Random music news for Saturday, January 20, 2024

Would you wear a cologne that smells like this? Would you read music news for January 20, 2024?

1. A 15-year-old has been arrested and charged with planning a terrorist attack on the Isle of Wight Music Festival.
2. The EU has ruled that streaming music services must pay artists more.
3. Apple has made a big change to their App Store rules. But Spotify isn’t happy about it.
4. An excellent question: Why is mainstream music suddenly so sad?
5. People don’t want pop stars to be smart. Discuss. (Via Christopher)
6. Here’s why Usher is hoping that Buffalo beats Kansas City this weekend.
7. And we have some pre-game performance announcements for the Super Bowl.
8. Jeezus, people. It’s NOT Tay-Tay.
9. If you want to get a jump on new breakout artists for 2024, Amazon Music has this list.
10. Here’s an interesting music-related photo project. (Via Sean)
11. AM radio: Still essential in times of emergency.
12. Ed Sheeran fans were caught up in a £6.5 million ticket fraud scam.
13. A Nick Cave biopic? It’s starting to come together.
14. A company called Fairly Trained has an idea to certify proper, ethical, legal training of AI models.
15. On an average day in 2023, 103,500 new songs were uploaded to streaming music services.
16. This could be the next big breakthrough in Bluetooth audio: Auracast.
17. The greatest concert film ever made is coming back to theatres.
18. See? Metallica can be self-deprecating, too.
19. Heavy metal board games? This is big business!
20. Not music related but it has to do with media: Sports Illustrated’s entire staff has been laid off.

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BONUS: What will happen when the copyrights expire on Superman and Batman in ten years? Discuss.

BONUS BONUS: AI-generated hoaxes are getting worse.

BONUS BONUS BONUS: More Godzilla. (Via Christopher again)