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Why have festivals taken over the live concert experience? The following sponsored post comes from ibus media. Despite it being easier than ever before for music fans to aggregate, communicate, buy, sell, and promote online, music festivals around the world continue to grow with each passing year. But just what has motivated this growth despite so many of […]
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On the heels of the rumored deal between Warner Music Group and top premium music video streamer Vevo reported on DigitalMusicNews.com, video distribution platform Vadio, together with Warner Music Group, announced a brand new agreement which will allow Vadio’s partners access to thousands of music videos from WMG artists, like David Guetta, Madonna, Coldplay, Prince, […]
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Michael Jackson’s nephews, sons of brother Tito Jackson and members of the band 3T, have reportedly filed a $100 million libel lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against RadarOnline, the popular celebrity gossip news site that reported that their famous uncle sexually abused them when they were younger and then bribed them with brand new […]
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SoundCloud for Sale? Bloomberg.com is reporting that privately-owned SoundCloud’s founders and investors are seriously considering a sale. That includes investment firm Doughty Hanson & Co., just one of several stakeholders considering an offer that would value the Berlin-based company at $1 billion. Sources close to the company are telling Bloomberg that the owners have been considering […]
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It looks like the ice is breaking between top online music video hosting service Vevo and Warner Music Group. Right behind several top video hosts Google, Yahoo, Facebook, and YouTube, Vevo — owned by Universal Music Group, Sony, Google, and others and well-known for hosting premium music videos from top artists like Taylor Swift and […]
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After getting gawked at by millions, Strebel essentially took his own life. Tobias Strebel, who first gained notoriety after spending $100,000 to look exactly like Justin Bieber, essentially killed himself in a hotel room with a massive drug overdose. According to details released by the Los Angeles County Coroner, Strebel took a drastic cocktail of […]
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What went wrong with ‘Motown: The Musical’? Despite an ambitious relaunch last week, ‘Motown: The Musical’ is now coming to a quick, crashing halt. The show originally planned for an 18-week run into November, though the revamped musical will now be terminated on July 31st thanks to lackluster sales. The first showing was July 12th, […]
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DMN rewinds to bring you the top 10 Music Industry stories this week. Apple Music Proposes Increased Songwriter Royalties; Can Spotify Survive? Apple Music plans to significantly increase songwriter royalty rates. That could be a genius move. In a recent proposal to the US Copyright Royalty Board, Apple suggests that the royalty rate for publishers should […]
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Is VKontakte entering the music streaming market? Russia’s largest social media platform – Vkontakte, has plans to release a paid music streaming service, according to The Moscow Times. The social media network has now secured licensing agreements from all three major labels: Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment. Senior Vice President […]
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Is VKontakte entering the music streaming market? Russia’s largest social media platform – Vkontakte, has plans to release a paid music streaming service, according to The Moscow Times. The social media network has now secured licensing agreements from all three major labels: Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment. Senior Vice President […]
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