In mid-April, reports suggested that Atlanta-based radio-station operator Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) was considering a $1.2 billion takeover bid from Connoisseur Media founder Jeff Warshaw. Now, however, Cumulus has formally rejected the “unsolicited” offer. Cumulus […]
Photo Credit: Bandcamp Bandcamp has filed legal papers seeking an injunction to stay in the Google Play Store. The Epic-owned direct-to-fan site is joining the litigation vs. Google. Both Google and Apple are insisting that […]
Photo Credit: Erwi Are you a musician who is curious about how to add your music to TikTok? Here’s what you need to know about TikTok’s new music distribution platform, SoundOn. TikTok has launched its […]
U.S. Latin music revenue in 2019, 2020, and 2021. Photo Credit: RIAA Latin music revenue cracked a record high of $886.1 million in the U.S. during 2021, according to a new report from the Recording […]
The days of DVD menu screens are a bygone era. As hard as it may sound to believe, just five short years ago, DVD and BluRay was still the preferred format for home entertainment. Streaming services […]
Washington, D.C.’s James Madison Memorial Building, which houses the U.S. Copyright Office. Late last month, the three-judge Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) rejected a proposed mechanical-rate freeze for physical formats (including vinyl and CDs) and permanent […]
Throwback jams and power duets set the tone for the second weekend of this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, featuring surprise appearances from Lizzo, Hayley Williams and Kendrick Lamar. On Friday, headliner Styles […]
Last September, reports indicated that TikTok parent ByteDance was preparing to roll out its own music streaming service. Now, this platform, Qishui Yinyue, has officially launched in beta. The mentioned rumblings of a ByteDance streaming […]
Photo Credit: Markus Winkler AI-powered music-creation platform Soundful, which says that it “enables anyone to create incredible music quickly,” has raised $3.8 million from investors including Disney, Microsoft, and Universal Music Group. San Diego-headquartered Soundful, […]
Shania Twain and Harry Styles duet on Friday at Coachella 2022. (Kevin Mazur / Getty Images) Harry Styles dances like someone alone in his bedroom — only the bedroom is the enormous main stage at […]
The prime-time TV grid is on hiatus in print. You can find more TV coverage at: latimes.com/whats-on-tv. CBS News Sunday Morning (N) 6 a.m. KCBS; 10 a.m. KCAL Good Morning America (N) 6 a.m. KABC […]
Plern wraps a Bangkok subway car, part of a localized, artist-focused branding blitz throughout Thailand (photo: Digital Music News) Never heard of Plern? Here’s how an upstart Thai streaming music platform quickly topped 1 million […]
So you bought something from the PlayStation Store, and you changed your mind? Whether you purchased a game by mistake or just decided that you’d rather have your money back, getting a refund is now […]
Turns out Aimee Mann didn’t look like a perfect fit to open for Steely Dan on the band’s twice-postponed summer tour — but not for the reason she initially suspected. Mann suggested it was sexism […]
So influencers, are you ready to buzz the SaaS out of these? If you have a geeky side to you then your day is about to be made with Sdigital. Because software shopping doesn’t get […]
Paul Scheer says the pitch was simple. It was 12 years ago, and the founders of Earwolf wanted him to make a podcast: “We’re gonna make these shows,” he recalls them saying, “and you can […]
It’s a good thing babies are hard to hide, or the world might not know that Grimes and Elon Musk have a new baby together, welcomed via surrogate. The little girl, born in December and […]
CNN Business — A digital Iron Curtain may be descending on Russia, as President Vladimir Putin struggles to control the narrative about his war in Ukraine. The Kremlin has already moved to block Facebook and […]
Shared from www.joyfreak.com. Over the last few years, mobile gaming has surged in popularity. More people than ever before are moving their attention to mobile devices to enjoy their gaming experience, giving them the chance […]
Shared from brobible.com. iStockphoto / Dzurag Two Americans are currently participating in a joint NASA and IMBP experiment and they are locked and sealed in isolation inside a Soviet-era capsule in Moscow The US State […]