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The music industry kicks off June with more hires, fires, promotions, retires, and even new deals. Sony has dismissed Epic Records CEO L.A. Reid and Laura Swanson, the Executive Vice President of Media and Strategic Development. Since leaving the company, Reid has yet to issue an official statement. The abrupt moves comes as Reid faces […]
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Police in Seoul won’t tolerate Big Bang’s T.O.P. smoking any kind of marijuana. Since February, Big Bang’s T.O.P. has carried out his mandatory military service in the band unit of the Seoul National Police Agency. Earlier today, police arrested the rapper for allegedly smoking marijuana. Under South Korean law, people caught using marijuana may face […]
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As Pandora Radio faces a desperate situation, a broadcast executive now accuses the service of falsifying listener numbers. Pandora Radio isn’t in great shape. In slightly over two years, the self-proclaimed “king of streaming” has lost close to a quarter of a billion dollars. In over seventeen years, they have never posted a profit. After […]
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Ariana Grande’s defiant Manchester Benefit Concert is drawing massive support. 45,000 tickets sold out instantly, and the list of supporting artists keeps growing. After regrouping in the US, Ariana Grande is drawing massive support for her Manchester Benefit Concert. Just this morning, the singer quickly sold out tens of thousands of tickets in under 6 […]
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Thousands will big their final to Greg Allman. On Saturday, May 27, Gregg Allman passed away in his home in Savannah, Georgia from complications from liver cancer. Doctors had previously diagnosed the singer with hepatitis C in 1999. He also underwent a liver transplant in 2010. Now, family members have invited thousands of fans to […]
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Eminem may still believe the cassette tape is far from dead. Last year, as part of its fifteenth anniversary, Eminem re-released The Slim Shady LP in cassette tape form. He did the same for the sixteenth anniversary of The Marshall Mathers LP, and gave some fans bricks from his childhood home. Now, the Detroit rapper […]
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The current “king” of illegal file sharing can’t handle ExtraTorrent’s shutdown. Following ExtraTorrent’s unexplained shutdown and the “resurrected” virus-filled site, pirate users flocked to The Pirate Bay for help. Yet, the current “king” of torrent indexing couldn’t handle the influx of users. Now, users are facing constant errors when browsing TPB. ExtraTorrent used to share […]
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Prior to shutting down, ExtraTorrent creator SaM had earned millions from distributing links to illegal content. Prior to ExtraTorrent’s permanent closure, the site had gone down for two days due to emergency maintenance. Some theorized that the world’s second largest torrent site would go down. Days after, without specifying why, website owner SaM posted a […]
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Eminem shows a sign of true unity in calling fans to donate following the Manchester tragedy. On May 22, a suicide bomber decided to end the lives of twenty-two concertgoers who enjoyed an Ariana Grande concert. Following the tragic events at Manchester, most artists either postponed or outright cancelled their UK performances. In a sign […]
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As the Pemberton Music Festival fallout continues, Huka Entertainment executives have found out the hard way that cancelling a music festival has dire consequences. Yet, did they knowingly produce a scam? On May 18, Huka Entertainment suddenly announced the cancellation of the Pemberton Music Festival. Now, the company has announced massive layoffs in the wake […]
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