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The Rolling Stones are exercising their rights to exclude their music from Trump’s political events… The legendary Rolling Stones, have asked Donald Trump to stop playing their music throughout his presidential campaign, according to a report by TIME. Trump, who is music enthusiast, has played several of the bands songs, including “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” “Sympathy […]
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It’s just one lawsuit after another for Justin Bieber… According to TMZ, the singer walked into the Cle nightclub in Houston last month and smashed up Robert Earl Morgan’s mobile phone. But why? Bieber allegedly caught Morgan recording his attempts to down a beer pong, and well… he became agitated at the fact that he was […]
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The latest executive shuffles across the music industry… Worldwide Independent Network (WIN) has hired Alison Wenham as Chief Executive. Wenham came from the Association of independent Music (AIM), where she worked for over 17 years. Wenham says, ”I am extraordinarily proud of our achievements at AIM, which I know will continue to effectively represent and help the UK’s independent music companies, […]
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Looks like Apple Music is looking to bag some more subscribers… According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is ‘revamping’ its music streaming service after ‘mixed reviews.’ Though the news is not official, close sources have shared that the announcement will be officially revealed at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June. Apple Music launched […]
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Radiohead’s new song is on Spotify… Which is surprising when you consider the fact that Thom Yorke, on several occasions has declared his absolute hate for Spotify, YouTube and other streaming services that allow fans to listen to music for free. Yorke is an advocate for fair-pay for artists, and back in 2013 he famously pulled his music from […]
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Answer: iHeart Radio, which is growing faster than any other streaming service… Today iHeart Radio, iHeartMedia’s all-in-one digital music and live streaming radio service, announced via their blog that it now has more than 85 million registered users. Back in January, DMN wrote about the service hitting 80 million registered users. Now, iHeartRadio has managed to add […]
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Soundcloud ‘Go’ makes its way to the UK… After much anticipation, Soundcloud finally launched its paid subscription service ‘Go’ in the US on March 29th. Now, less than 5 weeks after it launched in America, it has announced its expansion to the UK and Ireland. Soundcloud has said that the service will be charged at £9.99 in […]
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Drake’s ‘Views’ album sales and streams surge… Drake’s One Dance track on his latest album Views has out-streamed Adele’s global hit record Hello in the UK. Last week alone One Dance, which features Wizkid and Kyla was streamed over 7.86 million times, beating the previous record holder Adele, whose song Hello gained 7.32 million streams […]
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Stop stealing my music… Throughout his time in the music industry, Prince worked with Web Sherrif to protect his music content. He also left clear instructions for this to continue after his death. As part of his continued efforts to make his music more difficult to gain access to, Web Sherrif has sent thousands of requests to […]
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The latest executive shuffles across the music industry… Universal Music UK has hired Brian Celler as Executive Vice President, Head of International. Celler comes from serving seven years as Managing Director of U2 management house Principle/Maverick. Celler will report to David Joseph, CEO and Chairman. Republic Records has elevated Donna Gryn to Vice President of Marketing. Bryn has worked […]
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