SiriusXM wants a federal judge to dismiss a class action claiming the company earns billions by foisting a deceptive “royalty fee” on subscribers, arguing there’s “nothing misleading” about its pricing. The lawsuit, filed in federal court last year, claims that SiriusXM adds a huge “U.S. Music Royalty Fee” onto the advertised price — an “invented” […]
Playboi Carti and Ariana Grande are battling for another week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Carti took to social media on Tuesday night (April 1) and quoted some of his Music lyrics about his plans of “goin’ three for three” atop the charts. “F–k it, I’m goin’ three for three,” he raps on
In 1986, Simone Bouyer worked a day job in Chicago at the advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather while painting in her spare time. “I was having a problem getting my art shown,” she recalls. Bouyer was Black and queer, and “there was nowhere we could look in popular culture and see our experiences reflected,” she
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Julie Greenwald was in Los Angeles, on the set of the video shoot for Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga‘s “Die With a Smile,” when she found out her life was about to look very different. “All of a sudden, I get told, ‘Hey, we’re gonna change your role,’” she recalled. “It was wild. I’ve been
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Tim Pithouse has been named general manager at Def Jam Recordings. Most recently president of the international management and entertainment company Three Six Zero, Pithouse will oversee the venerable label and its diverse roster. In announcing Pithouse’s appointment, Def Jam chairman/CEO Tunji Balogun stated in the news release, “I’ve known Tim Pithouse for almost a decade,
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Indie Week has unveiled the keynotes, panels, speakers and topics for its 2025 conference, which is set to run June 9-12 in New York. This year’s keynotes will come from Cherie Hu, founder of Water & Music, who will discuss the future of indie music tech; Shira Perlmutter, register of copyrights/director of the U.S. Copyright
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Time to spice up your life with a good book! Billboard announced Wednesday (April 2) that it’s partnering with livestream and social commerce platform TalkShopLive to launch the Billboard Book Club Powered by TalkShopLive. The book club will feature some of music’s biggest stars discussing and promoting their latest books via the livestream ecommerce platform.
Tucked away along California’s Central Coast is a small yet growing music festival that managed to survive one of the most tumultuous periods in the music business thanks to a little ingenuity and a heaping helping of support from its fans. Launched in Monterey, Calif., in 2010, the California Roots Music and Arts festival celebrates
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