Random music news for Saturday, December 9, 2023

Music news for December 9, 2023.

1. So why did Spotify’s CFO leave the company after cashing out a lot of shares? Interesting.
2. In the latest music industry #MeToo news, Diplo is next.
3. There’s already an exhibit in Israel that reconstructs the Hamas attack on the Supernova music festival.
4. These music stars are “laundering the reputation” of the Koch family.
5. Here’s the latest on what the EU thinks about AI regulation.
6. Here’s a Q&A with David Marsden, my old boss at CFNY.
7. We’re looking at a once-in-a-generation chance to update CanCon rules. What will we do?
8. Will Twisted Sister reunite in the next year to help defeat Donald Trump? Don’t count that out.
9. Taylor Swift’s Eras tour has passed the US$1 billion mark at the box office. No one has ever done that before.
10. A rip-off, no?
11. Oops.
12. The Foo Fighters’ “Everlong” has passed the one billion streams mark on Spotify.
13. Kurt Cobain: Unsung hero of the LGBT+ community.
14. Moby has a podcast. His latest guest is…Hunter Biden? Yep. They met in rehab.

BONUS: Forklift racing: It’s a thing in Germany.