A filing discovered today found revealed that Apple applied for the trademarks about three weeks before the acquisition of Platoon. Apple acquired the London-based creative services firm back in December of last year. Denzyl Feigelson and Saul Klein pa…
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It’s Official: Musexpo’s ‘California Entertainment Week’ Is Happening March 24th-29th
Get ready for an enormous sushi roll of music, radio, A&R and entertainment —California style. Longtime A&R and music industry player Musexpo is rolling its successful portfolio of LA-based conferences in a potent bundle. Dubbed ‘California En…
PRS for Music, ASCAP Announce a Major Grime-Focused Workshop In London
Two major performance rights organizations are embracing grime by offering workshops in London. It’s not exactly a street education. But PRS for Music and ASCAP are inviting a few members of the press to a behind-the-scenes look at how writing a grime…
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…
Warner Music and Sesame Workshop Are Relaunching Sesame Street Records
Over the last 50 years, Sesame Street has racked up quite a collection of musical talent. Icons like Stevie Wonder, Patti Labelle, Ray Charles, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, and more have appeared alongside the puppets. Now that archive of music will be re-e…
Iggy Azalea Breaks from Island/UMG: ‘Woke up happy as f— today’
Iggy Azalea is celebrating the completion of her contract with Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group. Many artists would die for a major label contract. Iggy Azalea was apparently dying to get out of hers for a long time. Now, that momen…
Spotify Launches Global Cultures Initiative With New Curated Playlists
‘Despacito’ is just the beginning. Now, Spotify is splashing lighter fluid on an increasingly globalized music industry. Over the past few weeks, Spotify has been expanding its Spotify For Artists service to make it easy for indie talent t…
SoundCloud Triples Down on Discovery With ‘Studio Sessions Berlin’ — Starting With San Holo
SoundCloud has become a breeding ground for brand-new talent, and the service prides itself on providing indie artists with serious initial traction. SoundCloud is launching a new mini-series that takes you behind the scenes with an artist. Called …
Grimes Scores the Upcoming Netflix Series, ‘Hilda’
Luke Pearson’s comic Hilda has been morphed into a new animated series on Netflix bearing the same name. The artist and writer shared the news on Twitter earlier this week alongside the show’s new theme, which was done by Grimes. I’m very excited to share the title sequence for @hildatheseries featuring original music by @Grimezsz! […]
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Chris Cornell’s First Album Since His Death Is Coming November 16th
The first Chris Cornell album since the singer’s untimely passing in 2017 is set to debut this November. The self-titled album features 17 tracks and includes a 64-track limited-edition deluxe box set. Chris’ wife Vicky Cornell is releasing…