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In a recent Apple Music ad, Taylor Swift can be seen falling off a treadmill whilst listening to Drake and Future’s Jumpman song on Apple’s running playlist ‘Gymflow’. The ad was an obvious bid to promote Apple Music through letting its existing users know about its features whilst marketing it’s service to new potential users. In […]
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Today, Facebook has amped up its mobile app with the announcement of a new feature that allows users to watch live and recorded videos. The new feature is very similar to Snapchat in the sense that it is live and it will allow users to add comments and emoji’s on top of the videos. The app […]
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Sony Music has filed a lawsuit in New York Federal Court against senior executives of bankrupt Rdio, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Sony Music alleges that they were defrauded of millions when Rdio entered into an agreement with Pandora. What happened? Sony and Rdio entered an agreement in 2010, which allowed Rdio to use music […]
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Has Kanye West bagged himself a #1 album? This may well be the case. But how did he do it? There is no physical copy of the album for fans to purchase, only a digital download available through Kanye’s own site, and up until last week the album was only available to stream via Tidal. Well, […]
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A list of executive shuffles across the music business… U-Live, Universal Music’s entertainment division, has elevated Sally Davies to Managing Director. Prior to her promotion, Davies worked as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Sony Music UK has hired Julie Weir to manage Music For Nations. Weir specializes in rock and metal music and will work with Sony to […]
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The latest news in the Kesha and Dr Luke case is that she has been offered ‘freedom’ in exchange for retracting the lawsuit. In a recent Instagram post, Kesha says ”I got offered my freedom IF i were to lie. I would have to APOLOGIZE publicly and say that I never got raped.” ”THIS IS WHAT […]
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Martin Shkreli, proud owner of the $2 million Wu-Tang Clan album, is now fighting a legal battle over copyright infringement. The battle started after the Wu-Tang Clan concocted the now-infamous plan to create one single copy of their album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin and sell it off the highest bidder. In order to offer the 31-track album […]
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As of today, volume 1-3 of The Beatles anthology is available across all streaming services. Back in the 1990’s when originally released, The Beatles Anthology collection went multi-platinum in a number of countries worldwide. The newly released songs are remastered from the original 1995 and 1996 CD volumes and include rare recordings and differing versions. All three compilation albums […]
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According to the Daily Mail, Cirque Du Soleil has filed a lawsuit against Justin Timberlake claiming that the singer used a sample on the Don’t Hold The Wall song without permission. The lawsuit was filed yesterday (March 31st) in federal court in New York. The suit claims that Justin Timberlake, along with producer Timbaland and Sony Music Entertainment […]
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Today, Kanye West’s album The Life Of Pablo finally arrived on Spotify and Apple Music after being a Tidal exclusive. Kanye West is a master of concocting controversial situations, often by making himself the punching bag. West proclaimed back in February that his album would ”never never never be available on Apple” and that ”you can only […]
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