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French Senator Julien Bargeton has presented Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak with a report that recommends a new tax on music streaming in France. Our translated quote indicates that he thinks it’s partly about preservation of French music culture, hypothesising that if, “we only have a choice between content that is produced by other great powers, (…) that our cultural heritage as well as our contemporary creation are no longer those to which we have access, we are changing the world drastically.”

Snapchat has announced new features and data at its Snap Partner Summit 2023, and says it has “750 million+ Monthly Active Users” across its services.

Mandolin, a live-stream concert platform that thrived after COVID-19 put a pause on in-person experiences, quietly closed its doors on Monday amid the resurgence of live touring and concerts.

Frank Ocean will not be performing his scheduled headlining slot at Coachella this Sunday, a rep for the singer confirms to Variety. A source close to the situation says his spot will be taken by Blink-182.

The statement reads: “Frank Ocean will not be performing at weekend 2 of Coachella. 

To kick things off, Snap head of talent development Brooke Berry discussed how musicians are growing their fanbases through the app while also shouting out the Snapchat Sounds Creator Fund, which helps musicians in the United States and India monetize their growth. 

Songwriting partners Harry Styles and Kid Harpoon have received Ivor Novello nominations for the 2023 iteration of the awards show that honors British or Irish songwriters and composers. They’…

Qobuz, the music streaming and download platform, is continuing its international expansion with its launch today (April 119) in Canada. With Qobuz hitting the market, all Canadian music lovers looking for a

Bereal is all about being authentic by taking a daily photo whenever the yellow hazard notification appears - and now people can add what song they're listening to at the time with Spotify.The music streaming platform has launched a new integration with the photo sharing app and the new featur

Netflix first announced its intention to start charging its users to share passwords around a year ago…

Romeo Entertainment Group (REG) has promoted Brian Crews to Sr. Talent Buyer as well as Michelle Romeo to Vice President of Organizational Development & Strategy, and added Scott Mason Thomas to succeed Romeo as Vice President of Sales.

Americanafest has announced the first 50 acts slated to perform in showcases during the five-day event set for Sept. 19-23 in Nashville.

The festival and conference event will bring together more than 200 award-winning legends, trailblazing mainstays and buzzworthy new artists for its 23rd year. This year’s lineup includes Amythyst Kiah, The Band of Heathens, Chris Shiflett, Dan Tyminski Band, Dom Flemons, Parker Millsap, Mipso, The Panhandlers, SUSTO, Yasmin Williams and more.

The 9th edition of the International Festival Forum (IFF) will take place at a new campus location this year in a move that allows an expanded programme and increased delegate numbers. IFF, presented in association with TicketSwap, will take place in South London music venue Omeara from 26-28 September. The venue and surrounding spaces will

Coachella 2023 brought the art, fashion, and musical surprises that we’ve come to know and love.

One of the much-touted benefits of web3 is the fact that creator royalties can be baked into the smart contracts when an NFT is sold – ensuring that the artist/creator gets paid even after that initial sale. However, as web3 critic Molly White reports, this isn’t very often enforced, instead leaving responsibility for royalties to the marketplace that initially sold the NFT.

The era of “Truckin'” is now conjoined with the age of TikTok-in’. Although the Grateful Dead has been defunct as an actual band since the mid-’90s, the group now officially has a presence on the social platform TikTok. Coincidentally, or perhaps strategically, the band joined on the fan-favorite stoner holiday 4/20.

SeatGeek’s long-anticipated flotation has moved a big step closer after confidential initial public offering (IPO) paperwork was filed with regulators in the United States.

TheTicketingBusiness.com understands that the documents were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this month.

The development comes nearly a year after the ticketing marketplace scrapped a plan to go public via special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) RedBall Acquisition Corp, citing market volatility.

In a podcast, hockey-player brothers Dan and Chris Powers had praise for Ocean's attitude through weeks of skating and singing rehearsal — but not so much for how 100+ skaters were told the whole routine was off just hours before showtime

Snapchat announced the launch of a new partnership with Live Nation to bring immersive augmented reality technology to Live Nation's portfolio of music festivals. According to Snapchat, the multi-year agreement will focus

Web3 media company Public Pressure has formed a new London-based division, called Public Pressure Music to oversee all activities related to music.

This includes its collaborations with the fashion and gaming industries, IP management and content acquisitions related to the Public Pressure marketplace, which is the company’s platform for the sale and purchase of NFTs.

Public Pressure Music will be headed up by Stephen King who has been appointed Managing Director of the new initiative.

AXS Europe was named the Ticketing Business of the Year at TheTicketingBusiness Awards 2023 at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester, UK.

British music rights management organization PRS for Music has teamed up with music rights and metadata management software platform Orfium to license music in Africa.

Orfium was founded in 2015 in Los Angeles by Drew Delis and Chris Mohoney, with the goal, according to the company, of “bringing cutting-edge technology to the music rights management space”.

CEO Rob Wells, the former global digital head of Universal Music Group, joined the business in 2017.

Downtown Music Holdings (DMH)-owned Downtown Music has formed a new Artist & Label Services division. Ben Patterson has been promoted to the role of President of the newly-coined Downtown division.

The Artist & Label Services division was born from Downtown’s distribution arm, DashGo, and the company says that it is “integral” to its “core mission to empower artists and build an equitable music ecosystem”.

Marty Stuart is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his annual Late Night Jam this year, which returns [...]

Allison Laughter has been promoted to VP of Marketing, Digital & Streaming at Red Light Management Nashville. Laughter previously helmed the Digital Marketing & Streaming department and will now direct efforts for Marketing as well.

Prior to joining Red Light Management in 2013, Laughter worked in digital marketing and publicity for Capitol Records Nashville and Universal Music Group Nashville.

LONDON (CelebrityAccess) -- Organizers announced that the International Festival Forum (IFF) will take place at a new location in 2023 as it returns for its ninth installment with an expanded slate of programming and with