Just a week before Finland celebrates 100 years of Independence, YouTube has blocked access to a ton of music videos on the platform in the country, including its national anthem. Following the failure to secure a licensing agreement with Finnish PRO, …
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Comcast Deletes a Long-Standing Net Neutrality Pledge from Its Website
Comcast has wiped a long-standing net neutrality pledge from its corporate website. And they did it on the exact same day the FCC proposed repealing Obama’s net neutrality rules. Any questions? Get ready for an internet defined by high-priced &…
Digital Music Distributor Gets $4 Million In Funding — 11 Years After Starting
It’s the least sexy way to grow a business. But after nearly 11 years of bootstrapping, Symphonic Distribution has $4 million in funding. Hang around the music tech space long enough, and you start to see some patterns. One of those is the heav…
BTS Ignored by Grammys: 0 Nominations for ‘Bubble Gum Kpop’
Despite shattering records with their latest album, the Grammys have snubbed one up-and-coming Kpop group: BTS. The 2018 Grammy nominees were revealed earlier this morning. Childish Gambino, Luis Fonsi, Lorde, Bruno Mars, and SZA lead the nominations f…
Lil Peep ‘Suicide Cocktail’: 6 Xanax, Cocaine, Ecstacy, Mushrooms + Concentrated Cannabis
Lil Peep effectively killed himself with an extremely lethal drug cocktail, according to preliminary details surfacing. Emo trap artist Lil Peep effectively committed suicide with a massive drug overdose, according to details emerging Friday. The R…
Second Video Showing Demi Moore Sexual Assault Incident May Surface
A second video may surface showing Demi Moore having inappropriate contact with an underage person, according to confidential sources. It’s been called disturbing by some, overblown by others. But video footage of a 19 year-old Demi Moore passio…
Loud Music Is Scientifically Proven to Make You Drink More
Every once in a while, I’m in a bar thinking, ‘why are we all screaming over this insanely loud music?’ Now, I know. I guess bar owners have known this trick all along. But it turns out that louder music actually makes you drink mor…
Breaking: Berklee College Admits 11 Professors Committed Sexual Assault
Most Berklee College teachers involved in the scandal apparently have new jobs at other schools. At a crowded campus-wide forum, Berklee College of Music President Roger Brown has admitted that the school has dismissed 11 faculty members in the past th…
#FreeMeekMill: Massive ‘Rally for Meek’ Protest Floods the Streets of Philadelphia [PHOTOS+VIDEO]
A number of high-profile celebrities joined the ‘Rally for Meek’ in Philadelphia on Monday evening, all chanting ‘Free Meek Mill!’ It’s being protested as an extreme sentence for a simple parole violation. And the result …
November 8th, 2018: iHeartMedia Declares Bankruptcy
Is the largest radio conglomerate in the US about to go bankrupt? Now, iHeartMedia is hitting extremely hard financial times — and warning investors of a possible collapse ahead. Quarterly losses of $248 million. A stock price plunging to 50-cents. …