While She Sleeps has taken an unexpected step to bring attention to paltry Spotify royalties. While She Sleeps, a British metalcore band, has released a t-shirt that’s meant to spread awareness of their lackluster Spotify royalties — and, more broadly,…
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Outside Lands Becomes the First Major U.S. Music Festival to Sell Cannabis On Site
SF-based music festival Outside Lands will become the first to allow attendees to purchase and use cannabis on-site. Per Outside Lands’ website, ticketholders will be able to purchase cannabis “from multiple locations within Grass Lands,” a small area …
Sonos Dramatically Narrows Its Losses as Low-Cost Ikea Speakers Pay Off
Sonos’s recently posted Q3 2019 fiscal-year results are encouraging, with sales growth (relative to the same period last year) having climbed by more than 25 percent. And with revenue at $260 million for Q3 2019, Sonos was able to cut its losses to jus…
Boston City Officials Convicted of Extorting a Local Music Festival Into Hiring Unneeded Union Laborers
Government officials in Boston, MA have been found guilty of extortion-related charges involving a local music festival. Prosecutors claimed that these officials forced a local music festival’s promoters to hire unneeded union labor, and after a two-we…
Radio Payola Is Alive and Well In the US, Investigatory Report Finds
Payola scandals in the radio industry are nothing new. Indeed, the practice of illegally paying a DJ or radio station money in exchange for playing a song is likely as old as the industry itself. Two separate scandals in the 1960s and the 2000s rocked …
Jussie Smollett Officially Fired from ‘Empire,’ Fox Confirms
Charlie Collier, CEO of Fox Entertainment, has confirmed that controversial actor Jussie Smollett will not be returning to the final season of Empire. Collier made the comments at the Television Critics Association press tour, and they confirm a previo…
A Five-Part Tupac Shakur Documentary Series Is Happening — FX Secures the Rights
FX has confirmed its acquisition of a 5-part docuseries about the life of famed rapper Tupac Shakur. Allen Hughes, who was the director of Defiant Ones is helming the project, which is entitled Outlaw: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur. Hughes has bee…
Treasure Island Music Festival Is Calling It Quits In 2019 — And Possibly, Forever
Treasure Island Music Festival (TIMF) is no more, at least for the foreseeable future. The event’s executives recently announced that TIMF will not return in 2019, and their message also indicated that the festival “is on an indefinite hiatus.” Having …
Amazon Music Unlimited Drops to 99-Cents a Month for Prime Students
And the introductory streaming price war continues. What’s the price of a lifetime subscriber? Welcome to the high-stakes game being played by Amazon, Apple, Spotify, Google, and every other streaming platform hoping to lure consumers into lengthy, lo…
Khalid — An El Paso Native — Is Arranging a Benefit Concert for Shooting Victims In His Hometown
Khalid is busy preparing a benefit concert for families who’ve been affected by the recent tragedy in El Paso. The artist took to Twitter to announce that the benefit show is being planned and will take place later this month. Khalid was born in Georgi…