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Howard Stern Mulls Over Presidential Run to ‘Overturn’ Supreme Court

June 28, 2022

Howard Stern said he's serious about a potential presidential run in 2024 on his SiriusXM show. Stern says his potential presidential run hinges on whether Donald Trump runs again. If he does, Stern says he ... Read More...

Canada Seeks to Aggressively Boost Domestic Content on YouTube, Spotify, & Others

Ashley King

June 28, 2022

Canada has approved legislation to target what platforms like YouTube, Spotify, and Netflix can broadcast to Canadian audiences. It's the second attempt by Canada's Liberal government to compel digital platf... Read More...

U.S. TikTok Data Repeatedly Accessed From China, Report Reveals

Ashley King

June 19, 2022

TikTok has consistently reasserted that data from users in the United States is stored here. But according to leaked audio from internal TikTok meetings, employees of ByteDance in China have accessed U.S. use... Read More...

Live Nation Subsidiaries Accused of Unethically Taking $19 Million In COVID Relief Funds

Ashley King

May 23, 2022

Congress wrote its pandemic relief laws to exclude publicly traded companies like Live Nation. But Live Nation subsidiaries received over $19 million in COVID relief. The Washington Post reports that the par... Read More...

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley Introduces a Bill to Eliminate Disney’s ‘Unnecessarily Long’ Copyright Terms — Is This Bad News for the Music Business?

Ashley King

May 11, 2022

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley has introduced a new copyright bill that would shorten copyright lengths for corporations like Disney. Could this legislation impact the music industry? The Copyright Clause Restorat... Read More...

Pink Floyd Partners With Ukrainian Musician to Release ‘Hey Hey Rise Up’ Charity Track — First New Song In 28 Years

Dylan Smith

April 7, 2022

About three weeks after removing its music from streaming services in Russia and Belarus, Pink Floyd has reassembled to record a song in support of Ukraine. Pink Floyd today took to social media to announce ... Read More...

Spotify Suspends Entire Service Inside Russia Over Censorship Laws

Ashley King

March 28, 2022

Spotify is suspending its service in Russia due to the country's censorship laws. Earlier this month, the music streaming service suspended its Premium service in the country. Now it will shut down entirely.... Read More...

Joni Mitchell Remains Unavailable on Spotify — So SiriusXM Is Spinning a Dedicated Joni Channel

Marsha Silva

March 17, 2022

Joni Mitchell fans who used to enjoy her songs on the Spotify music streaming app now have a great reason to check out SiriusXM. In late January, Mitchell made headlines when she decided to pull her song cat... Read More...

Two U.S. Senators Urge DOJ to Investigate Ticketmaster Billing Practices

Ashley King

March 16, 2022

Two U.S. Senators are urging an investigation into Ticketmaster billing practices, including exorbitant fees passed on to concert-goers. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-NY) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) wrote to t... Read More...

Russian Soprano Anna Netrebko Removed by Met Opera, Berlin State Opera Over Refusal to Denounce Putin

Ashley King

March 4, 2022

Russian soprano Anna Netrebko will not be performing at the Met Opera or Berlin State Opera. The Russian opera singer refused to distance herself from Putin, which forced this outcome. "It is a great artisti... Read More...

After Leaving Russia, Spotify Removes State-Owned Media Outlets RT and Sputnik

Dylan Smith

March 4, 2022

Earlier this week, Spotify “indefinitely” closed its Russian offices in response to the invasion of Ukraine. Now, the Stockholm-based company has officially booted Russian state-owned news outlets Sputnik and... Read More...

Meat Loaf Reportedly Died of COVID — Friends Ask to Remember the Musician

Ashley King

January 23, 2022

Rock ballad extraordinaire Meat Loaf has passed away. According to reports, the singer was ill with COVID-19. The performer's family announced Meat Loaf's death on social media early Friday morning. No cause... Read More...

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Howard Stern Mulls Over Presidential Run to ‘Overturn’ Supreme Court

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley Introduces a Bill to Eliminate Disney’s ‘Unnecessarily Long’ Copyright Terms — Is This Bad News for the Music Business?

Two U.S. Senators Urge DOJ to Investigate Ticketmaster Billing Practices