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(CelebrityAccess) — Spotify took to social media on Thursday night to reveal that the streaming music giant had passed the 70 million subscriber ...
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YouTube’s Lyor Cohen Promises To Make Musicians “Rich And Famous”
(Hypebot) — YouTube’s often controversial Head Of Music Lyor Cohen says in a profile for AdAge that he’s developed a simple sales pitch ...
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Facebook Strikes Licensing Pact With UMG
NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess) — Facebook and Universal Music Group announced that they’ve struck a multi-year global agreement that will see the label giant ...
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TIDAL: Jay-Z’s Twelve Days of Christmas
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess) Jay-Z streams his own Twelve Days of Christmas this year, promoting his music streaming platform TIDAL. TIDAL is ...
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Facebook and UMG: Unprecedented Global Agreement
MENLO PARK and SANTA MONICA, December 21, 2017 — Facebook and Universal Music Group (UMG) today announced an unprecedented global, multi-year agreement under ...
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Viva PHX Music Festival On Hiatus In 2018
PHOENIX (CelebrityAccess) The Viva PHX music festival is taking 2018 off after continual growth. Organizers Stateside Presents have opted to put the four ...
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Rolling Stone Mag Wenner Sells Out To Variety Owner Penske.
NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess) Penske Media Corporation (PMC) has acquired a controlling stake in Wenner Media, the publisher of the famed Rolling Stone magazine, ...
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How Hip-Hop Triumphed
By Embracing Streaming. That’s right, “you cannot get ahead if you stay behind“. While other formats railed against payouts, declaring that music had ...
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Vevo’s Erik Huggers To Step Down
LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess) — Music video and entertainment platform Vevo announced a shakeup in the executive suite as CEO Erik Huggers announced that ...
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Copyright Royalty Board Raises Rates SiriusXM Pays For Music 40%
(Hypebot) – Responding to a request from SoundExchange and other artist advocates, the US Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) yesterday issued rate changes for ...
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