Netflix just announced that UK users’ monthly subscriptions fees will be increasing. Amazingly, Spotify hasn’t raised its prices in more than a decade, citing extreme price sensitivity and competition from similar services. Netflix, however, has been …
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NBC’s ‘Songland’ Strikes a Publishing and Recording Partnership with BMG
Music conglomerate BMG has just bagged a major partnership with NBC. The deal will give BMG the reigns to publish and distribute music created on the network’s ‘Songland‘ show. ‘Songland,’ which premiered on NBC on May 28th, features songwriters compet…
CBS Faces a Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit Over ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ Theme Song
Today in songwriting lawsuits… It’s been nearly 60 years since ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ debuted on television, but the descendants of those who created the program’s theme song have just filed a lawsuit against CBS, the network that originally aired th…
LÜM Closes $1.2 Million In Seed Round Funding to ‘Democratize Music’
Startup Live Undiscovered Music, aka ‘LÜM,’ has just procured $1.2 million in funding. Lüm is spinning a social streaming platform that aims to change the way that new artists stream and promote their music. The company also wants to transform how fan…
A Lil Peep Documentary Is Coming Soon — Global Distribution Plans Are Underway
Content studio Gunpowder & Sky has acquired the global rights to the documentary film detailing the life of the late rapper, Lil Peep. Everybody’s Everything premiered last March at SXSW in Austin to industry acclaim. The documentary is set to mak…
Post Malone Expands His Branded Crocs Line Into Australia
Crocs’ differentiated look has resulted in some healthy revenues. For the fiscal year 2017, revenues topped $1.023 billion, and the company has managed to sell upward of 300 million pairs of Crocs shoes since 2002. They’ve also received a recent jolt i…
Pandora Introduces Cut-Rate Student and Military Discount Plans — Starting at $4.99
Pandora is once again offering discount packages as it attempts to compete with companies like Spotify and Apple Music. Recently, the company launched its Family Plan, which lets as many as 6 family members have access to the company’s premium services…
Federal Judge Dismisses Jerry Lee Lewis’ Lawsuit Against His Daughter
A federal judge has struck down claims by Jerry Lewis alleging that his daughter had stolen money from him. In a decision signed April 25th, U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers ruled that the majority of the claims were barred because of a three-year stat…
Snoop Dogg Demands the Reinstatement of Louis Farrakhan on Facebook
Snoop Dogg recently took exception to the news that Facebook had banned Louis Farrakhan from its platform for life. The ‘Gin and Juice’ rapper was livid in a video he made following a decision by Facebook and Instagram to no longer allow Farrahkan acce…
Austin Jones Gets 10 Years In Prison for Soliciting Nude Pictures from Teenagers
A federal court in Chicago sentenced Austin Jones to ten years in prison for convincing underage girls to send him explicit photos and videos. Jones was very popular on YouTube at the time of the offense, and many of his followers were teenagers. Josep…