Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson Musician Greg Lake Dies

Greg Lake, a co-founder of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, has now passed away.  Lake was also bassist for King Crimson, and enjoyed a successful solo career. One of his ‘greatest hits’ was actually a Christmas song, ‘I Believe in Father Christmas’. (Fun fact: Susan Boyle was among those covering that holiday tune). But Greg Lake’s […]

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Warner Bros Records Calls Pro-Hillary States ‘Dumbfuckistan’

Surprise: Warner Bros Records artist Kid Rock isn’t a die-hard Democrat.  Now, the Warner Music label is aggressively moving forward with a virulently pro-Trump, anti-Hillary line of t-shirts on behalf of its star artist. Warner Bros Records, a unit of Warner Music Group, is now promoting a line of strongly pro-Trump, anti-Hillary merchandise on behalf of its […]

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Samsung Is ‘Pulling an Apple’ and Removing Its Headphone Jack

Thought removing the 3.5mm jack was an Apple thing?  Now, Samsung may pull the headphone jack from its upcoming Galaxy S8 smartphone. Apple is still battling complaints after ditching the 3.5mm jack on its iPhone 7.  And everyone is still wondering: do we want to live in a crappy, Bluetooth-enabled earbud world? Now, Samsung is […]

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Looking for What.CD? Three Replacements Just Popped Up…

Last month, what.CD was shut down by anti-piracy police in France.  This week, there are already three replacements.  Is there any learning going on? For those just tuning in, one of the largest Bittorrent trackers just got shut down.  Prior to its sudden death, What.CD offered nearly 3 million torrents from roughly 900,000 artists.  Its user […]

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Looking for What.CD? Three Replacements Just Popped Up…

Last month, what.CD was shut down by anti-piracy police in France.  This week, there are already three replacements.  Is there any learning going on? For those just tuning in, one of the largest Bittorrent trackers just got shut down.  Prior to its sudden death, What.CD offered nearly 3 million torrents from roughly 900,000 artists.  Its user […]

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xHamster Just Launched Its Own Beer (And It Looks Pretty Tasty)…

Major adult sites are now using their profits to expand beyond porn.  That includes xHamster, which is now launching its own beer.  Is music far behind? Music isn’t the only media industry to experience massive change over the past two decades.  Pornography, once ruled by DVDs and mega-studios like Vivid Entertainment, are now ceding power […]

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xHamster Just Launched Its Own Beer (And It Looks Pretty Tasty)…

Major adult sites are now using their profits to expand beyond porn.  That includes xHamster, which is now launching its own beer.  Is music far behind? Music isn’t the only media industry to experience massive change over the past two decades.  Pornography, once ruled by DVDs and mega-studios like Vivid Entertainment, are now ceding power […]

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Music Distribution Veteran Symphonic Distribution Turns 10

The average digital music distribution company doesn’t survive two years.  Symphonic Distribution is now celebrating its tenth birthday. When it comes to music distribution companies, Symphonic Distribution is officially a grandpa.  The company is now preparing celebrating its tenth anniversary, with the part arriving next Thursday.  That’s December 8th, when the Florida-based company is planning […]

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Exclusive: Pornhub Is Hosting Its First-Ever Music Showcase In Miami (It’s TONIGHT)

Get ready: Pornhub is moving on some serious music plans.  Now, the world’s biggest porn site is hosting a major event in Miami on December 1st (i.e., tonight).  Here are all the details. Looks like Pornhub is pretty serious about its music expansion.  After producing their first music video last week, the porn giant is now […]

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BrandSpins Acquires Sync Licensing Firm MusicDealers

MusicDealers won’t be disappearing after all, thanks to an acquisition by Las Vegas-based BrandSpins. Several months ago, sync licensing firm MusicDealers closed its doors after eight years.  The company, which scored a critical deal with Coca-Cola in 2011, simply wasn’t able to service its debt and match enough lucrative partnerships.  Things went dark on July […]

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