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And the opening weekend tally is in! In a surprise showing, the mysogynist rapping villain superheroes of N.W.A pulled an impressive $56 million opening weekend, with Straight Outta Compton almost grandstand... Read More...
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  Scott Riggs is Pandora's new Principal Product Manager of Content Programming. Chris Harrison, Pandora's VP of Business Affairs and General Counsel, has left the company for SiriusXM. According... Read More...
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Legal threats against SoundCloud from major content owners are now intensifying, according to sources, with filings likely to happen within a few months if negotiations don't progress.  Earlier, Digital Mus... Read More...
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