Photo Credit: BUD Metaverse user-generated platform BUD has raised $36.8 million in three months, bringing its total financing to over $60 million. The Singapore-based startup secured $36.8 million in three months since it began its […]
Photo Credit: Pepsi Pepsi is dropping out of the Super Bowl Halftime Show sponsorship after ten years. This year’s performance featuring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar is the last […]
Photo Credit: Edward He Sony Music Entertainment has announced the launch of RCA Records Greater China. The label will focus on signing artists from mainland China. Sony says the label will also invest in artists […]
Photo Credit: Drew Ressler / CC by 2.0 Insomniac has announced broadcast details for its live stream of Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas. The festival will stream across four channels, broadcasting live on May 20-22. […]
Jamiroquai performing at Coachella. Photo Credit: Raph_PH In January, Warner Music Group (WMG) partnered with The Sandbox, a blockchain-powered metaverse platform. Now, the interactive virtual world is set to feature jazz-funk mainstay Jamiroquai as part […]
Photo Credit: Medallion Web3 company Medallion has raised $9 million in its seed funding round. The company is led by Matt Jones, the former CEO of the concert discovery service, Songkick. Medallion says it is […]
Photo Credit: Steve Aoki Spotify is officially testing a program that allows artists to promote non-fungible tokens (NFTs) via their on-platform profiles. The Stockholm-based audio-entertainment service’s NFT-sale test came to light in a report from […]
Photo Credit: Samsung Charli XCX is heading to Roblox for a live concert to promote Samsung’s latest foldable smartphones. The Samsung Superstar Galaxy experience is now live in Roblox for all users. For a limited […]
A screenshot of Spotify Island in the Roblox metaverse. Photo Credit: Spotify Spotify has officially arrived in Roblox by launching Spotify Island, a virtual “paradise of sound where fans and artists from all over the […]
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: Bruno Emmanuelle Facebook is shutting down its podcasts offering in June. The feature is less than a year old and marks a shifting focus for the embattled social media company. Parent company Meta […]
Photo Credit: HYBE After posting a 59.8 percent year-over-year revenue jump during Q1 2022, BTS agency Hybe (KRX: 352820) has doubled down on its commitment to the famous K-pop act, indicating that “we will be with […]
Photo Credit: Roblox Lizzo will perform at the Logitech Song Breaker Awards, the first music awards show in the Roblox metaverse. The awards will honor groundbreaking creators who are shaping pop music through dance challenges, […]
Photo Credit: Epic Games // Fortnite Wu-Tang Clan has teamed up with Epic Games to drop new verch in Fortnite, alongside a real-world merch drop. Verch is virtual merchandise that music fans can buy inside […]
Photo Credit: Ray Cash / CC by 3.0 Roblox Head of Music Jonathan Vlassopulos is moving on from his post at the end of April. The gaming company’s executive made the announcement on his personal […]
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, […]
In honor of Monstercat’s 10 year anniversary, we caught up with Head of Gaming, Gavin Johnson, to talk all things music, Fortnite, Roblox and the future! Over the past ten years, Monstercat has both cemented […]
Lil Nas X had 33 million spectators for his 2020 performance in Roblox, and rapper Travis Barker attracted 28 million in the same year. — © AFP Carole Guirado and Eric Randolph TV companies will […]
Shared from gamerempire.net. AFK Arena has remained one of the top-grossing mobile games throughout the entirety of 2020. Released in early 2019, AFK Arena has kept its position as one of the most played Idle […]
Shared from www.latimes.com. The promise of augmented reality so far has largely been just that — promises of a future seen through filters for our mobile phone apps or simple games that place characters with […]