Warner Music Group plans to hit the Nasdaq market today with its IPO priced at $25 per share. It has also upped its offering by 7m shares to 77m Class A shares.
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Promo peeps spent the weekend and “Blackout Tuesday” forming a new entity, The Promotion Coalition, to raise money to support action against racism. The new GoFundMe campaign has passed the $20k mark in a few hours...
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Sony/ATV Music Publishing Chairman/CEO Jon Platt has penned an op-ed on the conflicting realities of the universal appreciation of black music during Black Music Month and the devaluation of black life.
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Holly Gleason delves into a groundbreaking song by the black female country artist that has taken on even greater significance in recent days.
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Anthems from Childish Gambino and Kendrick Lamar have returned to the front of the Spotify U.S. chart following a week of protests and unrest in America. Gambino's "This Is America" went to #2 on Tuesday, while Lamar's "Alright" hit #11. Classics from James Brown and 2Pac also re-entered...
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Warner Music Group and the Blavatnik Family Foundation is creating a $100m fund to support charitable causes related to the music industry, social justice and campaigns against violence and racism.
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Jay-Z’s Team ROC took out full-page ads in newspapers across the country Tuesday and Wednesday to honor George Floyd, quoting a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from 1965.
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Lady Gaga easily wins the week while Jimmy Buffett scores his highest-charting debut in more than 15 years.
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XO/Republic superstar The Weeknd donated $500k on the eve of "Blackout Tuesday," dividing the total between the Black Lives Matter Global Network, Colin Kaepernick's Know Your Rights Camp and National Bail Out. He also challenged major labels and DSPs to "go big and go public" with their donations...
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