Sony mega-label Columbia Records has signed a deal with Swedish House Mafia. Columbia also represents artists like Bruce Springsteen, Calvin Harris, and Adele. Swedish House Mafia comes to the Sony Music label after a reportedly fierce bidding war wit…
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Deadmau5 Blows Up and Quits Twitch Over Homophobic Slur
Yesterday, Joel Zimmerman, better known as Deadmau5, went on a tirade in a now deleted Reddit post. Zimmerman was upset with the live streaming service Twitch for suspending his account after he used a homophobic slur. According to an account of the st…
One Week Later, PledgeMusic’s Crowdfunding Campaigns Remain Suspended
More than a week after suspending all crowdfunding campaigns, PledgeMusic remains silent about what’s going on. PledgeMusic has been promising since the summer of 2018 that it would make back payments to artists. Benji Rogers, the co-founder of PledgeM…
Latest Music Industry Moves: WMG, Moo TV, Island, ICM, More…
This week featured several new additions, promotions and departures in the music industry. We covered a long list of exec movers and shakers last week, buoyed by a number of expanding companies. Here’s the latest on this week. (If you’ve got a jobs up…
Fortnite Claps Back Against Dance Move Lawsuits: ‘No One Can Own a Dance Step’
Remember that lawsuit filed by 2 Milly against Epic Games for the dances featured in Fortnite? Epic has responded by asking a judge to dismiss the lawsuit, saying the dance in question isn’t even copying Milly Rock. Epic’s lawyers claim that the dance …
Amazon Is Setting Up Pop-Up Storage Lockers at Coachella
Amazon’s locker concept hits Coachella — and potentially a lot of other festivals ahead. Amazon’s delivery lockers have expanded to Whole Foods, 7-Eleven, and Chase Bank for customers to pick-up packages. Now they’ll be appearing for the first time at…
Tidal Joins Spotify by Allowing Users to Mute Artists
After Spotify received a huge backlash to its ‘hateful conduct’ policy, the company switched gears. Now, Tidal’s doing the same. News broke last month that Spotify was testing a way to mute specific artists across playlists, chart lists, and even radi…
Capcom Uploads a Massive Amount of Game Soundtracks to Spotify
Capcom has added several dozen gaming soundtracks to Spotify, much to the delight of fans. A new Spotify account called ‘Capcom Sound Team’ recently appeared on the service, offering classic soundtracks from multiple Capcom published game series. Fans …
A Fyre Festival Spoof Movie Is Now In the Works, Starring Lonely Island and Seth Rogan
Back in April of 2017, right after the disastrous Fyre Festival, Seth Rogen tweeted about working on a film about a festival that goes ‘horribly wrong’. The Lonely Island shared that tweet and added, “for real, thinking about suing Fyre Festival for st…
The Backlash Begins: Michael Jackson Statue Removed by a Danish Mall Following Numerous Complaints
Ahead of the debut of the Leaving Neverland documentary set to air on HBO next month, a Danish Mall has removed a statue of Michael Jackson. Denmark’s oldest shopping mall ditched the statue out of fear that outraged shoppers would vandalize it. Leavin…