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variety.com - Jem Aswad - Music Industry Moves: BMG Fully Acquires John Lee Hooker, Hal David, ARC Music Publishing Catalogs
Music Industry Moves: BMG Fully Acquires John Lee Hooker, Hal David, ARC Music Publishing Catalogs
Variety

BMG has announced its acquisition of the remaining interests in the songwriting works of the publishing catalogs of John Lee Hooker, Hal David, and ARC Music — three major archives that it is no understatement to say helped shape American…

theverge.com - Jay Peters - Apple Music is getting a price hike
Apple Music is getting a price hike
The Verge

The cheapest plan is jumping from $10.99 per month to $11.99. The cheapest plan is jumping from $10.99 per month to $11.99. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Jay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The…

bbc.co.uk - Richard Baker - Leeds Playhouse Brassed Off musical instruments sent to Africa
Leeds Playhouse Brassed Off musical instruments sent to Africa
BBC

Musical instruments used in a theatre production of the classic 1996 film Brassed Off have been donated to children in Cape Verde and Kenya. The instruments, mainly cornets and trombones, were sourced from local restorer Dave Walker, who runs All…

futurism.com - Maggie Harrison Dupré - Hackers Expose How AI Music App Suno Stole Decades Worth of Copyrighted Music
Hackers Expose How AI Music App Suno Stole Decades Worth of Copyrighted Music
Futurism | Science and Technology News

Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech A hack revealed in detail how AI music generating app Suno scraped millions of songs, likely including copyrighted ones, from across the web to feed into its AI model, 404 Media…

forbes.com - David Phelan - Apple Confirms Apple Music Price Rise And The Reason Why
Apple Confirms Apple Music Price Rise And The Reason Why
Forbes

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Apple Music has implemented a new price increase, effective today, marking the service's first adjustment in about four years. Individual…

forbes.com - Mayra Rodriguez Valladares - Musical Chairs With Bank Capital Is A Fake Safety Net For Taxpayers
Musical Chairs With Bank Capital Is A Fake Safety Net For Taxpayers
Forbes

When a bank falls, taxpayers may be on the hook to pick it up. ' Regulatory Arbitrage Within the Firm ' by Dr. Nicola Cetorelli and Assistant Professor Shohini Kundu is a sobering read. In this Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Report the…

surinenglish.com - Regina Sotorrío - Spain's music industry giants compete to manage Marenostrum Fuengirola | Sur in English
Spain's music industry giants compete to manage Marenostrum Fuengirola | Sur in English
surinenglish.com

The Marenostrum Fuengirola festival is looking for a new manager. The town hall has decided to change the venue's operating model and put its manageent out to tender in order to make it more self-sufficient. Marenostrum Fuengirola has hosted…

hollywoodreporter.com - Ethan Millman - Apple Music Raises Subscription Prices
Apple Music Raises Subscription Prices
The Hollywood Reporter

Apple Music is raised its prices by $1, the streaming service confirmed on Friday, marking its first price hike since 2022. “As a result of rising licensing costs, Apple Music is increasing its subscription price beginning today,”…

mirror.co.uk - Zahra Khaliq - Drill rapper jailed for life for murdering influencer at music video shoot
Drill rapper jailed for life for murdering influencer at music video shoot
Daily Mirror

A drill rapper who murdered a content creator at a music video shoot in Essex has been jailed for life. Stephen Morrisson, 30, died on June 23, 2020, after suffering a fatal stab injury during a violent assault in a car park in Epping. Ellis…

peninsuladailynews.com - Emily Hanson - Mobile Music Unlimited celebrates 50 years
Mobile Music Unlimited celebrates 50 years
Peninsula Daily News

PORT ANGELES — A mobile music company that has had a Port Angeles location for decades is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month. Mobile Music Unlimited first opened for business in July 1976, when Greg Hinton, who owned a car…

jpost.com - SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA - Lost Holocaust music goes on tour in Asia
Lost Holocaust music goes on tour in Asia
The Jerusalem Post

In the midst of the Holocaust, a child sang a song about his mother's death in the Bershad ghetto, a pocket of current-day Ukraine that was occupied by Romania and Nazi Germany. In the song, the child watches strangers come and pray for his mother…

forbes.com - Hannah Abraham - 'I Get To Rewrite History A Little Bit': Finn Wolfhard On New Music, Acting And Taking Control
'I Get To Rewrite History A Little Bit': Finn Wolfhard On New Music, Acting And Taking Control
Forbes

finn wolfhard for 'fire from the hip'. It takes me a second to recognize Finn Wolfhard. When we chat on Zoom, the 23-year-old is dressed down and sporting headphones with a bit of a goatee — rather a far cry from the 80's adjacent getup…

digitaltrends.com - Nadeem Sarwar - Apple Music just got pricier
Apple Music just got pricier
Digital Trends

Apple just raised the subscription fee for its eponymous music streaming service. For individual plans, the price has climbed by a dollar, and so has the affordable student tier. The fee for the family plan has gone up by $3, and it now costs…

timeout.com - Eloise Feilden - A brand new grassroots music venue is opening in north London
A brand new grassroots music venue is opening in north London
Time Out

News Radial will have live music, listening events, talks and club nights when it opens in Tottenham in September Written by Eloise Feilden Contributor, Time Out UK If you thought Tottenham was only good for tasty Turkish treats and the footy…

variety.com - Todd Spangler - Apple Music Hikes Subscription Prices, Citing Rising Licensing Fees
Apple Music Hikes Subscription Prices, Citing Rising Licensing Fees
Variety

Apple is hiking the prices of Apple Music subscription plans — the tech giant's first rate increases for the service since the fall of 2022, citing higher music licensing costs. The new pricing is effective in many of the markets worldwide…

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