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Congress will tackle whether ‘oldies’ artists should get paid on pre-1972 tracks. Two years ago, Pandora agreed to pay out $90 million over the contentious issue of streaming pre-1972 recordings. Then, SiriusXM agreed to pay Flo & Eddie $99 million for having played The Turtles songs on its platform. Now, Congress will deal with the […]
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Thanks to the help of top tech companies, several former SoundCloud employees have jobs. Two weeks ago, SoundCloud abruptly closed its lavish London and San Francisco offices, axing 40% of its workforce. Now, close to 20% the company’s former employees have found a new job. At an all-hands meeting last week, SoundCloud’s co-founders admitted that […]
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DJ Khaled’s weight has allegedly caused a hotel resort to put to death a horse with a broken back. It’s great to be on top. Just ask DJ Khaled. For the past two weeks, his latest album, Gratitude, has topped the Billboard 200. Now, Khaled has hit back at claims that he broke a horse’s […]
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Music publishers are suing the crap out of Spotify. But could this all have been prevented? In case you’re just tuning in, Spotify now has a level 5 legal emergency on their hands. After nearly two years of litigation hell against music publishers and $70+ million in resulting damages, the streaming giant isn’t even close to […]
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Konami’s Contra may soon start a wave of classic video game soundtracks on vinyl. Capitalizing on the success of vinyl, Mondo will introduce the vinyl record release of Konami’s popular old-school shooter, Contra. The move may signal other, upcoming soundtrack releases from classic games on vinyl. This year, Konami’s Contra celebrates its thirtieth-year anniversary. First […]
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Despacito’s huge success proves Latin music is once again on the rise, thanks to audio streaming services and YouTube. A little more over a week ago, Wiz Khalifa’s ‘See You Again’ took the top spot on YouTube charts. The song, featuring Charlie Puth, overtook Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ just days before the k-pop single’s fifth-year anniversary […]
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A Reddit user has allegedly backed up SoundCloud’s entire catalog and site. In response to fears of SoundCloud’s imminent bankruptcy, CEO Alexander Ljung said that the company “is here to stay.” But not everyone is convinced, with good reason. So, a Reddit user decided to back-up the platform’s entire public music catalog. Because, of course he […]
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Want to get your free TicketMaster tickets for several Live Nation events? Read on. In 2003, Curt Schlesinger filed a class action lawsuit against TicketMaster. The lawsuit alleged that TicketMaster had failed to fully disclose all aspects of its UPS and order processing fees. TicketMaster settled the case back in 2013. Now, four years later, […]
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For standing with their far-fetched R Kelly story, BuzzFeed may lose millions. According to a story published yesterday, R Kelly has allegedly held multiple women as hostages. After facing serious backlash from their mostly-unfounded piece, BuzzFeed News stood by its story. Now, the move could cost them dearly. BuzzFeed News reporter Jim DeRogatis claimed that […]
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Why isn’t Spotify moving more aggressively into content ownership? Wall Street is gonna hate the answer to that question. If you want to fix Spotify’s business model, you have to fix the cost of content. Every business has costs, but Spotify’s costs are too extreme and too variable to work sustainably. Even with renegotiated deals […]
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