ByteDance Officially Files U.S. Trademark For ‘TikTok Music’

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Photo Credit: Eyestetix Studio TikTok parent company ByteDance has filed a U.S. trademark application for “TikTok Music” – prompting speculation that the Beijing-headquartered business could debut a stateside music streaming platform to expand upon the […]

Snapchat Parent Launches ‘Creator Fund’ For DistroKid Artists

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Photo Credit: Alexander Shatov Snap has officially launched the “Snapchat Sounds Creator Fund,” which execs say will provide up to $100,000 in monthly “grants” to indie artists who use DistroKid to distribute their music on […]

A Tech Billionaire Saved a Man’s Life at Omnia Nightclub In Las Vegas: Report – EDM.com

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While partying at Las Vegas’ Omnia Nightclub in April, billionaire Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar reportedly saved a man’s life after performing CPR due to an alleged heart attack.  Atlassian is a software company that creates […]

Facebook is in trouble. Its escape plan: Turn into TikTok

Facebook is in trouble. Its escape plan: Turn into TikTok

Aging tech products often suffer from what’s known as feature creep: excessive complexity caused by the accretion of bells and whistles over the years. Log into Facebook (launched in 2004) or Instagram (launched in 2010) […]

‘Nope’ movie connection to Jordan Peele’s ‘Us,’ explained

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Amid alien contact, thrilling chase sequences and cathartic emotional beats, “Nope” considers a range of ideological concepts — legacy, race, exploitation and the taming of nature among them. But writer-director Jordan Peele’s summer blockbuster also […]

Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ album leaks hours before its release

Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' album leaks hours before its release

You won’t break Beyoncé’s soul. But someone apparently broke the embargo on her new album. According to Variety — and Twitter — the singer’s highly anticipated seventh studio album, “Renaissance,” appears to have leaked online […]

Audoo Inks Song Detection Deal with APRA AMCOS in Australia & New Zealand

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British start-up Audoo inks song detection deal with APRA AMCOS in Australia and New Zealand. Award-winning public performance royalty technology start-up Audoo has partnered with the leading Australasian performing rights organization, APRA AMCOS. The partnership […]

‘Leave It To Beaver’ Star Tony Dow Is ‘In His Last Hours’ In Hospice Care [UPDATE]

Jerry Mathers (left) and Tony Dow are seen on Nov. 26, 2017, in Los Angeles.

Actor Tony Dow, who played Wally Cleaver on the long-running sitcom “Leave It To Beaver,” is in hospice care, his family members have told multiple news outlets. Dow’s death was erroneously announced on his Facebook […]

How to get free broadband in L.A. if you’re a lower-income resident

How to get free broadband in L.A. if you're a lower-income resident

Tim Hebb lives in one of more than 1.6 million households in Los Angeles that qualify for a new federal subsidy program for high-speed internet service. And according to the Biden administration, he ought to […]