Facebook’s takeover of GIF website Giphy raises competition concerns, Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Thursday. The regulator’s provisional finding is that the acquisition, unveiled in May 2020, “has resulted or would result in a substantial lessening of competition in social media and display advertising, harming social media users and businesses in the U.K.” […]

Bad Bunny leads the list of finalists for the 2021 Billboard Latin Music Awards, with 22 nods in 13 categories, including artist of the year, songwriter of the year, Hot Latin Songs artist of the year, top Latin rhythm album and top Latin album of the year — with three of his releases up for

Police have confirmed that two members a hip-hop group with ties to the multiplatinum rap group Wu-Tang Clan were fatally shot Tuesday (August 10) in Portland, Oregon. Relatives on social media identified the rap music artists killed as 12 O’Clock and Murdock of the Brooklyn Zu, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. Portland police in a news release identified the two

Mexican icon Vicente Fernandez is in critical but stable condition after being hospitalized for a fall last week, according to an Instagram post made by his medical team on Wednesday (August 11). While the 81-year-old king of ranchera music is on a ventilator, his brain function is intact, according to his doctors. They expect his

You asked for it and now it looks like you’re gonna get it. Lady Gaga confirmed on Tuesday (August 10) that a Chromatica remix album is on the way. And while she didn’t reveal a release date, the singer tweeted, “The Chromatica remix album is so f*cking fuego music is life.” At press time a

A South Korean military court sentenced disgraced K-pop star Seungri to three years in prison on Thursday (August 12) for crimes including providing prostitutes to foreign businessmen. The Defense Ministry said the former member of the boy band Big Bang was also fined 1.15 billion won ($989,000). He was taken into custody after the ruling

Fourteen years after their Grammy Award-winning collaboration Raising Sand, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are releasing a sequel, Raise the Roof, out Nov. 19, as well as planning a 2022 tour. Like the 2007 effort, the new set will be released via Rounder Records. Also like its predecessor, it will consist of covers made famous

The boys are back in town from next month, when Mushroom Group launches its new film distribution and production company, Long Play Music Films. Long Play launches with Emer Reynolds’ award-wining documentary on the late Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott: Songs For While I’m Away, which will roll out in Australian cinemas from Sept. 29.

Two senior executives have exited Sony Music’s Australasian affiliate, including the son of the former music company’s chief. Pat Handlin, VP of A&R, and son of former Sony Music Australia and New Zealand chairman and CEO Denis Handlin; along with Mark Stebnicki, senior VP of strategy, corporate affairs and human resources, are no longer with

Machine Gun Kelly has been on fire of late. He hit the stage at Chicago’s Lollapalooza Festival, he’ll appear in the forthcoming Jackass Forever film, and a new album, Born With Horns, is on the way. The first track from it is “Papercuts,” which is accompanied by a trippy music video shot by Cole Bennett.