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Adidas will sell through unsold Yeezy shoes after all

Adidas Won’t Destroy $1 Billion Worth of Unsold Yeezy Shoes After All — Here’s The Latest

May 11, 2023

Adidas will sell through its $1.3 billion dollar stock of unsold Yeezy shoes after all. Here's the latest. Adidas' new CEO Bjørn Gulden says the company will sell through its stock of the shoes and donate th... Read More...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis bans TikTok on government and educational institution devices

State of Florida Bans TikTok for Government & Educational Institutions

Ashley King

May 10, 2023

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that bans TikTok and other 'foreign-controlled' apps on government and educational institution devices. The Republican governor signed three bills into law tha... Read More...

Adidas Doubles Down on Sports Following Catastrophic Kanye Deal

Ashley King

May 2, 2023

As part of its strategy to pivot away from its disastrous deal with Kanye West, Adidas says it will be refocusing on sports. "We want to double down on all of the things that are U.S.-centric, particularly ... Read More...

YouTube Music Contractors Win Major Union Battle Against Alphabet

Ashley King

April 30, 2023

YouTube Music contractors have unionized with the Alphabet Workers Union-CWA. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced the YouTube Music Content Operations Team overwhelmingly won their electi... Read More...

Tom Brady Threatens Legal Action Over AI Stand Up Comedy — Why Isn’t The Music Industry Responding Similarly?

Ashley King

April 27, 2023

Tom Brady is threatening legal action over an AI-generated stand up special featuring his likeness. The comedians behind the creation—Will Sasso and Chad Kultgen—revealed the potential legal action on an epi... Read More...

Fugees Member Pras Michel Found Guilty of Illegally Funneling Millions to Influence Obama, Trump Administrations

Ashley King

April 26, 2023

Fugees member Pras Michel was found guilty of illegally funneling millions into the 2012 Obama presidential campaign while later attempting to influence Trump officials — among numerous other offenses. A fed... Read More...

Roger Waters Is No Longer Banned in Frankfurt Following Court Ruling

Ashley King

April 26, 2023

An administrative court in Frankfurt ruled in favor of Roger Waters in his dispute with the city over a live appearance. Frankfurt canceled an upcoming Roger Waters show, calling him "one of the world's most ... Read More...

Italian Regulatory Agency Rules Against Meta in SIAE Music Rights Case

Ashley King

April 25, 2023

The Italian regulatory agency ruled against Meta in the SIAE music rights case, ordering the company to resume talks with SIAE and put SIAE-protected music content back on Facebook and Instagram. Italy's ant... Read More...

45 Independent Agents & Managers Recommend Urgent Changes to ‘Broken Ticket-Buying Experience’

Ashley King

April 21, 2023

The National Independent Talent Organization (NITO) has released urgent concert ticketing changes needed to reform how tickets are sold. 45 independent booking agencies and management companies have signed o... Read More...

Kanye West Officially Deactivates His Instagram Account

Ashley King

April 19, 2023

Kanye West posted his last Instagram post on April 18, hinting at plans to leave the platform shortly before deactivating his account. The artist formerly known as Kanye West uploaded an image of the Instagr... Read More...

BTS Sends Its Second Member Off to Mandatory Military Service

Ashley King

April 19, 2023

BTS sends off J-Hope as he becomes the second member of the group to enlist for mandatory military service. BTS member J-Hope enlisted in the South Korean military as an active-duty soldier on April 18, beco... Read More...

Drake Breaks His Silence on AI-Created Viral Track — “This Is The Last Straw”

Ashley King

April 16, 2023

With AI music generation technology in the hands of the masses, song covers are popping up all over social media. Drake has finally broken his silence on the trend after a viral track of him rapping Ice Spice... Read More...

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

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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