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Super-Manager Scooter Braun Is Spotify’s Latest Podcasting Partner

Dylan Smith
October 21, 2020
Photo Credit: TCDisrupt / CC by 2.0 Spotify has closed yet another exclusive podcasting deal, this time with super-manager Scooter Braun and Ithaca Holdings. Spotify unveiled the multi-podcast agreement with... Read More...

Nearly 170,000 Jobs Lost In the British Live Music Industry Alone — Van Morrison Laments “Decimation of a Sector”

Dylan Smith
October 21, 2020
Van Morrison performing in Canada in 2010. Photo Credit: sahlgoode LIVE, an advocate of the UK live music industry, has indicated in a report that the British live music industry will lose nearly 170,000 jobs... Read More...

BMG Muscles into Germany’s Live Music Market With Undercover GmbH Stake

Dylan Smith
October 21, 2020
BMG has muscled its way into the German live-music market by acquiring a majority stake in Undercover GmbH. BMG announced the high-profile purchase earlier today, and emailed the details to Digital Music New... Read More...

Universal Music Is Officially Going Public Sometime In 2022

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October 20, 2020
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Back in February, Universal Music Group parent company Vivendi unveiled plans to take UMG public sometime in the next three years. Now, the French conglomerate has signaled that the Big Three label’s long-awa... Read More...

50 Cent Says ‘Vote for Trump’ — ‘I Don’t Want to Be 20 Cent’

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October 20, 2020
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50 Cent has encouraged his followers to “vote for Trump," even if he "doesn’t like black people,” citing Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s tax plan as his chief reason for making the endorsement. 5... Read More...

After Refusing to Upload Several Joe Rogan Episodes, Spotify Rips Down Multiple QAnon Podcasts

Dylan Smith
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After opting not to upload Joe Rogan Experience (JRE) episodes involving controversial guests like Alex Jones and Milo Yiannopoulos, Spotify has ripped down multiple QAnon podcasts. Following a recent report... Read More...

Warner Music Expects Fiscal Year 2020 Revenues to Remain Flat at $4.4 Billion — In Line With Expectations

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Warner Music Group (WMG) expects its fiscal-year 2020 revenues to top $4.4 billion – a figure that’s relatively close to investor forecasts and, in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, in line with FY 2019 revenue... Read More...
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Second Stimulus Check Decision Expected Within 48 Hours

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After months of back-and-forth negotiations – and multiple impasses – it appears that lawmakers will reach a decision concerning a pre-election second stimulus check within the next 48 hours. A second stimul... Read More...

Sigur Ros Is ‘Facing Potential Financial Ruin’ Thanks to Icelandic Tax Laws

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Sigur Ros performing in Amsterdam in 2013. Photo Credit: Alive87 Sigur Ros has taken aim at their native Iceland’s “shameful” tax laws, calling for immediate reform and specifying that they’ve been the subjec... Read More...

55% of British Professional Musicians Aren’t Earning Any Money from Music

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London, England. Photo Credit: Eva Dang 55 percent of British musicians are currently earning nothing from music as COVID-19 lockdown measures continue to devastate the live-entertainment space. The 99-year-... Read More...

Beastie Boys Break Their Pledge to Never License Their Music for Advertising — ‘Sabotage’ Appears In a Joe Biden Campaign Spot

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The Beastie Boys performing live in Barcelona, Spain, in 2007. Photo Credit: Michael Morel The Beastie Boys have broken their longstanding pledge to abstain from licensing music for advertising, as their 1994... Read More...
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Last week, Kanye West expressed interest in appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience (JRE). Now, the world’s richest musician has confirmed that he’ll record the Spotify exclusive podcast on Friday, October 23rd... Read More...
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