Random music news for Monday, August 18, 2025
Forget the regular Olympics. Your new jam is the Humanoid Robot Olympics. Then jam on music news for August 18, 2025. BONUS: This is a pretty cool mashup. (Via Ed
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Random music news for Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Remember when all subscribed to Netflix for $7.99 a month to get lots of on-demand content and no commercials? Well, how much are we paying now? Uh-huh. But at least
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45 million albums sold and $0 in royalties? Limp Bizkit’s case against UMG
If you like to follow the legal battles within the music industry, one of the most interesting right now is Fred Durst’s contention that Limp Bizkit has been massively ripped
Read MoreRandom music news for Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Here’s a new elaborate type of AI scam used for blackmail. Now that you have something else to worry about, here’s music news for January 29, 2025. More music news?
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Universal and TikTok have made up and signed a new licensing deal.
It’s been a rough year for TikTok, but just things got a little bit better. While the US Government still seems hellbent on making parent ByteDance sell TikTok over security
Read MoreRandom music news for Thursday, February 29, 2024
If you’re paid an hourly wage, congratulations. You’re making an extra day’s wages this year. For the rest of us salaried slobs, we’re working for free. And with that cheery
Read MoreWhat does it mean for Universal artists now that TikTok can’t use their music?
TikTok and Universal Music Group negotiated for a long time over the former’s continued usage of UMG’s artists on the platform. Those licensing negotiations broke down this week. Both sides
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Warner Music Group is getting deeper into the field of music as medicine
Music therapy has been a thing for years. Music can be used for everything from pain management to treating depression and dementia. Warner Music Group, one of the world’s three
Read MoreRandom music news for Saturday, January 15, 2022
Almost halfway through January. We’re making progress on winter. And we made some progress on gathering music news for January 15, 2022. Sinead O’Connor seems to be in big trouble
Read MoreRandom music news for Friday, November 12, 2021
This rare Apple computer just sold for US$400,000. Old tech can be worth big bucks. Let’s move over to music news for November 12, 2021. RIP Graeme Edge, drummer for
Read MoreRandom music news for Saturday, June 26, 2021
Conspiracy theorists are going to love this: 5G Gin. Moving on: Music news for June 26, 2021. Mick Jagger’s lost autobiography. Kanye is suing Walmart over some knockoff Yeezy sneakers.
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