire Haim Saban pledged $500 million for ... Read More...
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Photo of Aretha Franklin The youngest son of singer Aretha Franklin is calling for a boycott of the upcoming biopic of Franklin starring Jennifer Hudson. In a Facebook post, Kecalf Franklin took issue with M... Read More...
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