We detail our favorite NFTs, DAOs, platforms, and DeFi and DApp projects in the Web3 space from last week. This week’s Web3 Wrap includes BLOND:ISH’s announcement of a world-first environmental impact-to-earn token $BYEBYE, Maceo Plex’s […]
U2 singer Bono performed Sunday at a Kyiv underground subway station being used as a bomb shelter in a show of support for Ukrainians enduring the Russian invasion. Accompanied by guitarist the Edge, Bono sang […]
Photo Credit: Anchor.fm Spotify has lost another podcast exec in just a few short weeks. Anchor Co-Founder Michael Mignano is leaving the company in June. Last month, Digital Music News reported that Spotify’s Head of […]
Photo Credit: Qobuz French high-quality music streaming service Qobuz is expanding to Latin America and Portugal. Here’s what you should know. Qobuz is coming to six new countries – five in Latin America and Portugal. […]
BMG has officially put the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), and the major labels themselves on blast for resisting a mechanical-royalty increase for physical releases and downloads. Berlin-based […]
Photo Credit: Alexander Shatov YouTube Go, an app providing offline video access, will be shutting down in August. Designed with users with intermittent internet access in mind, YouTube Go received more than 500 million downloads […]
Major label and publishing conglomerates Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group, as well as other publishers represented by the NMPA, have tentatively agreed to increase mechanical royalty rates on physical products […]
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 […]