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Spotify Passes 70m Subscriber Mark

Posted by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers - January 5, 2018

(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”

Posted by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers - January 5, 2018

(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

Posted by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers - January 4, 2018

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

Posted by Ian Courtney - December 26, 2017

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

Posted by Ian Courtney - December 22, 2017

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

Posted by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers - December 22, 2017

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.

Posted by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers - December 22, 2017

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

Posted by Bob Lefsetz - December 22, 2017

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

Posted by Ian Courtney - December 15, 2017

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%

Posted by Ian Courtney - December 15, 2017

(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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