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Thematic Is Officially Blowing Up Musicians on YouTube With Its Game-Changing Licensing Approach

April 6, 2022

Several years ago, Thematic set out to fix YouTube's licensing hurdles for musicians and content creators while creating a marketing platform that delivered results. Now, savvy artists like Fiji Blue are incr... Read More...

Cardi B Wins Injunction Forcing Removal of Defamatory YouTube Videos

Ashley King

April 6, 2022

Cardi B has won an injunction to force the removal of defamatory videos posted by YouTuber Latasha Kebe. The injunction comes just a few months after the rapper won a $2.6 million dollar defamation lawsuit a... Read More...

Twitch Pauses Boost Train Feature Due to Porn Recommendations

Ashley King

April 4, 2022

Twitch has paused its Boost Train feature, which allowed people to pay to promote streams. That's because porn showed up in people's feeds. The pause comes after several people shared screenshots of their Tw... Read More...

YouTube — And YouTube Music — Are Now at Risk of Being Banned In Russia

Ashley King

March 23, 2022

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YouTube is currently at risk of being banned in Russia as tensions between US companies and Russia rise. Naturally, YouTube Music would also get caught in the undertow. Google shuttered its advertising busin... Read More...

Mark Zuckerberg at SXSW 2022 — “NFTs Are Coming to Instagram”

Ashley King

March 18, 2022

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Speaking to an audience at SXSW, Mark Zuckerberg confirms NFTs are coming to Instagram. "We're working on bringing NFTs to Instagram in the near term," Zuckerberg told the audience. He didn't clarify how the... Read More...

Unity Announces New Partnership With Insomniac Events for the Metaverse

Ashley King

March 15, 2022

Unity has announced it is teaming up with Insomniac Events to build a persistent metaverse. Unity is one of the world's leading platforms for creating and operating real-time 3D content. The new partnership ... Read More...

Ukraine’s ‘Cellar Violinist’ Becomes Viral Icon on Social Media

Ashley King

March 11, 2022

Ukraine's 'cellar violinist' has gone viral on social media to symbolize hope to besieged Ukrainians. Vera Lytovchekno says she took shelter in the basement of her apartment building in Kharkiv – a city unde... Read More...

TikTok Owner ByteDance Will Pay $92M to Settle Illinois Privacy Case

Is TikTok Safe for Kids? Platform Faces At Least Eight State Investigations Over Its Impact On Children and Teens

Dylan Smith

March 3, 2022

Is TikTok safe for kids and teenagers? Last year, TikTok faced multiple privacy investigations from the Irish government, a European Commission probe concerning child-protection laws, a bipartisan Senate inqu... Read More...

How Long Can A TikTok Be? Expanded Max Video Length for 2022

Ashley King

March 3, 2022

Part of the TikTok platform's success is the focus on short-form video. How long can a TikTok be in 2022? ByteDance is experimenting with the ability to upload videos as long as 10 minutes in length. It's th... Read More...

Big Machine’s Scott Borchetta: “My Last Three Hires for Our Label Are People Who Are Working TikTok”

Paul Resnikoff

February 25, 2022

Big Machine topper Scott Borchetta isn't convinced that TikTok is a good place to find new talent. So why is he hiring TikTok specialists? If you know the inner workings of TikTok, you might want to send Big... Read More...

Microsoft Brings Twitch Live Streaming Back to Xbox Dashboard

Ashley King

February 24, 2022

Microsoft is bringing Twitch live streaming back to the Xbox dashboard. Here's how it works. Five years ago, Microsoft removed the ability to live stream directly from the dashboard. That's because it launch... Read More...

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

Ashley King

February 17, 2022

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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...

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’

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