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What does ‘Cowboy Carter’ teach us? Never boo Beyoncé

msnbc.com To that inevitable icebreaker question, “What was your first concert?” my heart always beats with excitement at the chance to share that in 2000, when I was 8, I was lucky…

RNC Chair Lara Trump Drops New Single ‘Anything Is Possible,’ Reveals ‘A Few More’ Songs Are in the Works

mediaite.com AP Photo/Michael Wyke & Lara Trump Republican National Committee (RNC) co-chair Lara Trump released her second single on Thursday evening and teased the release of several…

Anyone want to pay an extra 50% for their Spotify subscription? This bill would make it mandatory

businessinsider.com Taylor Swift doesn't need any more money. Would you pay an extra streaming fee for musicians who do need a boost? Ashok Kumar/TAS24 A proposed bill would add an extra $4 to…

Will Future and Metro Boomin’s ‘We Don’t Trust You’ Top Ariana Grande’s 2024 First-Week Mark?

billboard.com The Contenders is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts. This week (for the upcoming…

Jack Antonoff Hangs Up on Reporter After Question About Taylor Swift: ‘You Know I Don’t Talk About That’

billboard.com Jack Antonoff isn’t giving any spoilers about Taylor Swift‘s new album The Tortured Poets Department, including whether or not he’s involved in the project. One Dutch outlet…

One of the greatest game soundtracks of all time just hit streaming

polygon.com Keita Takahashi’s surreal gaming masterpiece Katamari Damacy marks its 20th anniversary this year, and publisher Bandai Namco has done something truly meaningful to…

RIAA Report 2023 Takeaways: Is the U.S. Too Reliant on Paid Subscriptions?

billboard.com The RIAA’s release of 2023 revenue figures show U.S. record labels are increasingly reliant — possibly too much so — on paid subscriptions for both revenue and revenue…

Tidal’s music sharing play

thehustle.co Sharing links cross-platform is often irritating, taking your friends to the home page and not the link in question or requiring them to log in. But Tidal just rolled out…

Joe Alwyn is reportedly making tons off Taylor Swift songwriting credits

newsweek.com Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Taylor Swift collaborated with her former boyfriend Joe Alwyn on several songs across multiple albums,…

James Blake’s music subscription model is a fantasy that disadvantages fans and musicians

theguardian.com As a recording artist and designer, I’ve spent years thinking about digital music platforms and how they could be better for artists and fans. The current all-you-can-eat…

Australia’s Recorded Music Industry Posts 10.9% Growth For 2023

billboard.com For the fifth consecutive year, Australia’s recorded music industry posted growth in 2023 – all thanks to streaming and Aussies’ love of wax. According to wholesale data…

Nvidia Has a Secret Weapon to Keep Growing Long Into the Future

fool.com High-end chip maker Nvidia (NVDA 0.76%) has smashed expectations year over year, with annualized revenue growth of 60% since 2021. With yearly releases of improved graphics…

Spotify is expanding its offerings again by adding classes

thestreet.com Fast Facts Spotify now offers e-learning courses as part of a new experiment in the United Kingdom for free and premium subscribers. Subscribers get two classes for free but…

Is Apple Stock A Buy Amid Antitrust Lawsuit Drama?

investors.com Consumer electronics giant Apple (AAPL) faces a litany of challenges that have weighed on Apple stock, including an antitrust lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice.…

Apple: Is it Time to Reload on AI Inflection Point?

marketbeat.com While Apple Inc. NASDAQ: AAPL is a giant in the computer and technology sector, it is largely absent during the artificial intelligence (AI) frenzy. Most of its headlines…

What could bring Apple down?

economist.com Tim Cook, boss of Apple, is having a rough start to 2024. In the past month his company has faced an unusual barrage of unpleasantness. A patent dispute forced it to remove…

43.5% of Warren Buffett's $372 Billion Portfolio Is Invested in 2 "Magnificent Seven" Stocks

finance.yahoo.com Warren Buffett is considered one of the best investors in history. Since 1965, he has steered the Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) investment company to a…

Apple shares wobble as antitrust suit takes aim at growth pillar

finance.yahoo.com For years, Apple Inc. investors have consoled themselves with the idea that no matter what trends look like for major product categories, growth in services would remain…

Apple’s regulatory battle with Europe offers a preview of what’s coming for American consumers

fortune.com It’ll likely take years before the U.S. government’s massive antitrust lawsuit against Apple is resolved — but the iPhone maker’s troubles with European regulators offer a…

As DOJ Takes on Apple, Netflix and Spotify Could Stand to Benefit

hollywoodreporter.com In September 2019, after years of moves signaling that it was getting serious about Hollywood ambitions, Apple unveiled its foray into entertainment through a subscription…

What the DOJ's antitrust suit against Apple means for everyone with an iPhone

latimes.com Cheaper app subscriptions. Additional payment options. Greater freedom for app developers on the App Store. More consumer choice. Those are some of the possibilities that…

Apple's regulatory battles in Europe foreshadow what changes US antitrust suit may bring for users

aol.com It'll likely take years before the U.S. government's massive antitrust lawsuit against Apple is resolved — but the iPhone maker's troubles with European regulators offer a…

US accuses Apple of monopolizing smartphone market in sweeping lawsuit

theguardian.com The US government on Thursday filed a sprawling antitrust case against Apple, alleging that the tech giant has illegally prevented competition by restricting access to its…

Danish man found guilty of fraudulently profiting from music streaming royalties

theguardian.com A Danish man has been sentenced to prison in a “historic” case after being found guilty of fraudulently profiting from royalties on hundreds of tracks on music streaming…

Why is the government suing Apple? Look at your iPhone’s restrictions

washingtonpost.com On Thursday, the United States said Apple is breaking the law by locking out competing technologies that could be better for you. The antitrust lawsuit filed by the Justice…

Justice Department files antitrust suit against Apple

finance.yahoo.com The Justice Department filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Apple (AAPL), alleging that the tech giant illegally maintains its dominance over its iPhone ecosystem by…

IFPI Global Report 2024: Music Revenues Climb 10% to $28.6 Billion

billboard.com Global music sales grew for the ninth consecutive year in 2023, with recorded music revenues increasing in every market and region, and across almost all formats, according…

Will Kacey Musgraves or Justin Timberlake Be Able to Out-’Shine’ Ariana Grande’s Second Week?

billboard.com The Contenders is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts. This week (for the upcoming…

Tencent Music Hit All The Right Notes With Its Latest Quarterly Report

benzinga.com Tencent Music Entertainment Group TME defied expectations with its fourth quarter report. A strong profit growth despite a slight revenue dip is a testament to the company’s…

This Growth Stock Is Beating the "Magnificent Seven": Should You Buy?

finance.yahoo.com The "Magnificient Seven" stocks have dominated the market since the start of 2023. Leading the broad indices to new highs, these seven companies -- all of which have had a…

Spotify and Penny Per Stream Royalties: Is the Cure Worse for Artists Than the Disease?

thewrap.com Spotify just reported that it paid out $9 billion in artist royalties in 2023 — an impressive number to be sure, but one that still fails to satisfy artists frustrated by…

Tencent Music Profits Surged in 2023 on Paid Subscription Growth Despite Hit to Social Business

billboard.com China’s Tencent Music Entertainment Group saw its profit jump 36% to 5.22 billion yuan ($735 million) in 2023 as growth in paid subscriptions helped offset mixed results in…

Spotify Paid a Record $9B to Artists and Music Industry Participants in 2023: Report

observer.com Spotify paid a record $9 billion to music industry participants in 2023, according to the company’s annual music economics report released yesterday (Mar. 18). Spotify’s…

1 Warren Buffett Stock Down 26% in 2024. Is It a Buy on the Dip?

finance.yahoo.com Warren Buffett took control of Berkshire Hathaway in 1965 and began stuffing its portfolio with shares of publicly traded companies and businesses it controls. Investors of…

Apple researchers detail MM1, a series of multimodal LLMs with up to 30B parameters they say achieve state-of-the-art performance across multiple AI benchmarks

venturebeat.com Apple researchers have developed new methods for training large language models on both text and images, enabling more powerful and flexible AI systems, in what could be a…

This Warren Buffett "Magnificent Seven" Stock Is Riskier Than You Think

finance.yahoo.com Many of you are aware of Warren Buffett's legendary investment in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). He and his lieutenants started buying shares in 2016 and 2017 for Berkshire Hathaway,…

Even Apple's $2 billion fine seemingly hasn't stopped its beef with Spotify

aol.com None Apple still hasn't responded to Spotify's request to update its EU app with price information. • None Spotify claims the silence is Apple's way of "avoiding" compliance…

Ariana Grande Frolics Through Times Square to Celebrate ‘Eternal Sunshine’ Billboard

billboard.com Ariana Grande has had much to celebrate in the week since her new album Eternal Sunshine dropped March 8, including an enormous digital billboard from Spotify promoting the…

Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift Help Drive UK Music Sales to a Ninth-Straight Increase

billboard.com LONDON — Strong growth in streaming, vinyl and even CD sales saw music spending in the United Kingdom increase for a ninth consecutive year in 2023, according to annual…

Target shopping tips everyone should know

aol.com How to get the best deals and avoid any impulse buys that you may grow to regret both in store and online. The hallowed aisles of Target contain all manner of…

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