Dick Asher, the longtime record executive who held top posts at CBS and PolyGram and who, at CBS, played a key role in curtailing payments to the informal alliance of independent record promoters known as the Network, died on 7/23 at age 92.
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Universal Music Group enjoyed an 8.7% uptick in revenue in Q2, with recorded-music revenue increasing 5.8%.
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Stray Kids will debut at #1 with ATE as seven new entries place in the Top 20 this week, including...
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Spotify racked up record profits in Q2. Its earnings report shows €3.81b ($4.13b)—a 20% YOY increase resulting in a net profit of €274m. The numbers were fueled by a 16% drop in operating costs stemming from layoffs and a "lower marketing spend."
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First-round voting for the 25th Latin Grammy Awards, 11/14 in Miami, is now open. The nominations will be announced on 9/17.
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The Summer Olympics in Paris have a theme song, courtesy of Ryan Tedder, Gwen Stefani and Anderson .Paak, who've teamed with Coca-Cola and Sony Music Publishing to create the anthemic "Hello World."
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Guitarist Jerry Miller, a founding member of the great San Francisco band Moby Grape, died on 7/21 at the age of 81.
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SoundCloud is expanding its Buzzing Playlists with the addition of three new genre offerings: Rock, Indie and Metal.
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Spotify has updated its 2024 Songs of Summer playlist, providing a delicious cornucopia for the pool parties, volleyball games and BBQs we don't get invited to.
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Since its release by PULSE Music on 4/26, Tommy Richman’s “MILLION DOLLAR BABY” has more than lived up to its title and, in fact, just crossed the 1 billion global-streams threshold.
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