LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess) – Recording Academy Co-President Valeisha Butterfield Jones has announced she’s leaving her post to return to Google, where she will ...
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Bandcamp’s Legal Battle With Google Could Mean Higher Fees, Payment Delays
(Hypebot) — Bandcamp’s new owner Epic Games is seeking a court injunction to stop Google from charging much higher fees for transactions that ...
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Spotify’s Director, Global Head of International Licensing Exits to Join Google’s YouTube Music
(CelebrityAccess) – Spotify executive Paul Smith has vacated his role as Director, Global Head of International Licensing at Spotify, in order to join ...
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MIDiA Global Subscriber Report: Spotify Still On Top But Google, Amazon, Tencent All Make Gains
(Hypebot) — There were 100 million new music subscribers in 2020, according to MIDiA, bring the total to 467 million. While Spotify still ...
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Move Over Shazam, Google Adds ‘Hum’ Search
(Hypebot) — You can now hum, whistle or sing a melody to Google to identify it. “On your mobile device, open the latest ...
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Stopping Google’s End Run: No Safe Harbor Privilege In Trade Agreements
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement recently passed the house and is headed for the senate. Many in the music industry are concerned, however, that ...
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Sonos Sues Google, Claiming Copyright Infringement Of Its Patented Smart Speaker Technology
CALIFORNIA (CelebrityAccess) – Audio company Sonos is suing Google claiming copyright infringement of five patents on its wireless speaker technology, according to The ...
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Lyrics Site Genius Is Suing Google, LyricFind For $50M
(Hypebot) — Lyrics site Genius is suing Google and lyric provider LyricFind for no less than $50 million for allegedly copying its song ...
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Google Suspends Viagogo From Paid Placement Search Results
(CelebrityAccess) — In a surprise move, Internet giant Google announced it had suspended secondary ticketing company Viagogo from its paid placement search results. ...
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Genius Accuses Google Of Stealing Its Song Lyrics After Detecting Hidden Morse Code Telltales
(Hypebot) Lyrics annotation site Genius.com says that it has caught Google stealing and using its song lyrics to power some of the tech ...
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