The full Joan Jett and the Blackhearts recorded music catalog is available for streaming for the first time. The long due additions comes following a deal between Jett’s Blackheart Records and Sony Legacy. Blackheart was formed in 1980 by Jett and her musical cohort and producer Kenny Laguna. The deal…
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Apple Music launches 116 global Top 100 charts
Playlist series ranks most streamed songs
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Spotify and Apple both took billboards in Times Square promoting the same artist (and it wasn’t Drake)
Nina Nesbitt, who releases independently via Cooking Vinyl, wins double promotional push
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Chart Wars: Apple Music Unveils 116 Global Music Charts
Apple’s music charts, along with those from its competitors, begs the question – Do we really need Billboard anymore? In a software update rolled out to some iOS users earlier today (September 7th), Apple Music unveiled a new feature – 116 “Top 100” mu…
Apple Music Adds 116 ‘Top 100’ Daily Charts
Apple Music is adding 116 “Top 100” charts today. Each chart will display the top streamed songs on Apple Music, updated daily. In a demo for Rolling Stone, Apple execs showed a global chart and a Top 100 chart for every country where Apple Music is available. The new Apple…
EU Approves Apple’s Shazam Acquisition, Watch For New Apple Music Integrations
EU regulators have approved Apple’s December 2017 acquisition of music and image recognition app Shazam. The deal should strengthen Apple Music, which is already the second most popular paid music streaming service in the Europe and the US, after Spotify. EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said…
Official: Apple’s $400m buyout of Shazam has been cleared in Europe
No divestments or concessions required in big money deal, finds EC
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Verizon Adds Free Apple Music For 6 Months
Verizon is offering all Unlimited users a 6 month free Apple Music subscription, even if you’ve already tired a 90 day free trial. Verizon’s deal follows similar value-added offerings from AT&T with Tidal and T Mobile with Netflix.
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Latest Industry: Russell Simmons, Yandex, Apple Music, House of Blues, Hispanic Music Consumption, Disney, More…
Amidst multiple sexual assault scandals, Russell Simmons quickly sells his home on the Sunset Strip. Sold for $8.13 million after just a month on the market, the music mogul’s home sits atop the Sunset Strip. Simmons bought the property for $5.9 milli…
Apple Files Legal Complaint Over Chicago’s ‘Illegal’ Netflix Tax
Can Apple manage to undo Chicago’s abhorrent Amusement Tax? Several years ago, Chicago unveiled a harsh tax on its citizens. Without consulting the public, city officials imposed a reinterpretation of Chicago’s existing amusement tax. The city would n…