After previously saying that they would stop touring until concerts are “environmentally beneficial,” Coldplay announced that they would perform at a benefit concert for prison reform. In an Instagram post, the band said that they would be …
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Deezer Inks a Bundled Carrier Deal with Mondia for Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE
Deezer announced that it has signed an agreement with a mobile technology company called Mondia that will allow for direct carrier billing services in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE. The announcement comes in the wake of news that Deezer’s compe…
Composer Discovers His Music Is All Over Chinese TV, Can’t Get Paid
In a collection of 37 Twitter posts, composer Kerry Muzzey described his odyssey of trying to get paid for music of his that has appeared on Chinese TV. Muzzey alleges that the culprit is China Central Television (CCTV). He insists that, for many years…
LiveXLive Says It Has 820,000 Paying Subscribers
LiveXLive announced that it has reached 820,000 paid subscribers, which is up 140,000 in the past nine months. The achievement came within the context of the company releasing certain operational metrics for the first nine months of their fiscal year, …
Is Anghami for Sale? $400 Million Price Tag Rumored
According to a report from Bloomberg, Anghami is considering selling the company to a pay television network in Dubai called Orbit Showtime Network (OSN). Inside sources have told Bloomberg that the Middle East music streaming service — whose nam…
Bernstein Initiates Coverage of Spotify, Starts at ‘Underperform’
Bernstein Bank has begun covering Spotify as a stock, and they are very bearish at the moment, believing that the stock is significantly underperforming. Todd Juenger, who is an analyst at Bernstein, has set a target price of $127. This means that he b…
Nipsey Hussle’s Album ‘Victory Lap’ Officially Goes Platinum
Nine months after the murder of rapper Nipsey Hussle, his debut album Victory Lap has officially gone platinum, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Released in February of 2018, Victory Lap debuted at No. 4 on the Billboa…
Finally: SiriusXM Is Testing Bundled Pandora Subscriptions
A little more than a year after it acquired Pandora, SiriusXM is finally considering bundling it with its satellite radio service. At the moment, there are scant details about how the company might package the two services. All the company is saying is…
Justin Bieber Asks Fans To Generate Fake Spotify, iTunes Plays So He Can Get a #1 Song
In the wake of a controversy over fake music streams of a French Montana song, the Instagram account of Justin Bieber instructed fans on how to game Spotify and iTunes in order to help Bieber’s new single rise to the top of the charts. In a now-d…
Legendary Rush Drummer Neil Peart Passes Away
Rush has announced that its longtime drummer Neil Peart has died of brain cancer at the age of 67. The band says that Peart passed away on January 7 in Santa Monica, California. Considered among the most innovative drummers in rock music, Peart was kno…