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Metallica Will Donate $1.6 Million to 23 Different Community Colleges This Year

May 26, 2021

Photo Credit: Raph_PH / CC by 2.0 Originally conceived in 2019, The Metallica Scholars Initiative (MSI) is a collaboration between the band’s foundation (All Within My Hands) and the American Association of C... Read More...

Warner Music Announces New Pan-Asian Dance Label, Whet Records

Marsha Silva

April 15, 2021

Whet Records artist Lizzy Wang (photo: Warner Music Asia) Warner Music Asia is now popping the champagne corks on Whet Records, their first Pan-Asian dance label. Envisioned by Jonathan Serbin, CEO of Warne... Read More...

France Launches Investigation After Thousands Attend New Year’s Eve Rave

Marsha Silva

January 3, 2021

Despite being under a strict lockdown, partygoers in France found a way to celebrate the arrival of 2021 with an illegal New Year's Eve rave. As a result of the ongoing party, five people have been arrested w... Read More...

Trump Fully Pardons Snoop Dogg Producer Weldon Angelos

Marsha Silva

December 28, 2020

17 years ago, Snoop Dogg Producer Weldon Angelos was caught trying to sell $350 worth of illegal marijuana to an undercover police officer. That led to a series of other charges involving drugs, weapons, and ... Read More...

Universal Music Reshuffles Its Leadership Deck In India

Marsha Silva

February 27, 2020

Mumbai (photo: Hardik Joshi) Universal Music Group (UMG) has made several personnel changes to the leadership teams within Universal Music India (UMI). In a breakdown of the changes emailed to DMN this morni... Read More...

Jay-Z, Yo Gotti File Second Lawsuit Against Mississippi Department of Corrections Over ‘Barbaric Conditions’

Marsha Silva

February 27, 2020

Jay-Z and Tennessee native Yo Gotti have filed a second lawsuit against the Mississippi Department of Corrections, once again stemming from the state’s failure to address the alleged mistreatment and abuse of... Read More...

VEVO Expands Into Australia and New Zealand

Marsha Silva

February 26, 2020

photo: Mark Galer As part of an ongoing effort to establish a foothold in potentially lucrative (and possibly overlooked) markets, music video platform Vevo has set its sights on Australia and New Zealand. T... Read More...

BTS Label Big Hit Entertainment Is Rapidly Moving Forward With IPO Plans

Marsha Silva

February 26, 2020

photo: Renan Kamikoga It seems that BTS label Big Hit Entertainment will be going public much sooner than anticipated. After being valued at over $1 billion last summer (a figure that, though impressive at ... Read More...

Storied Chrysalis Records Reemerges as a Frontline Label

Marsha Silva

February 26, 2020

Fifty-two years after its founding, the storied Chrysalis Records is reemerging as a frontline label. The record company’s officials announced today that their brand would relaunch as part of an agreement wi... Read More...

Ticketmaster, StubHub Execs Are Testifying Before a Congressional Panel on Excessive Ticket Costs

Marsha Silva

February 26, 2020

Congress’s continued effort to curb deceptive ticketing practices and lower ticket prices has taken the form of a comprehensive hearing, at which executives from America’s leading ticketing companies have bee... Read More...

Controversial YG Music Video is drawing fire from the Asian community over its "racist" lyrics

YG’s 4Hunnid Label Inks a Joint Venture Deal With Epic/Sony

Marsha Silva

February 26, 2020

YG image by 5sr, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC by 2.0) Rapper YG has inked a JV deal between his label, 4Hunnid, and Sony Music Entertainment’s Epic Records. Per a deal first ti... Read More...

Massive K-Pop Festival In Los Angeles Canceled Over Coronavirus Fears

Marsha Silva

February 26, 2020

Official cancellation announcement from organizers of the 2020 Korea Times Music Festival. The coronavirus epidemic has forced Los Angeles’s Korea Times Music Festival (KTMF) to postpone its annual event. Th... Read More...

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Massive K-Pop Festival In Los Angeles Canceled Over Coronavirus Fears

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