As litigation pressure mounts, FCC chairman Ajit Pai has admitted that Russians interfered with the agency’s open commenting process related to the repeal of net neutrality. An extremely contentious battle over net neutrality in the United States has a…
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Ticketmaster Says They Can’t Be Sued By Their Customers — The Fine Print Says So
Ticketmaster and its parent Live Nation are battling back against a consumer class action lawsuit, arguing that its customers signed their litigation rights away. Ticketmaster is used to being the bad guy. But now, the ticketing giant is in the unenvia…
Cleveland Radio Station Bans ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’ Over #MeToo, Sexual Coercion Issues
‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’ has been removed from a major radio station’s Christmas playlist, based on concerns related to sexual coercion. A mainstay of Christmas playlists is now under attack, with at least one radio station removing ‘Baby It’s Cold Out…
Guess Which Chinese Streaming Music Service Has 100 Million Monthly Active Users?
Looks like Chinese mobile giant Huawei has been quietly amassing a serious music-focused user base. Who says Tencent Music and NetEase Cloud Music get to have all the fun in China? Now, there’s another mega-player emerging in the Chinese streaming musi…
Spotify Releases Two Mac Miller Songs — Recorded Right Before His Death
Spotify is releasing Mac Miller’s last songs. Just weeks before Mac Miller succumbed to a drug overdose, the charismatic rapper visited Spotify Studios in New York. The date was August 15th, 2018. On September 8th, Miller was found dead in his Los Ang…
Tommy Lee Tells Travis Scott to ‘Lawyer Up’ for ‘Stealing’ His Roller Coaster Stage Design
Can you really infringe a stage design? Yes, according to Tommy Lee, who is accusing Travis Scott of ripping off his roller coaster-inspired set from several years ago. For those who have yet to witness Tommy Lee drumming on a 360-degree roller coaste…
AMLC Cofounder Accuses NMPA President David Israelite of Tortious Business Interference and Collusion
Despite unanimous Congressional approval and a presidential signature, a nasty battle over the next phase of the Music Modernization Act has emerged. Earlier this month, Digital Music News first reported on a surprise entrant into the post-MMA world. …
Apple Music China Is Looking for a CEO: ‘We are not looking for an ordinary manager’
Apple Music is now looking for a top lieutenant to head its Chinese platform. Who says Tencent and Netease get to have all the fun in China? Now, Apple is looking for a CEO of Apple Music in China. On Apple’s job board, an interesting want ad has rece…
Is Your Song Being Played on the Radio? Here’s a Detailed Breakdown of Radio Monitoring Companies
Radio, in all its modern forms, remains a huge platform for playing music throughout the world. Here’s a quick guide to figuring out if your music is playing somewhere out there in radio-land, anywhere in the world — and what to do about it. If a tree…
Our Latest Podcast: Latin America Has 640 Million People. Why Are Fewer Than 5% of Them Paying for Streaming?
Streaming music subscriptions are exploding in regions like North America and Western Europe. But why isn’t the same thing happening in musical hotbeds like Latin America? According to the latest research, the number of paid streaming music subscriber…