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Hacker Who Stole Almost 1,300 Unreleased Songs — Including Ed Sheeran and Lil Uzi Vert Tracks — Sentenced to 18 Months Behind Bars

2022-10-22

Photo Credit: Emiliano Bar Adrian Kwiatkowski, the 22-year-old who hacked the cloud-based accounts of 89 artists (including Ed Sheeran and

SoundExchange Reports $238.9 Million Q3 2022 Distribution, Elevating Yearly Total Past $700 Million

2022-10-21

SoundExchange has announced that it distributed $238.9 million during 2022’s third quarter – a slight decrease from the same three-month

TikTok Used to “Monitor Physical Location of Specific Americans,” Forbes Reports – TikTok Responds

2022-10-21

Photo Credit: Collabstr According to a new report from Forbes, TikTok parent company ByteDance planned to use the app to

Universal Music Group Denounces Antisemitism in Wake of Kanye West Comments

2022-10-21

Photo Credit: Peter Hutchins Universal Music Group has issued a statement denouncing antisemitism. The statement comes just days following antisemitic

Amazon Produces More ‘Original’ Music — This Time with Rosalía

2022-10-21

Photo Credit: Amazon Amazon Music launches the latest Amazon Original, “Bizcochito (Remix),” with Rosalía — a new take on the

Singer-Songwriter’s $25 Million Lawsuit Against the LA Times Faces Possible Dismissal

2022-10-21

Photo Credit: Susan Beals / CC by 2.0 Singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur’s $25 million lawsuit against The Los Angeles Times faces possible dismissal.

Festicket Debts Topped $27 Million — Unsecured Creditors, Including AEG and Live Nation, Will Recover Only 10-30%, Bankruptcy Docs Show

2022-10-21

In late August, London-headquartered music festival platform Festicket filed a “notice of commencement of moratorium.” Now, with the moratorium process