Web3 music streaming platform Audius has officially announced the acquisition of virtual concert platform SoundStage.fm. San Francisco-headquartered Audius, which arrived on the scene in 2018 and counts as backers Katy Perry and The Chainsmokers, unveiled […]
SoundCloud’s creator services platform is operating under a new name: SoundCloud for Artists. The rebrand comes from one of the leading minds in establishing Spotify’s own Spotify for Artists platform. And as the saying goes, […]
Kanye West is set to become the owner of far-right social media platform Parler. Executives at Parler’s parent company, Parlement Technologies, announced on Monday that they had entered into an agreement in principle to sell […]
SoundCloud has officially launched “SoundCloud for Artists” (formerly Repost), and execs are billing the offering as “an elevated, all-in-one platform for artists to connect with fans and accelerate their careers.” Berlin-headquartered SoundCloud reached out to […]
Photo Credit: Markus Winkler Exceed, a three-year-old fintech company that offers “fans a broad range of investment opportunities from musical artists” and others, has announced a newly completed seed raise as well as the appointment […]
About three months after announcing a high-profile Warner Music Group licensing pact, SoundCloud has unveiled a partnership with London-headquartered collaboration and credits platform Session. Berlin-based SoundCloud detailed its agreement with three-year-old Session today. Founded by […]
Pharrell Williams is selling some of his clothing and accessories from the last 20 years in an online auction. The Happy singer has launched an online auction platform named Joopiter to sell collections from his […]
Fresh off her career-making performance in Jordan Peele’s latest film Nope, Keke Palmer is launching a digital platform for creators to thrive and learn. Palmer took to Instagram on Friday to announce the news, sharing a video in […]
Allow me to age myself here for a second. Does anyone remember CD binders? Or 50 pack CD-R spindles? I sure do. I had at least two or three that looked like this (below), all […]
Fans are convinced that popular streamer Hasan may be leaving Twitch after he teased the end of his contract with the site during a conversation with Pokimane. Hasan is a partnered streamer on Twitch and […]
Photo Credit: Reveel Web3 music revenue share protocol Reveel has announced a $1.3 million pre-seed funding round. The pre-seed was led by Binance Labs and Moment Ventures. Reveel was part of Season 4 of Binance […]
Controversial social media figure Andrew Tate has been banned from just about every platform under the sun this week including YouTube and TikTok, but one is content with letting him speak. Tate’s comments about women […]
Recent data about Twitch’s content creators reveal the fastest-growing streamers on the platform are all Spanish-speaking channels. All of the top five, based off viewership, aren’t from an English-speaking background, showcasing the rise of Twitch […]
Twitch streamer and political commentator Hasan Piker has slammed TikTok’s moderation guidelines after receiving a week-long ban from the platform. TikTok has received a lot of flak from its users over its stricter-than-most content guidelines […]
Photo Credit: Benjamin Sharpe In late June, Spotify unveiled a revamped “Live Events Feed” – and touted its perceived role in helping fans to “find the perfect show.” Now, the streaming giant is officially selling […]
Photo Credit: Jessey Bijl A new report suggests destination-events company Pollen is headed for bankruptcy. The events company Pollen is facing mounting pressure from creditors and faced a winding up petition in the UK. According […]
The Killers, whose manager has invested in Creative Intell. Photo Credit: ThorntonDrury Creative Intell, a self-described “artificial intelligence-powered dealmaking platform for the music industry,” has raised $3 million from individuals including Post Malone co-manager Austin […]
HBO Max lives… for now. But the streamer isn’t long for this life in its current form. During a Warner Bros. Discovery earnings, where we also learned more about Batgirl‘s cancellation and DC’s future, the […]
Musixmatch announces a strategic investment from TPG. Lyrics-providing platform Musixmatch has secured a significant investment from TPG Growth, “the middle market and growth equity platform” of the asset management firm TPG. The strategic partnership advances […]
Photo Credit: Audius Decentralized music streaming platform Audius suffered a hack with more than $6 million in AUDIO tokens stolen. The attacker exploited a vulnerability in the platform’s governance smart contract, as detailed by Audius […]