Patreon Acquires Kit to Help Its Content Creators Better Sell Merch

Patreon’s new acquisition of Kit, a New York-based e-commerce startup, will hopefully enable content creators to make more money. Patreon is a platform that allows supporters of an artist to “subscribe” to content. The concept was sta…

Arcade Fire Turns Their Latest Album Into a Fidget Spinner And Sells It for $109. It Sells Out Instantly.

If you’re just finding out about Arcade Fire’s fidget spinner album, it’s already too late.  But did they really exist? Streaming music platforms like Spotify are exploding, though most artists are getting left out in the cold.  Streaming simply doesn’t pay enough, even for mega-artists with millions of plays. So what’s a band to do? […]

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BTS Fans Finally Understand What It’s Like to be Plagiarized

After weathering accusations from other Kpop fandom, BTS ARMYs are now experiencing what it’s like to be plagiarized.  But do they really deserve this? In the brutal world of Kpop fandom, maybe this is what they’d call ‘payback’.  Either way, BTS fans are now feeling the sting of getting ripped off and plagiarized.  And they […]

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