Island Records to host One Love Covid-19 Relief Auction for NHS Charities and Feeding America

Island Records is hosting a very special One Love Covid-19 Relief Auction in support of NHS Charities Together & Feeding America. The historic record company has obtained lots from artists old and new for a one-of-a-kind event hosted by Emmy, Tony …

Live Nation set to raise another $1.2bn to boost liquidity during COVID concert shutdown

Michael Rapino noted on May 7 that his company had a free cash balance of $817m, combined with $963m in undrawn debt capacity
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Fortnite is going to get closer to ‘photo-realism’ in 2021 – here’s the video that shows how

Epic Games shows off Unreal Engine 5 – and it’s what you’d call impressive
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Music made by Artificial Intelligence has started winning awards. Grammys next?

“A look into the exciting future of human-AI co-creativity in music” – or an A&R exec’s worst nightmare?
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Allen Grubman’s law firm hacked, ‘working around the clock’ as cyberattack group demands $21m

“[We] have hired the world’s experts who specialize in this area, and we are working around the clock to address these matters.”
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Another billion-dollar quarter for Sony Music, as streaming revenues jump 27.4% year-on-year

Recorded music revenues rose 13.5% YoY in the quarter
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‘I got crumbled into little pieces and then I rebuilt, and through the rebuilding, I became fearless.’

World’s Greatest Songwriters: MoZella
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Universal Music Group accelerates China strategy, with Joe Fang named first ever MD of UMPG in region

Hiring represents UMG’s first major move in China since Tencent consortium deal was completed
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China’s NetEase Cloud Music, with over 800m users, gains rights to use 1.3m Warner Chappell songs

Deal comes as Tencent exclusivity deals are said to be expected to expire over next two years
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Enzo Valdez appointed Managing Director of Universal Music Philippines

Valdez, founder of Sindikato Group, succeeds Ricky Ilacad as head of Universal Music Philippines
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