HBO Max Sets Sail with ‘Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary’
Photo Credit: HBO HBO’s “Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary” sets sail on the high seas of easy listening, covering a catalog of pop records produced in…
Category: Digital Music News
Target Stocks 2 Million Copies of Taylor Swift’s Official Eras Tour Book
Photo Credit: Target Targets scores a win with an exclusive Taylor Swift deal, stocking 2 million copies of her official self-published Eras Tour book. Target…
Spotify Tightens API Access, Removes Several Data Points for Developers
Photo Credit: Colm Doyle Spotify is cracking down on the information developers can access through its API, joining other tech companies like Reddit and YouTube.…
Sick New World Abruptly Cancels Despite Metallica, Linkin Park Headliners and a Stacked Lineup
Photo Credit: Sick New World Festival Las Vegas’ Sick New World Festival was abruptly cancelled despite a stacked lineup which included headliners Metallica and Linkin…
Minecraft Now Has In-Game Radio Through Popular Mod Client
Photo Credit: Lunar x Styngr A popular client for installing Minecraft mods has announced a partnership with Styngr to bring a fully licensed major label…
GoldState Music Reportedly Acquires $200 Million Worth of Catalogs — Stakes in Releases from Blink-182, Avril Lavigne, and More
Catch Point Rights Partners, which has reportedly sold its catalog to GoldState Music, possesses stakes in tracks recorded by Smash Mouth (pictured) and several others.…
Drake Announces First Australia and New Zealand Performances in Eight Years — Guess When the Tour Leg ‘Kicks Off’
Auckland, New Zealand, where Drake is set to bring the Oceania leg of his Anita Max Win Tour on February 28th and March 1st, 2025.…
NewJeans Officially Announces Ador Departure — K-Pop Company Fires Back, Claims Contract Remains Valid Into 2029
NewJeans (pictured) performed at Seoul’s ‘League of Legends World Championship’ in November 2023. Now, one year later, the group has officially announced its departure from…
Drake Draws Support from Funkmaster Flex Amid Intensifying Kendrick Lamar Beef, UMG Legal Battle
Funkmaster Flex is defending Drake, who remains embroiled in an intensifying beef with Kendrick Lamar. Photo Credit: musicisentropy A high-stakes rap beef just became even…
OpenAI Opens Sora to Artists — And Then Quickly Shuts It Down
Photo Credit: OpenAI Sora OpenAI granted 300 artists early access to its new genAI video tool, Sora, but quickly shut it down only three hours…
TikTok’s Fate In the US to Be Determined By a Federal Appeals Court Next Week
Photo Credit: Wesley Tingey A US federal appeals court is expected to rule next week whether to uphold a law requiring ByteDance to divest TkTok…
Who Gets Paid What from Vinyl Album Sales At Indie Record Stores? Here’s a Straightforward Breakdown
Who earns what from vinyl sales at indie record stores? Here’s a to-the-point breakdown. Photo Credit: Jay Wennington Who gets paid – and how much…
New Synthesizing Instrument ‘Orchid’ by Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker
Photo Credit: Telepathic Instruments Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker announces a new advanced chord generating synthesizer, Orchid, developed by Telepathic Instruments. Producer Kevin Parker of Tame…
U.S. Customs & Border Protection Seize $18M in Fake Gibson Guitars
Photo Credit: U.S. Customs & Border Protection U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) officers have announced the seizure of over $18 million in counterfeit Gibson…
Should AI Giants Be Required to Disclose Training Data? ‘TRAIN Act’ Proposes ‘An Administrative Subpoena Process’ for Rightsholders
The Senate side of the U.S. Capitol. Photo Credit: Scrumshus Should generative AI developers be required to disclose the protected materials upon which their models…
Marilyn Manson Drops Lawsuit Against Evan Rachel Wood
Photo Credit: Marilyn Manson by Livioandronico2013 / CC by 4.0 Marilyn Manson drops his lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood as well as a related appeal…
Drake Drops Another Legal Action Against UMG and Spotify Over ‘Not Like Us’
Photo Credit: Drake by The Come Up Show / CC by 2.0 Drake launches a second legal petition against UMG over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like…
Live Event Customers in Massachusetts Unhappy About New Ticket Selling Law
Photo Credit: Rohan Gangopadhyay Massachusetts governor Maura Healey recently signed a massive Economic Development Bill into law. But the bill contains a clause that allows…
Coachella 2025 Not Sold Out — VIP Weekend 1 Available, General Admission Weekend 2 Widely Available
Photo Credit: Coachella Lakes RV Resort The Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival has sold out the same day ticket sales became available for decades.…
‘Conversational Voice AI Startup’ PlayAI Scores $21 Million Seed Raise, Aims to Provide ‘Human-Like Voice Interfaces for Any Application’
AI voice startup PlayAI has announced a $21 million seed round. Photo Credit: Igor Omilaev Another day, another interesting development in the quick-evolving AI world,…