Photo Credit: Ryan A new bill aimed at streaming more Canadian music in Canada may exclude artists like Justin Bieber. Here’s why. Bill C-11 is currently making its way through the Canadian Parliament. But according […]
Photo Credit: Ella Don Riot Games has dropped a third Sessions album of streaming-safe music aimed at creators. The first Sessions album compilation dropped on July 2021, followed by a second in December 2021. Now […]
Do you remember the first time music made the hairs stand up on the back of your neck? Was it live? Was it recorded – when you popped an album into a really crisp-sounding stereo and […]
I admit it: I’m a snob when it comes to photo equipment. I want it all! I need it all! Despite being a photo novice in every sense of the word, I’m the proud owner […]
Fresh off the release of Kid Cudi’s The Boy Who Flew to the Moon (Vol. 1) compilation, fans are getting another chance to reflect on all that Cudi has accomplished over the past 14 years […]
Photo Credit: Constru-centro / CC by 4.0 Michael Jackson fans have long investigated and discussed the idea that the “King of Pop” hadn’t actually provided vocals for three of the songs on his posthumous album […]
Photo Credit: Raph_PH / CC by 2.0 Following the Stranger Things-driven commercial resurgence of Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” (1985), Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” (1986) is attracting new listeners of its own after appearing […]
Photo Credit: Mdundo African streaming service Mdundo has officially inked a licensing deal with Universal Music Group (UMG), which will bring its artists’ music to the platform’s more than 17 million confirmed (as of Q1 […]
Sony Music, which manages the rights to Michael Jackson’s catalog, has pulled three of the late star’s songs from streaming services, American Songwriter reports. The songs in question, “Monster” featuring 50 Cent, “Keep Your Head Up,” and […]
Three songs from Michael Jackson’s first posthumous album Michael were pulled from streaming platforms on June 30th, including Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, and TIDAL. Since the LP was released in 2010, there’s been controversy over whether […]
Bruce Springsteen fans can now enjoy a concert from the comfort of their homes. The Bruce Springsteen Live Archive Series has started rolling out on live music streaming service nugs.net, according to Rolling Stone. The […]
In a series of tweets shared on Monday, Kid Cudi announced plans to bring his debut mixtape A Kid Named Cudi to streaming services this month. “July 8th The Boy Who Flew To the Moon Vol. 1 (Best of). […]
Washington, D.C.’s James Madison Memorial Building, which houses the U.S. Copyright Office. American songwriters and publishers scored a hard-fought mechanical royalty rate increase from streaming music platforms in a late-breaking decision on Friday (July 1st). […]
Photo Credit: Brett Jordan Streaming farms play music on existing online platforms, such as Spotify, to massively inflate the number of times people have streamed a song. Listening bots can stream songs around 1,000 times […]
Samsung is launching its gaming hub for its 2022 smart TVs and monitors today. The hub brings together the best game streaming apps into a single location, with quick access to Nvidia’s GeForce Now, Google […]
The fourth South Park TV movie event on Paramount+ is set. South Park: The Streaming Wars Part 2 will premiere July 13 on the streamer. A severe drought has brought the town to the brink […]
Washington, D.C.’s James Madison Memorial Building, which houses the U.S. Copyright Office. The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) could be preparing to issue a major royalty-rate hike for streaming services, which are reportedly looking to delay […]
Break out the champagne, Champagne Papi. Drake‘s newest and seventh studio album Honestly, Nevermind has broken Apple Music‘s record for the most first-day streams for a dance album. And it only took one hour. Since […]
Four Tet has come out on the winning end of a legal battle against his label after around a year of litigation. The tenured electronic music producer brought a legal claim against his record label, Domino, […]
The National Music Publishers’ Association has claimed that the major labels took in a staggering 58.6 percent of 2021’s $9.8 billion in total streaming royalties – while continuing to tout its close ties with the […]