New York City’s Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) recently announced that it will distribute $500,000 worth of grants to aspiring female musicians and music industry employees who live in New York City. The funds will be issued with cash…
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Google Employees Caught Listening to Private Conversations Through Google Home
Millions upon millions of individuals listen to music, podcasts, audiobooks, news, weather reports, and much more via Google Home devices, but it was recently revealed that Google Home speakers are listening right back — and not just to voice commands….
UK Competition Watchdog Expresses Serious Concerns Over Live Nation’s MCD Acquisition
Live Nation recently received approval from Irish regulators to purchase MCD Productions, a Dublin-based concert-promotion company. Accordingly, the deal seemed set to go off without a hitch—until recently, that is, when U.K. watchdogs indicated that t…
Tyga Cancels Upcoming Swedish Show In Solidarity with A$AP Rocky
Tyga stands with A$AP Rocky. Tyga recently announced, via Twitter, that he has canceled his planned concert in Sweden, which was scheduled to take place on July 14th. The rapper cited A$AP Rocky’s recent legal troubles — and multi-week detainment — in…
Kanye West Is Working to Build Star Wars-Themed Low-Income Housing Units
Kanye West is reportedly taking his talents into the low-income housing sphere. More interesting yet, the houses he’s planning to construct are based off of Star Wars. The houses’ architectural style, as West recently disclosed in an interview with For…
A$AP Rocky Cancels His Entire July Tour Because of Swedish Detainment
Still jailed in Sweden, A$AP Rocky nixes his remaining European tour stops. As a result of being detained in a Swedish jail for two weeks while police investigate an assault allegation, American rapper A$AP Rocky has canceled the remainder of his July …
YouTube Imposes Stricter Rules on Manual Content ID Claims — Here Are the Details
YouTube has revamped its manual copyright-violation claims system. Effective immediately, those who manually file copyright-violation claims will need to specify, via timestamp, precisely when the violation(s) appear in the video. YouTube’s automatic c…
Jay-Z Named Top Executive at Cannabis Company Caliva
Life has come full circle for rapper and entrepreneur Jay-Z. Back in the early days, Jay-Z was selling drugs outside a New York City housing project. This week, he was named Chief Brand Strategist at a cannabis company called Caliva. Caliva is consi…
Illinois Governor Blocks Performance by Southern Rock Band Confederate Railroad
Confederate Railroad, a Georgia-based country-rock band, has been barred from playing at the DuQuoin State Fair in Du Quoin, Illinois. The Illinois Department of Agriculture, with the authority of Illinois’s governor, J.B. Pritzker, cited Confederate R…
New York Official Calls Woodstock 50 a ‘Recipe for Disaster’ as Permit Is Denied
As those who’ve followed Woodstock 50 can attest, the ill-fated anniversary music festival hasn’t been able to catch a break. Now, just over a month out from the event’s scheduled date, things are looking bleaker than ever. Specifically, residents of V…