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SXSW: Big Brands Are Pulling Back, and Maybe That’s a Good Thing
Insiders are citing costs, clutter, changing tastes and the tightening of the Austin real estate market for a shift in brand spending.
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Super Bowl Synch Report 2016: Classic Rock, Hip-Hop Score Big In Another Record Year
The top four music publishers reported another banner year in commercial “synch” licenses.
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Beyonce, Coldplay, Pearl Jam to Headline New York’s 2015 Global Citizen Festival
Ken Ehrlich and director Richard Curtis will produce a one-hour special from the concert set to air Sept. 27 on NBC and Sept. 28 on BBC One in the U.K.
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Janet Jackson Announces ‘Unbreakable World Tour’ Dates
The outing is the latest part of a comeback that includes a new album due this fall.
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Drake, Previously in Talks With Tidal, Endorses Apple Music at WWDC
"The dream of being an artist like myself and connecting directly with an audience has never been more close and reachable than right now," the rapper said at the conference, which unveiled Apple's new music streaming service.
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Harvey Weinstein: How Last Year’s Tonys Resulted in ‘Finding Neverland’ Snub
Jennifer Hudson took the stage in 2014 to perform a song from the show — despite not being in the cast — which caused a backlash in the Broadway community.
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Janet Jackson to Release New Album This Fall
The as-yet-untitled album will also be Jackson's first release under her own newly formed Rhythm Nation record label.
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Madonna’s Hard Candy Fitness Expands Into Licensing
Epic Rights signs on to expand the brand into retail products.
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Watch Jay Z’s Epic Freestyle About Tidal Critics and Others at Intimate B-Sides Concert
"Spotify's [worth] nine billion, and [critics] ain't say shit," he rapped at New York City's Terminal 5 on Saturday.
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Tidal CEO Andy Chen Departs Company Amid Layoffs, Interim CEO Named
Tidal's new interim CEO is Peter Tonstad a former CEO of parent company Aspiro Group.
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