Kanye West is being sued over his unauthorized use of a little girl praying for his track ‘Ultralight Beam.’ Another murky copyright issue is coming to the fore — with none other than Kanye caught in the middle. At the center of this fight is ‘Ultralig…
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Vimeo Reaches 952,000 Subscribers as Paid Streaming Takes Flight
The debate between Vimeo vs. YouTube is long over, but the small streaming service may be winning in a totally different way. Vimeo’s owners, the media group IAC, recently reported that revenues grew by 54% for the video streaming service. Vimeo revenu…
Sprint Is Suing AT&T Over ‘Fake’ 5G Advertising Claims
Sprint has filed a lawsuit against AT&T for its 5G Evolution branding. AT&T rolled out the branding on phones that still use 4G LTE Advanced technology, which is not true 5G. Both T-Mobile and Verizon have mocked the branding through social med…
Apple Music Unleashes a ‘Memoji’ Grammy Campaign Featuring Ariana Grande, Khalid, and Florida Georgia Line
Looks like Ariana Grande’s showing up to the Grammys after all — as an Apple ‘memoji’. Apple promoted its animoji technology during last year’s Grammys with characters lip-syncing Childish Gambino and Migos. This year, the tech company is broadening it…
Movin’ On Up — Check This Massive List of Music Industry Exec Shuffles
Several new hirings, promotions, and other job placements have been announced over the past few days. Here’s a quick run-down of everyone that’s moving up or coming on board. Got an announcement? Hit us up at news@digitalmusicnews.com. And if you wa…
A Google Play Music Bug Is Cutting Off Connected Speakers
Some Google Play Music users are reporting a new bug that prevents them from casting new music to their connected speakers. Songs released in 2019 are available on Google Play Music, but the songs won’t play on any connected device when asked. The bug …
Musiio Raises $1 Million to Package AI Curation Services to Music Services
Musiio has raised $1 million from several investors. Wavemaker Partners, Exponential Creativity Ventures were the two biggest names to jump into this initial round. Several other undisclosed angel investors took part in the financing. Musiio is a musi…
Fortnite Ripple Effect: Marshmello’s YouTube Channel Hits 40 MM Views In 2 Days
Marshmello’s two 10-minute sets in Fortnite are having a ripple effect for the EDM artist’s YouTube channel. With more than 10 million Fortnite players tuning in to the concert last weekend, fans are now turning to YouTube for more. Marshmello’s offici…
A Black Lives Matter Petition Against 21 Savage’s Deportation Approaches 250,000 Signatures
Black Lives Matter organizers have banded together to create a petition protesting the deportation of rapper 21 Savage. The rapper, whose real name is Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was arrested over the weekend and taken into ICE custody. The petition wa…
Apple Music Plasters Los Angeles With Gigantic Grammy ‘Animojis’
The Grammy Awards are happening this Sunday and Apple Music has spiced up Los Angeles with several giant billboards. Apple Music is going gigantic ahead of this weekend’s Grammys event. The new billboards feature several Grammy-nominated artists as ‘…