The UK's biggest music festival, Glastonbury, is cancelled for a second year in a row due to Covid-19. However, its organisers have announced plans for a high-profile livestream from the Worthy Farm venue on 22 May.
With all the growing interest and investment in creator tools companies, music production platform Bandlab hitting 30 million users points to a longer-term future for the space – one in which the boundaries…
Midem 2021 will take place on the Midem Digital online platform, November 16-19, which was created and launched for last year's edition.
John Marks is leaving his position as Global Director of Country Music at Spotify.
4U Recording studio manager Crystal Carpenter discusses how to to get more women in the recording studio.
Entertainment executive Brandon Pankey is announcing the launch of Artist Presented Experiences, a new advertising-driven video-on-demand network presented exclusively by and for music artists.
2020 has prompted the music biz to revisit virtual reality as a way to attract audiences to live events. However, not everyone thinks VR is ready.
Sofiane Pamart, Chilly Gonzales, Chloe Flower and others did their work, and the resulting album is now available exclusively on Deezer, in its Beethoven Channel, including a hi-res version for its HiFi tier.
Marquee is Spotify's marketing tool for promoting an artist's new album to people who've listened to them – the full-screen pop-ups that appear over its mobile homescreen.
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As a result of the current global venue restrictions, first movers in various markets are innovating and envisioning a bright future ahead for the entertainment industry.
Musicians are in peril, at the mercy of giant monopolies that profit off their work.
On-demand music sync licensing service, Bopper, is announcing that the President and Managing Partner of DGC Capital, Françoise E. Lyon, will be joining their board of directors this month. Lyon has…
Wasn’t the illegal music download problem solved years ago? Research from PRS for Music shows that’s not the case – but they’re fighting back.
In the latest huge rights deal, Sony Music Publishing has signed an agreement for the works of one of the greatest living songwriters.
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