Family plans, student discounts, and even Hulu bundles. No wonder Spotify has fallen to second place in the US. Earlier this year, the Wall Street Journal published a very surprising report. According to the newspaper’s research, Apple Music would ove…
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Drake Didn’t Kill the Album. It’s Way More Complicated Than That.
Drake didn’t even release a CD until week two. And many of his fans have never even played a disc in their lives. But does that mean the ‘album is dead?’ You can’t talk about the history of music without talking about albums. …
The Grammys are Declaring War on their Sexism Problem
It seems as though the Grammys are about to get a bit more diverse after ousted president Neil Portnow leaves in 2019. The embattled president made some controversial remarks about the lack of representation of women during the Grammy Awards after he s…
Latest Industry: Eventbrite, Tekashi 6ix9ine, Drake, StubHub, Instagram, David Bowie, Huawei, More…
Eventbrite prepares to go public. Ticketing company Eventbrite has quietly filed an IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to go public later this year. Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase will lead the venture. The news comes after Event…
Venezuela’s ‘Music for Medicine’ Trades Vinyl & CDs for Desperately-Needed Medication
In Venezuela, most people don’t have access to the medicine they desperately need. Music for Medicine aims to change that. Life in Venezuela is anything but easy. Most people live in poverty. Food shortages are rampant. The country’s recently-electe…
Industry Execs Say ‘The Rules Are Very, Very Different’ After Amato, Portnow, Gunn Firings
In the wake of high-profile dismissals of Billboard CEO John Amato, Recording Academy chief Neil Portnow, and Disney writer/director James Gunn, music industry executives are expressing insecurity over where things stand — and constructing brand-new ru…
Industry Execs Say ‘The Rules Are Very, Very Different’ After Amato, Portnow, Gunn Firings
In the wake of high-profile dismissals of Billboard CEO John Amato, Recording Academy chief Neil Portnow, and Disney writer/director James Gunn, music industry executives are expressing insecurity over where things stand — and constructing brand-new ru…
A Pink Floyd Opera Called ‘Another Brick In the Wall’ Just Opened In the U.S.
Pink Floyd’s iconic 1979 album The Wall has been immortalized as an opera that is making its U.S. debut in Cincinnati, Ohio. Another Brick in the Wall opened on Friday, July 20th at the Cincinnati Music Hall. The show’s North American debu…
City of Milwaukee Personally Invites Jay-Z to Host Made In America
Jay-Z’s Made in America music festival has run afoul of the city of Philadelphia, as the city wants the event to be held elsewhere. The event has been held at the Ben Franklin Parkway since 2012, where it has drawn massive crowds to Philadelphia …
Spotify Is Officially Leasing ‘At Mateo,’ a 110,000 SF Space In LA’s Arts District
Spotify is officially moving its LA digs after successfully putting in a bid for 110,000 square feet of space in the arts district, in At Mateo. At Mateo is a multi-use complex designed to play host to offices for corporations, retail fronts, restauran…