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Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Dies Aged 56

August 11, 2024

Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO, and instrumental figure in Google’s acquisition of YouTube’s video platform, has passed away aged 56. Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, a central figure in developing Goo... Read More...

Amazon Music Preps Wall-to-Wall Outside Lands Streaming Coverage Across Twitch, Prime Video

Ashley King

August 9, 2024

Amazon Music providing full livestream coverage of Outside Lands this weekend, across Twitch and Prime Video, starting at 1 PM PDT on August 9. Today, Amazon Music will kick off its weekend-long livestream o... Read More...

Twitch Launches DJ Partnership After Inking Major Labels, Merlin Licensing Pacts—New DJ Category Now Featured

Ashley King

August 8, 2024

After inking licensing deals with all major music labels (UMG, Sony, Warner) and independent Merlin—Twitch is ready to give DJs a safe space to stream online. Here’s the latest. Twitch has finally launched i... Read More...

What is TikTok Spotlight? A New Promo Tool For Media Marketing Emerges — With Film & TV Studios the Initial Targets

Ashley King

August 8, 2024

TikTok has become ubiquitous with music discovery for Gen Z. Now TikTok is hoping to deliver a new marketing solution for media promotion called TikTok Spotlight. What is it, and how does it work? Here’s the ... Read More...

After Telling X/Twitter Advertisers ‘Go F*ck Yourself’, Elon Musk Launches Antitrust Lawsuit

Ashley King

August 7, 2024

Despite telling advertisers to ‘go f*ck themselves’ during The New York Times’ Dealbook Summit last year, now Elon Musk is suing an advertising coalition in a federal antitrust lawsuit. The lawsuit is agains... Read More...

When It Rains, It Pours: DOJ and FTC File Children’s Privacy Lawsuit Against TikTok As Forced-Sale Deadline Nears

Dylan Smith

August 2, 2024

When it rains, it pours – at least for TikTok and its ByteDance parent, which are facing a Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission lawsuit over alleged children's privacy law violations. That complai... Read More...

Meta’s Reality Labs Posts $4.5 Billion Loss in Second Quarter — With Total Losses Topping $50 Billion Since 2020

Ashley King

August 1, 2024

Meta’s ambitious move to be first in the metaverse is still costing the company billions of dollars each quarter, with the company's Reality Labs posting a gargantuan $4.5 billion loss in Q2. Meta’s Reality ... Read More...

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House of Representatives Bans All ByteDance Apps for Staffers, Not Just TikTok

Ashley King

July 30, 2024

All apps from Chinese firm ByteDance will be banned on devices for staffers in the House of Representatives, not just TikTok. In two weeks, all apps from TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance will be ban... Read More...

Meta Launches AI Studio for Creating Custom Chatbots

Ashley King

July 30, 2024

Meta is bringing the ability to create custom chatbots to audiences using its new AI Studio. It allows anyone to create and discover AI characters, or allows creators to build an AI as an extension of themsel... Read More...

DOJ Fires Back Against TikTok Injunction Push Ahead of January Forced Sale Deadline

Dylan Smith

July 29, 2024

Five weeks ago, TikTok formally sought an injunction blocking the forced sale deadline it's staring down in the U.S. Now, the Justice Department has fired back against the request and the arguments therein. ... Read More...

TikTok Targets Shazam, YouTube Music with ‘Sound Search’ — Hum or Sing a Song to Find a Match

Ashley King

July 29, 2024

TikTok takes on Shazam and YouTube Music with a new feature that allows you to find a sound by singing, humming, or playing it. TikTok is rolling out a new feature to rival Shazam and YouTube Music with Soun... Read More...

New Music Releases Tracker—Will Smith, Sabrina Carpenter, Polo G, Ice Spice, Mustard Releases Imminently On Tap

Ashley King

July 25, 2024

Find it hard to keep track of the hottest new music releases? Check out this shortlist of some of the summer’s hottest music drops with Digital Music News’ new music releases tracker. Want to go even more in-... Read More...

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

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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’

Karol G Brings ‘No Me Arrepiento De Sentir Tanto’ to TikTok Live

Apple Music Unveils Karaoke-Like Selfie Sing Video Mode

Copyright Alliance Issues Urgent Statement on Meta’s Proposed Commercial TOS Updates

Major Brands Are Increasingly Getting Sued Over Their Music Use on Social Media—Now There’s a Way They Can Get Ahead of the Problem