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Chris Brown Warner Bros. Discovery defamation lawsuit

Chris Brown Slaps Warner Bros. Discovery with $500 Million Defamation Suit Over ‘History of Violence’ Documentary

January 22, 2025

Chris Brown has sued Warner Bros. Discovery over a documentary released last year that includes allegations of sexual assault. Chris Brown is suing Warner Bros. Discovery for $500 million over a documentary ... Read More...

Indie FireAid? LA-Based Promoters & Labels Organize ‘LA Gives Back: Fire Relief’ for January 29

Ashley King

January 21, 2025

IHeartComix, Brownies & Lemonade, Another Planet Entertainment & Teragram have announced the 7th edition of LA Gives Back at The Bellwether. LA Gives Back: Fire Relief will rally the Los Angeles inde... Read More...

Diplo Revenge Porn Lawsuit Voluntarily Dismissed After Court Rules Jane Doe Accuser Must Reveal Her Identity

Dylan Smith

January 17, 2025

The Jane Doe plaintiff who made revenge porn accusations against Diplo has officially dropped her lawsuit. This dismissal just recently came to light in a notice from the unnamed accuser's counsel, who indi... Read More...

Spotify Cancels All Grammy Parties and Events

Ashley King

January 16, 2025

Spotify has announced the cancellation of all of its Grammy parties and events in the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires. But nominees for the Songwriter of the Year Award were already boycotting the Grammy pa... Read More...

Universal Music Group Shares Will Soon Be Listed in the US, Thanks to Activist Investor Pershing Square

Ashley King

January 15, 2025

Pershing Square Holdings is selling some of its shares in Universal Music Group in a listing on the US exchange by September 2025. Universal Music Group (UMG) has announced that Pershing Square and some of... Read More...

YouTube Google donate to LA fire relief efforts

YouTube, Google Donate $15 Million to Los Angeles Fire Relief Efforts

Ashley King

January 15, 2025

Google and YouTube contribute $15 million to organizations providing immediate relief in the Los Angeles area. Following in the footsteps of many other major companies this week, YouTube and its parent compa... Read More...

Eagles Donate $2.5 Million for LA Wildfires Relief — Will They Play FireAid?

Ashley King

January 15, 2025

The Eagles have donated $2.5 million to the Los Angeles FireAid Benefit Concert to support wildfire recovery efforts. Will the legendary rock band take the stage at FireAid? Billboard first reported the news... Read More...

Relief Rundown — A List of Music Industry Charitable Resources for Those Impacted by the LA Wildfires

Ashley King

January 14, 2025

Since January 7, wildfires have ravaged the Greater Los Angeles area. Here’s a comprehensive list of resources offering relief for LA industry workers. It’s been a week now since wildfires began blazing thro... Read More...

Grammy Cancellations Continue: WMG, Sony, BMG Cancelling All Grammy Parties Following UMG’s Announcement

Ashley King

January 14, 2025

The Grammy Awards are still set to take place on February 2, but the three major labels have cancelled their Grammy week events. Here’s the latest. Despite the deadly wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area,... Read More...

Arnold Schoenberg musical archive lost in Pacific Palisades fire

Entire Arnold Schoenberg Musical Archive Lost in LA Fires

Ashley King

January 14, 2025

The entire musical archive of Arnold Schoenberg was lost during the Pacific Palisades fires, confirms Belmont Music. “Unfortunately, Belmont Music was a victim of the Pacific Palisades fire,” the publisher w... Read More...

UMG letter to employees about displacement LA wildfires

UMG Says More Than 50 Employees ‘Totally Displaced’ By LA Wildfires — Chairman Lucian Grainge Is a Longtime Pacific Palisades Resident

Ashley King

January 13, 2025

Firefighters are still working to contain the deadly blazes that have burned significant portions of Los Angeles County. Over the weekend, UMG Chairman Lucian Grainge sent an update to employees about the imp... Read More...

millions of dollars in aid and relief pour in for LA wildfires

Millions Now Pouring In to Support LA Fire Victims: Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD, WMG/Blavatnik Family Foundation, MusiCares, NAMM, Many More Making Donations

Ashley King

January 13, 2025

Millions are pouring in to support victims of the LA wildfires, from Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD, WMG/Blavatnik Family Foundation, MusiCares, and NAMM. Beyoncé is showing her support for those impacted by the ongoing ... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

What Is Attribution?

So Busy With "The Quiet Time..."

Netflix Won the Streaming Wars. YouTube Changed the Rules.

Indonesia: One of the World’s Most Promising Digital Music Markets

What Politicians Could Learn from the Music Business: A Midterm Election Primer

MSG Bluntly Responds to Macklemore Allegations: ‘He’s Not an Arena-Level Act’

Nile Rodgers Becomes the Latest High-Profile Musician to Publicly Support AI

More AI Detector False Positives Emerge In Rapid Succession: Do Indie Musicians Have a Serious Problem Here?

After Bandcamp’s Takedown, Boy George Partners with Warner Music/ADA to Release ‘We Will Dance Again’ as Tel Aviv Shows Quickly Sell Out

Suno Files Subpoena Demands Against Apple As Major Label Legal War Intensifies