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Ex-Lazard banker Stephen Langer and former SSE Ventures CEO Isabel Keulen join the Kobalt founder's new firm. Source
ElevenLabs completed a USD $300 million employee tender offer at a valuation of $22 billion. Source
The appointment expands the remit of Briegmann, who will continue to report to Sir Lucian Grainge, Chairman & CEO of Universal Music Group. Source
Mark Isherwood, who heads DDEX's Secretariat, explains his views on music data – and where we're headed Source
Shaver joins from the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA), where he was President of both CMRRA and SX Works. Source
"this was not on my 2026 bingo card."View Entire Post ›
Pophouse says it's acquired Sia's "publishing and master music rights"; the pricetag suggests a $360M valuation for the full set Source
Kenjiro Tsuda lost his takedown claim against TikTok, and won something better: Japan's first ruling placing the human voice inside publicity rights. Source
"Kelly… girl you’ve lost me."View Entire Post ›
Want to learn more about Gene Autry? This 1930s musical Western film streaming on Prime Video is a good place to start familiarizing yourself with his work.
From Rihanna’s sheer bra during Paris Fashion Week to Tyla’s snakeskin Mowalola look at the VMAs, lingerie and bra-style tops are increasingly doing the work of a shirt.
One singer committed an offense "so serious that only an immediate sentence of imprisonment can be justified."View Entire Post ›
"'Pinky Up' is all about confidence, self-expression and choosing joy in your own way, so it fit naturally within the campaign's message," the girl group tells Billboard of their Hershey ad.
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Pearl Jam got a lift both from surprise guest Billy Strings and a second bite at the apple with Paul McCartney drummer Abe Laboriel Jr. to close out the 10th anniversary ...
“I’m writing a song about the idea of how I feel younger inside [now] than when I was a kid,” Edie Brickell explains in her trademark candor. “I’ve found that if you can ...
On a warm August evening, a long line of dressed-up young people wait patiently outside Los Angeles’ historic Pico Union Project. Everything about the scene feels incongruous. The beautiful bric...
“It’s not easy for me to be a human,” Jim James says. “But it’s easy to make music.” Even at low points, he goes on, the music has kept coming to him. The frontman ...
From thoroughly stunning to overtly sexy and beyond, we're spotlighting 10 looks that lit up social media on MTV's biggest night.