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Is Roblox Safe For Kids? The Digital Realm Faces Child Exploitation Accusations

February 17, 2022

Is Roblox safe for kids? The platform faces accusations of child labor exploitation and other issues. Roblox launched in 2006 as an educational piece of software designed to teach kids how to make games. The... Read More...

Canto-pop Singer Tommy Yuen Arrested In Hong Kong on Money Laundering Charges

Ashley King

February 16, 2022

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Former Canto-pop singer Tommy Yuen has been arrested in Hong Kong by national security police. The Hong Kong singer is an outspoken supporter of democracy and anti-government in the city. Yuen was arrested o... Read More...

Love Rocks NYC Benefit Concert 2022 Lineup Revealed – Keith Richards & More

Ashley King

February 16, 2022

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The headliners for the Love Rocks NYC 2022 benefit concert have been announced. Keith Richards & the X-Pensive Winos, Hozier, Melissa Etheridge, Allison Russell, Mavis Staples, and Warren Haynes will hea... Read More...

Eminem Takes a One-Minute Knee During Super Bowl Halftime Performance

Paul Resnikoff

February 13, 2022

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Eminem took an unexpected knee for roughly one full minute during Sunday's Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show — a move the NFL says it approved prior to the performance. Sunday's Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show was a... Read More...

A Timeline of the Joe Rogan vs. Neil Young Spotify Backlash

Ashley King

February 9, 2022

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Spotify is at the center of a massive controversy concerning the spread of misinformation with Joe Rogan at the center. Here's a timeline of how the whole thing got started. On January 12, 270 medical profes... Read More...

New York State Comptroller Demands Content Moderation Info From Spotify

Dylan Smith

February 9, 2022

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Amid continued controversy concerning comments made on the Spotify-exclusive Joe Rogan Experience podcast, a New York government official has called on the streaming service “to explain if its content managem... Read More...

Spotify Refuses to Drop Joe Rogan Despite His Use of the N-Word: ‘Canceling Voices Is a Slippery Slope’

Paul Resnikoff

February 6, 2022

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek is now responding to revelations that Joe Rogan repeatedly used the n-word in the past. Late on Friday (February 4th), Digital Music News first reported that Spotify had abruptly remove... Read More...

Spotify Removes 70 Episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience — Here’s the Full List

Ashley King

February 4, 2022

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70 episodes of the Joe Rogan podcast were removed from Spotify on Friday evening (February 4th) — which brings the total list of deleted episodes to 113. The removals were first spotted by JREmissing.com, wh... Read More...

Lady A Lawsuit Ends in Settlement After 19-Month Legal Battle

Dylan Smith

February 4, 2022

Back in July of 2020, one month after changing their name to Lady A, the country trio formerly known as Lady Antebellum filed a trademark complaint against a Seattle-based blues singer named Anita White, who’... Read More...

Joni Mitchell Faces Accusations of Racism as Blackface Images Resurface

Paul Resnikoff

February 3, 2022

Joni Mitchell is facing serious criticism after decades-old images reveal the folk singer repeatedly wearing blackface as part of a full-blown 'pimp' costume. The ugly images reveal that Joni Mitchell donned... Read More...

Daniel Ek Addresses Joe Rogan Controversy: ‘We Don’t Change Our Policies Based On One Creator’

Dylan Smith

February 3, 2022

Responding to the ongoing controversy surrounding The Joe Rogan Experience, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek appeared to indicate that his company wouldn’t take further action against the program or its namesake host, s... Read More...

The White House Says Spotify Hasn’t Done Enough About Joe Rogan — “More Can Be Done”

Ashley King

February 3, 2022

Spotify's situation with the Joe Rogan podcast was a topic at a recent White House press briefing. Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked about Spotify's decision to add content advisories to COVID-19 content. ... Read More...

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

What Is Attribution?

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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