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This Acclaimed Rapper Dropped His Stage Name Moniker and Stepped Away From Music Industry After Feeling Burnt Out
In any industry, you're bound to get burnt out. Once you're deep into your work, you become a little bit cynical about how the systems work. Then, you slowly start to lose your passion, and it becomes just grunt work mentally. It's a struggle but a…
How freebeat.ai Made Music Videos Live
The Stanford-founded San Francisco startup, already the No. 1 result on Google for 'music video generator,' is launching what it says is the world's first real-time music video AI. It is not faster AI video. The moment is going to feel like a small…
Music giant Universal rejects billionaire Bill Ackman's takeover bid
Archie Mitchell Business reporter Universal Music Group, the entertainment giant behind acts such as Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and Kendrick Lamar, has rejected a takeover offer by billionaire Bill Ackman's investment firm. The music giant…
Put These Underrated Music Festivals On Your Radar
Underrated music festivals don't have to necessarily compete for attendance with major music events such as Coachella, Governors Ball or Lollapalooza. The former type of festivals brings out not only top acts within their respective genres but also…
Bill Ackman's $65 Billion Bid For Universal Music Rejected
Universal Music Group on Friday rejected a $65 billion takeover offer from Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital, arguing the bid “undervalues” the music giant, following opposition from its largest billionaire-backed shareholder. The…
It's Not You: Apple Music Outage Confirmed As Users Report Global Issues
If you're having trouble getting Apple Music to play, that's down to an outage, confirmed by Apple itself. Here's what's known about the situation so far. ForbesApple To Release iOS 26.5.1 iPhone Update In Coming Days, Report Says Among all the…
Apple Music could soon get different subscription tiers
As spotted by Aaron Perris, Apple seems to be working on different subscription tiers to Apple Music, based on strings found in the beta version of the platform's Android app. Here are the details. Per Perris's post on X, it looks like Apple is…
Rico Nasty On 'Margo's Got Money Troubles' Debut And Life Beyond Music
A frequent musical collaborator, Roark Bailey, opens the conversation with a voice note for Rico that feels less like a prompt and more like an invitation—asking whether the personas and alter egos she's built through music have, in turn…
Janet Jackson confirmed for Sandringham music festival
Janet Jackson has been unveiled as the latest addition to the line-up for a royal estate music event. The five-time Grammy winner will perform at Sandringham in Norfolk on 19 August as part of the Heritage Live Festival, which also includes Ricky…
Music Mogul Clive Davis Hospitalized Following Respiratory Issue
Clive Davis has been hospitalized in New York City following an upper respiratory issue, a representative for the music mogul has confirmed to Rolling Stone. Davis is expected to be released within the next 48 hours. The 94-year-old supermogul has…
Universal Music Group Rejects Bill Ackman's Offer as Too Low
Universal Music Group NV rejected an unsolicited offer from Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management, saying it's not in the best interest of its artists or shareholders. “The board has taken the time to fully assess the proposal…
Apple Music outage confirmed in multiple countries
Apple's System Status pages in several countries are showing an ongoing Apple Music disruption. Here are the details. Apple says that Apple Music has been down since 11:40 am E.T. in several countries, including Australia, Brazil, France, India…
Universal Music Group Officially Rejects Bill Ackman's $64 Billion Takeover Bid
The board of Universal Music Group has rejected an unsolicited $64 billion takeover offer from Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital, the company announced on Friday. The move comes a day after key shareholder Vincent Bollore urged UMG to reject…
Spotify will finally give you real profile tools to make music listening more social
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Spotify is making progress on the ability to change usernames, although you'll be limited on how often you can switch. The app also appears to be planning to expand bios from just artists to all listeners. Users…
Universal Music Group Rejects Bill Ackman's $64B Takeover Proposal: 'It Fundamentally and Materially Undervalues UMG'
Universal Music Group ‘s board of directors has rejected Bill Ackman and Pershing Square's $64 billion acquisition proposal, saying Friday that the deal “is not in the best interests of UMG, its shareholders, artists, songwriters…
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