Netflix has announced that it will begin alerting inactive subscribers and, unless these individuals indicate that they’d like to continue paying for the service, automatically canceling their subscriptions. Today’s leading premium video-streaming plat…
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Still Haven’t Received Your Stimulus Check? Here’s How to Track It Through the USPS
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is officially allowing those who are still awaiting their stimulus checks to track their progress through the mail, via the Informed Delivery service. Free to sign up for and to utilize, Informed Delivery enables…
Burning Man’s Lawsuit Against the U.S. Government Is Probably Dead
In February, we reported that Burning Man (via its Black Rock City, LLC parent company) had officially filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior over the escalating cost of land-use permits. Now, with Burning Man having canceled this …
EaseUS Wants to Help Artists and Producers Recover Lost Music Files
Few things are more frustrating than losing a file because of an accidental delete, a virus, or a hardware malfunction — especially for artists in the middle of complex recording projects. EaseUS, a company focused on data recovery, is aiming to solve …
Good News: $99 Million Released Early by the Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund
The Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund has distributed $99 million to American Federation of Musicians (AFM) members and their beneficiaries more than a month earlier than planned, owing to the fiscal strain brought on by the novel coronavirus (COVI…
Tribal Casinos In Coachella Valley Are Reopening — Is This Bad News for Coachella the Music Festival?
A number of Coachella Valley’s tribal casinos are reopening, despite California Governor Gavin Newsom’s requesting that they remain closed to further curb COVID-19’s spread. Now, some fans are speculating that the casinos’ decision could affect Coachel…
Kendall Jenner Slapped With $90,000 Fine Over Fraudulent Fyre Festival Posts
Kendall Jenner has been ordered to pay a $90,000 fine for the social media posts she published to promote the ill-fated Fyre Festival. The settlement was issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, which, owing to its exc…
Paradigm’s CEO Says the Music Division Isn’t Being Sold Off — But “Unique Opportunities” Lie Ahead
Paradigm Talent Agency CEO Sam Gores has flatly denied that his company’s music division is being sold. However, he admitted in the same internally circulated memo that “unique opportunities” are currently available to Paradigm. Several rec…
Working Through the Pandemic: Three Prominent Music Supervisors Discuss the Music Industry’s Way Forward
Between the postponement of most every crowd-based concert and the temporary closure of virtually all recording studios, as well as seemingly everything else, the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis’ impact on the music industry has been unprecedented,…
John Malone Isn’t Worried About Concerts Coming Back — “Human Beings Are Gregarious By Nature”
Billionaire businessman and Liberty Media Chairman John C. Malone doesn’t believe that the novel coronavirus will have a material impact on the long-term viability of the live-event sector. The 79-year-old indicated as much during Liberty Media’s annua…