Taylor-made deals: how artists are following Swift’s rights example | Taylor Swift

Rina Sawayama and Matt Healy

A revolution is brewing in the music business as a new generation of female acts, following the example of Taylor Swift, are seizing ownership of their music rights and refusing to sign deals that cede […]

Best gaming deals: Save 33% at the Epic Games Store

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Welcome to Polygon’s first weekend special of the new year. The pickings are a bit slim as we kick off 2024, but we’ve still managed to scrounge up a couple of deals you should check […]

Harry & Meghan ‘Convinced Brand Deals’ Are Being Blocked By Royal Family

following the death of Queen Elizabeth II

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, reportedly blame their recent business woes on a royal family vendetta. After losing their Spotify deal, and suffering a donation decline to their Archewell […]

Black Friday streaming deals 2023, Netflix, Hulu, Max, and Paramount Plus

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If it feels like every streaming service received a price hike this year, it’s probably because most of them have. Netflix, Apple TV Plus, Discovery Plus, and Disney Plus are just a few recent examples, […]

The Beatles’ (new) last song deals in adult regret, gratitude 

‘Now and Then’ review: The Beatles’ (new) last song deals in adult regret, gratitude 

John Lennon’s murder in 1980 and George Harrison’s succumbing to cancer in 2001 were – and please pardon the mixed (and clumsily redundant) metaphors – the very last nails in the coffin that is The […]

Best deals this week: Criterion Collection, Super Mega Baseball 4, more

Best deals this week: Criterion Collection, Super Mega Baseball 4, more

Following Prime Day, shopping for non-essentials might not be very high on your list of priorities. But the deals haven’t stopped, so we haven’t either. This weekend roundup contains the week’s best gaming and entertainment […]

OpenAI, Google, Microsoft Broker Deals with Major News Outlets

OpenAI brokers data deals with news outlets

Photo Credit: Gonzalo Poblete OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google are brokering data deals with news outlets. Are music companies next? Reports from major news outlets like the Financial Times suggests these companies are meeting with news […]

WAVs AI Unveils $20M Raise, Plans ‘To Strike Deals With Artists’

WAVs AI Unveils $20M Raise, Plans 'To Strike Deals With Artists'

Photo Credit: Markus Spiske Artificial intelligence “music provider” WAVs AI has announced a $20 million funding round and touted the anticipated arrival of “the next generation of music streaming.” WAVs AI, which bills itself as […]

Best gaming deals: buy two, get one free at Amazon and Target

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We’re back with this week’s roundup of the best gaming and entertainment deals you might have missed. We do one of these every Saturday as a way of catching you up on deals that are […]

BMG Revenue Grew 31% In 2022 as Catalog Deals Topped $400M

BMG Revenue Grew 31% In 2022 as Catalog Deals Topped $400M

Berlin, Germany. Photo Credit: Stefan Widua BMG turned in a 30.6 percent year-over-year (YoY) revenue increase – and dropped over $400 million on catalogs – during 2022, according to a new earnings report. The Berlin-headquartered […]

Larrosa Music Group Reveals $16MM Tranche for Catalog Deals

Larrosa Music Group Reveals $16MM Tranche for Catalog Deals

A nighttime shot of Tallinn, Estonia’s capital city. Photo Credit: Gleb Makarov Larrosa Music Group has officially announced that it’s raised €15 million ($16.01 million at the present exchange rate) to invest in Spanish-language song […]

Hits, misses and deals: what can we learn from this year’s Sundance? | Sundance 2023

Phoebe Dynevor, Chloe Domont and Alden Ehrenreich.

It wasn’t just the altitude that was causing a shortness of breath at this year’s Sundance film festival. The Utah-based congregation, known for unveiling some of the most exciting and influential independent films over the […]

TikTok Launches a ‘Talent Manager Portal’ for Creators to Land Brand Deals

TikTok Talent Manager portal

Photo Credit: TikTok TikTok launches a ‘Talent Manager Portal’ that allows creators’ managers to negotiate branding deals. To make it easier for brands to work with its biggest creators, TikTok has updated its Creator Marketplace to include […]