John Legend. Photo Credit: Glenn Francis Our Happy Company, a creator- and artist-focused tech startup co-founded by John Legend, has announced the completion of a $7.5 million seed round. Singapore-headquartered Our Happy Company, which John […]
Spotify competitor Deezer is reportedly preparing to go public as part of a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger. The Wall Street Journal just recently reported on Deezer’s rumored SPAC merger and corresponding arrival on […]
By Mia Hughes In Toro y Moi’s music video for “Postman,” the first single from his seventh and newest album Mahal, he sits behind the wheel of a loudly ornamented jeepney. A kind of eccentric […]
A nighttime shot of Singapore, where BandLab is based. Photo Credit: Mike Enerio Back in December of 2021, music-creation company BandLab revealed that its Series B had generated $53 million at a $303 million post-cash […]
Live Nation president and CEO Michael Rapino has sold nearly $160 million worth of stock in his company since 2022’s beginning, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings have revealed. Digital Music News first reported […]
After six long years of team-ups and cosmic threats, Doctor Strange is finally back for his own movie. Quite a bit has changed for Stephen Strange since he became the Sorcerer Supreme back in his […]
Spotify stock (NYSE: SPOT) fell beneath $100 per share for the first time in company history today after the service posted its Q1 2022 earnings. Spotify stock (NYSE: SPOT) has fallen beneath $100 per share […]
In March of 2021, SoundCloud introduced a fan-powered royalty model. Now, to celebrate the one-year anniversary of this model’s adoption, the music-sharing platform is set to double artists’ payments on Friday, April 29th. SoundCloud today […]
Casey Wasserman. Photo Credit: Rainer Hosch Wasserman Music has officially acquired the live music representation business of Paradigm UK, higher-ups have announced. The buyout of Paradigm UK’s music touring operations arrives a little over one […]
Mel B, the Spice Girl and TV personality, is all about relaxing. Her place of choice to go? By the water. Mel posted a new photo on Instagram of herself lounging by an outdoor pool, […]
PRS for Music achieved a 22.4 percent year-over-year (YoY) revenue increase in 2021, even as royalties from live shows and plays in public establishments remained nearly 40 percent beneath their pre-pandemic total. 108-year-old PRS for Music, […]
Block CEO Jack Dorsey. Photo Credit: Mark Warner Last year, a non-fungible token (NFT) of the first tweet (posted by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey) fetched a staggering $2.9 million. Now, in a possible warning sign […]
Photo Credit: Markus Winkler GoDigital Media Group has officially infused $100 million into its Cinq Music subsidiary, which will use the capital to acquire music IP. Multiple outlets just recently reported on the $100 million […]
Chris Rock’s Mom Calls Out Will Smith’s Oscars Ban, Says “You Don’t Even Go Every Year” ( Photo Credit – Facebook ; Wikimedia ) It may be almost a month since Oscars 2022 took place […]
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, where J Balvin played a Pollen event in December of 2021 and is scheduled to play once again in December of 2022. Photo Credit: Sergei Remarenko London-headquartered destination-event company Pollen (formerly […]
An aerial shot of Furzton Lake in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. Photo Credit: Ethan Wilkinson One Media iP, which describes itself as a “digital media content provider which exploits intellectual digital property rights around music, video […]
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, […]
Photo Credit: Alexander Shatov Snapchat achieved an 18 percent year-over-year jump in daily active users during Q1 2022 – the first full quarter in which it’s had licensing deals in place with each of the […]
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been tapped to host and executive produce the 2022 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs). The Last Night hitmaker will emcee and produce the annual ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of his […]
Katharine McPhee Foster is celebrating Earth Day, by flaunting her incredibly flat abs in a swimsuit. In the mother-of-one’s latest Instagram post, she puts her fabulous figure on display while posing in the ocean. “Happy […]