Here’s a recap of recent executive shuffles — including both hirings and in-house promotions — from across the music industry. If you have a job listing to share, we’re all ears. Send us a note to news@digitalmusicnews.com. If you’d like to post a job…
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UCLA Law Music Industry Clinic Providing Free Legal Advice
Like in 2018, the UCLA School of Law is providing free legal advice to Los Angeles-area music artists through its Music Industry Clinic (MIC). The school is currently accepting applications through their website until the end of January. After this, th…
German Music Industry Breaks the 100 Billion Stream Barrier
In the wake of a report from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) that there were more than 100 billion music streams in the United Kingdom, GfK Entertainment and the German Music Industry Association (BVMI) announced that the same thing had happene…
Sing Street the Musical Is Headed to Broadway
A stage musical based on John Carney’s film Sing Street is scheduled to reach Broadway on March 26 of this year at the Lyceum Theater. The show is currently running at the New York Theatre Workshop. This is not the first time that a John Carney f…
Sound Relief Australia To Stage Bushfire Benefit Concert
Sound Relief Australia has announced that it will be staging a concert this year to benefit those affected by the country’s bushfires. The organization, which held a concert in 2009 in both Sydney and Melbourne to benefit the victims of the Victo…
Sofar Sounds Slapped With $460,358 Fine for Not Paying Wages
The New York Department of Labor announced that it has reached a settlement with controversial concert promoter Sofar Sounds, for failing to pay 654 “ambassadors” for work that they performed at shows between 2016 and 2019. The settlement c…
SiriusXM Reaches 34.9 Million Subscribers, Won’t Disclose Pandora Number
SiriusXM Holdings announced that it has finished 2019 with 34.9 million paid subscribers, which is a new high for the company. While the company did not indicate how many Pandora subscribers they have, Zack Silver — who is an analyst for B Riley …
Sonos Files Lawsuits Against Google for Stealing Its Speaker Patents
Smart speaker company Sonos is suing Google because they think that it copied their technology. Sonos has filed two separate lawsuits against Google relating to five patents that they hold for wireless speaker systems. They are further asking the Inter…
London’s Iconic Koko Venue Suffers Serious Fire Damage; 60+ Firefighters Battle the Blaze
Eight fire engines and about 60 firefighters battled a blaze at London’s iconic Koko Venue, where many famous artists have performed over the years. The London Fire Brigade said that the blaze badly damaged the building, and it has completely des…
Hipgnosis Songs Acquires 157-Song Catalog of Blink 182’s Tom DeLonge
The Hipgnosis Songs Fund has acquired 100% of the rights to the 157-song catalog of Blink-182 co-founder Tom DeLonge. The acquisition not only includes songs from DeLonge’s days at Blink-182, which he left in 2004, but also from the band Angels a…