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Pussy Riot Pitches Metaverse ‘Utopia’ With Virtual Social Network IMVU

Pussy Riot Pitches Metaverse ‘Utopia’ With Virtual Social Network IMVU | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it
The virtual land from Nadya Tolokonnikova and Metajuice will feature NFTs and special events, all supporting LGBTQIA+ causes.
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April 16, 2023 12:31 PM
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Tim McGraw Launches New Media Venture, Down Home

Tim McGraw Launches New Media Venture, Down Home | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it

Tim McGraw has launched Down Home, a new entertainment, media and marketing company headquartered in Nashville.

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April 16, 2023 12:26 PM
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Halsey Splits From Capitol Records

Halsey Splits From Capitol Records | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it

Halsey and Capitol Records are going their separate ways, spokesperson for both the artist and the label confirmed to Variety Saturday.

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April 16, 2023 9:14 AM
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Drake Reacts to AI-Generated Cover of Him Rapping Ice Spice’s ‘Munch’ –

Drake Reacts to AI-Generated Cover of Him Rapping Ice Spice’s ‘Munch’ – | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it
On Friday (April 14) Drake took to Instagram to voice his opinion on an AI-generated cover of him rapping Bronx princess Ice Spice's "Munch."
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April 16, 2023 9:13 AM
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Heardle Shutting Down: Spotify Acquired Game in 2022

Heardle Shutting Down: Spotify Acquired Game in 2022 | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it

Less than a year after Spotify acquired Heardle, the audio streamer is mothballing the music game. “Heardle is going away on May 5th.

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April 13, 2023 2:18 PM
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Spotify launches "broadcast-to-podcast," connecting two of its acquisitions

Spotify launches "broadcast-to-podcast," connecting two of its acquisitions | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it
Spotify notified us of a new venture and technology accomplishment -- called "broadcast-to-podcast," it enables radio broadcasters a specialized tool that makes it simple to turn their existing audio content into on-demand podcast content. This repurposing is accomplished with two of Spotify's acquisitions: Australia-based Whooshkaa and U.S.-based Megaphone. Click for…
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April 13, 2023 8:20 AM
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Lil Yachty Settles Infringement Lawsuit Against NFT Seller Who Raised Millions Using His Name

The suit, filed last year against Opulous, detailed misleading promotion of the rapper as their flagship artist partnership
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April 13, 2023 8:16 AM
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Blink-182 Is Last-Minute Coachella Addition, With Band Set for Friday

Blink-182 Is Last-Minute Coachella Addition, With Band Set for Friday | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it
Blink and you might miss it, at least if you were planning to take the weekend off from watching concerts. The first reunion gig by the classic lineup of Blink-182 will not be waiting till the offi…
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April 13, 2023 8:14 AM
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Swedish unions want collective bargaining negotiations with Spotify - Music Ally

Swedish unions want collective bargaining negotiations with Spotify - Music Ally | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it
Three Swedish unions have written to Spotify requesting formal collective bargaining negotiations on behalf of its employees there.
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April 12, 2023 5:10 PM
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Legendary Producer And Label Boss Don Was Launches WasFest At Boston's Boch Center And Shubert Theatre

Legendary Producer And Label Boss Don Was Launches WasFest At Boston's Boch Center And Shubert Theatre | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it
(CelebrityAccess) -- The Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame announced the lineup for the inaugural edition of WasFest, a new, multi-day music festival curated and hosted by the legendary producer, and President of Blue Note
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April 12, 2023 5:03 PM
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AI-generated songs on Apple Music and Spotify breach copyright

AI-generated songs on Apple Music and Spotify breach copyright | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it

A growing number of AI-generated songs are being uploaded to Apple Music and Spotify, and music label Universal Music

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April 12, 2023 5:01 PM
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Women and non-binary producers ‘vastly underrepresented’ in 2022’s top songs | Music | The Guardian

Women and non-binary producers ‘vastly underrepresented’ in 2022’s top songs | Music | The Guardian | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it
Find the Mix report finds inequality remains entrenched in music production and engineering, with less than 5% of credits going to women and non-binary people
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April 12, 2023 3:24 PM
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RIAA 2023 Report: Latin Music Revenue Hits $1 Billion

RIAA 2023 Report: Latin Music Revenue Hits $1 Billion | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it

Latin music revenue in the United States reached an all-time high of $1.1 billion in 2022, marking the industry’s second year of double-digit growth for an annual increase of 24%.  

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April 16, 2023 1:19 PM
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How independent South African music company The T Effect plans to ‘create a new wave of African Global Superstars’

How independent South African music company The T Effect plans to ‘create a new wave of African Global Superstars’ | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it
The T Effect's co-founders Tshiamo Letshwene and Nhlanhla ‘Nivo’ Ndimande tell us about the company'
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April 16, 2023 12:30 PM
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Maymester Music Accelerator Program Returns & Expands

Maymester Music Accelerator Program Returns & Expands | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it
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April 16, 2023 12:25 PM
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Blackpink Lights Up Coachella With Dazzling Set and Light Show

Blackpink Lights Up Coachella With Dazzling Set and Light Show | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it

The last time powerhouse Korean girl group Blackpink played Coachella, during a much-hyped mid-day set in 2019 on the Sahara stage, it was a different band and the world was a different place. 

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April 16, 2023 9:13 AM
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WME Acquires Red 11 Music

WME Acquires Red 11 Music | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it
WME has announced the acquisition of Nashville-based music agency Red 11 Music. As part of the transaction [...]
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April 14, 2023 8:24 AM
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Try Fedi Friday: Just One Day A Week, Experiment With Alternative Social Media

Try Fedi Friday: Just One Day A Week, Experiment With Alternative Social Media | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it
It’s not at all surprising why tons of people, including journalists, are sticking around Twitter even if they shouldn’t. Part of it is inertia. People were settled into what worked before, and change is difficult. Partly because of that, people are loathe to switch. Even those who have switched over to alternatives like Mastodon in…
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April 13, 2023 8:30 AM
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Snap signs new music licensing deals to expand its Sounds library

Snap signs new music licensing deals to expand its Sounds library | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it
Snap has signed a deal with multiple music labels to expand its Sounds library, which lets people use song clips in Snaps and Stories.
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April 13, 2023 8:17 AM
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RIAA 2023 Report: Latin Music Revenue Hits $1 Billion

RIAA 2023 Report: Latin Music Revenue Hits $1 Billion | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it

Latin music revenue in the United States reached an all-time high of $1.1 billion in 2022, marking the industry’s second year of double-digit growth for an annual increase of 24%. 

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April 13, 2023 8:15 AM
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Former Spotify economist Will Page causes a stir with equitable remuneration report - Music Ally

Former Spotify economist Will Page causes a stir with equitable remuneration report - Music Ally | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it
Music industry economist Will Page has been ruffling feathers with his latest report: an examination of equitable remuneration (ER) models.
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April 12, 2023 5:20 PM
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Hollywood Writers Strike Will Hit Music Supervisors Hard –

Hollywood Writers Strike Will Hit Music Supervisors Hard – | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it
A Hollywood writers strike will hit music supervisors hard if it goes through, since they have no union to help protect them.
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April 12, 2023 5:08 PM
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NPR leaves Twitter due to misleading ‘government-funded media’ label

NPR leaves Twitter due to misleading ‘government-funded media’ label | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it
NPR will no longer update its 52 Twitter accounts, including the primary @NPR handle, which has nearly 9 million followers.
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April 12, 2023 5:02 PM
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We Invented the Weekend – Bold Claim and New Festival for Salford. | Festival Insights

We Invented the Weekend – Bold Claim and New Festival for Salford. | Festival Insights | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it

We Invented the Weekend, a brand new festival, based in Salford, with a bold claim within its name and, as co-founder Wayne Hemingway MBE points out “If you're going to claim that a place invented the weekend, you better get it right”

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Streaming sites urged not to let AI use music to clone pop stars | Music industry | The Guardian

Streaming sites urged not to let AI use music to clone pop stars | Music industry | The Guardian | Live Music Industry News | Scoop.it
Record label Universal urges Spotify and Apple Music to stop copycats scraping song data
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