Summerfest Milwaukee executives have canceled their much-anticipated event’s 2020 edition due to uncertainty stemming from the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. The Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.’s board of directors made the unfortunate announcement this…
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Detroit Institute of Music Education Is Shutting Down After 6 Years
Following a dispute and fruitless negotiation with its partner college, the Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver), the Detroit Institute of Music Education (DIME) has announced that it is permanently shutting down. Detroit Institute of M…
Spotify Agrees to Match $10 Million In Employee Donations to Combat Racism
Following public criticism from an activist employee, Spotify has reportedly agreed to match $10 million in team member donations to combat racism. A Spotify employee published the mentioned message on Twitter yesterday, indicating: “I work at @S…
Warner Music Group Stock Continues to Gain During Second Day on Wall Street
Since returning to Wall Street yesterday after nearly a decade of private ownership, Warner Music Group has seen its per-share stock value climb steadily. Update: Warner Music Group’s per-share stock price leveled off during the second half of today’s …
Jay-Z Takes Out Full-Page Ads Quoting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rapper Jay-Z and his entertainment company Roc Nation have purchased full-page ads, featuring remarks offered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in newspapers across the United States. Jay-Z and Roc Nation posted copies of the advertisement on Instagram, i…
Don Henley Calls the DMCA ‘A MySpace Relic In the TikTok Era’
The Eagles mainstay Don Henley took aim at 1998’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in a recent remote conference with the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property. The corresponding hearing occurred yesterday, June 2nd, and Don Hen…
PPL Collected More Than $342 Million in 2019 — And Paid All-Time-High Number of Performers
UK music licensing and performance rights organization Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) has revealed that it collected more than $342 million (£271.8 million) worth of recording royalties on behalf of its members in 2019. PPL unveiled the figure …
Cox Communications Is Facing the Reality of a $1 Billion Copyright Infringement Penalty
Prominent internet service provider Cox Communications is facing the possibility that it will have to pay the staggering $1 billion copyright infringement penalty that a jury levied against it in December. Previously, we were first to report that Cox C…
Warner Music Group Is Back With the Biggest IPO of 2020
Warner Music Group (WMG) has announced that it intends to price its IPO shares at $25 apiece, as part of what will accordingly be 2020’s single biggest stock-market debut. Update: During its first day on the public market since 2011, Warner Music Group…
New TikTok Privacy Lawsuit Details Emerge In Updated Filing
Last month, Digital Music News broke the story of a massive class-action lawsuit that is being levied against TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, on behalf of Illinois residents. And now, an updated filing is providing an abundance of new informa…