Month: June 2015

Apple Music is go: The 13 facts you need to know

Last night, Apple unveiled Apple Music at WWDC in San Francisco. The app promises to give fans “all the best ways to enjoy music, all in one place”….


Microsoft Snags Naming Rights to L.A.’s Nokia Theatre

In its first naming-rights deal for a sports or entertainment building, Microsoft has put its moniker and logo on the downtown Nokia Theatre L.A. Live as part of a multiyear partnership agreement with AEG….


Apple Music Sinks Rivals’ Stocks

Shares of Pandora Media and RealNetworks each tumbled 4 percent on Monday after Apple announced its Apple Music digital service will launch June 30 for $9.99 a month….


X Ambassadors Debut “Renegades” Music Video

Directed by Alex Da Kid and ENDS, from their forthcoming debut VHS.


Sons of The Beatles to form band, will be called The Shoots

It’s been prophesied ever since they were born – that the sons of The Beatles stars would follow in their father’s footsteps and form their own band – and today, that prophecy came true….


Kobalt Announces Global Collection Society

Kobalt has formed what it describes as the world’s first global digital collections society following last year’s quiet acquisition of the American Mechanical Rights Agency, or AMRA. The independent music publishing company said it will use AMRA’s “innovative approach” to rights administration to “provide fast, efficient royalty distribution with total transparency.”…


NETTWERK ACQUIRES NEW YORK HOUSE LABEL MAXI RECORDS

  Nettwerk Music Group has acquired New York independent house label Maxi Records….


British Trade Body BPI Launches Copyright Protection Portal‏

U.K. labels trade body BPI has launched a dedicated “Copyright Protection Portal” that enables rights holders and artists to track and report illegal copies of their music….


Drake, Previously In Talks With Tidal, Endorses Apple Music at WWDC

  It’s official: Drake, who was on board to join Jay Z’s Tidal until two days before the service’s March 30 launch, loves Apple Music….


Exclusive: Roc Nation’s Jay Brown, SB Projects’ Scooter Braun and Tidal’s Vania Schlogel Confirmed for 2015 Revolt Music Conference

Tidal CIO Vania Schlogel, Roc Nation CEO Jay Brown and SB Projects founder Scooter Braun are among the first industry executives confirmed as panelists for the 2015 Revolt Music Conference (RMC). The second annual conference, billed as “the merging of music, technology and innovation,” will return to Miami and the Fontainebleau Miami Beach on Oct….