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Brian Wilson Inspired the Underrated 2015 Music Biopic 'Love & Mercy'
Movie Web
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June 12, 2025
Brian Wilson, one of the greatest rock musicians of all time, died yesterday at the age of 82, leaving behind an insurmountable legacy. As the co-founder and principal songwriter of The Beach Boys, he wrote over two dozen Top 40 hits for the band...
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘BMF’ Season 4 on Starz, The Return Of This Drug Biz Saga Shot Through With The Twisty Bonds Of Family
Decider
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June 12, 2025
BMF returns to Starz for Season 4 after an ambitious third installment that moved the true story of the Flenory brothers’ Detroit-born Black Mafia Family drug empire further afield than ever. Well, mostly true: while this series from executive...
Turn Up The Music, Roll Up Your Sleeve - New Zealand Blood Service Drop The Beats For Donation
Scoop
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Image / Supplied Every superhero needs a theme tune, but New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) believes the best ones deserve a whole playlist. In celebration of National Blood Donor Week, NZBS has created a series of “Blood Bangers” and “Plasma...
What's in a name? Country music, MLB collide in clash of Riley Green(e)s
MLB
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US music publishing revenue jumped 13.4% to $7bn in 2024, outpacing the growth of rate of recorded music
Music Business Worldwide
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June 12, 2025
MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of the global music industry. Stat Of the Week is supported by music data analytics firm Chartmetric. Given the lacklustre growth in US recorded...
"He ain’t gone do s*it but hop on stream with Kai" — Prince Angelus taunts Drake as Kendrick Lamar gears up to perform in Toronto
Sportskeeda
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June 13, 2025
Almost a year since the infamous Kendrick Lamar and Drake rap feud, the Money Trees rapper will be performing in Drizzy's hometown, Toronto, on June 12 and 13, 2025. While netizens expected Drizzy to react to news of Lamar performing in Toronto...
Apple Music Head Says It’s “Crazy” Streaming Services Offer Free Music
Recently Heard
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June 12, 2025
Apple Music’s high government Oliver Schusser weighed in on the price of music throughout a keynote interview on the Nationwide Music Writer Affiliation’s annual assembly in New York on Wednesday, questioning how competing streaming platforms are...
Spotify users hit a sour note as app experiences outage
KYTX/CBS 19 - Texas
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UNITED STATES, — Spotify users will have to be humming their favorite tunes after many of them reported that the music streaming app is down. Users are saying their playlists have disappeared. Downdetector.com shows a spike in users having issues...
Apple Music Unveils Exciting AI-Driven AutoMix, Lyrics Translation, and New Features!
Retail News Asia
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June 12, 2025
If you missed the whirlwind of excitement during Apple’s WWDC 2025 keynote today, fear not! Let’s dive into the highlights of the tech behemoth’s latest advancements in music streaming that you won’t want to overlook. Revolutionizing Your...
Instagram adds real-time Spotify song sharing to Notes, teases grid reordering
9to5Mac
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June 12, 2025
Instagram is introducing a new way to share your music taste through Notes, the temporary status updates that appear above inboxes in DMs. Starting today, users can display the Spotify tracks they’re currently listening to in real time. Unlike the...
New Music Discoveries 13th June: Full Flower Moon Band, Deaf Havana, Cardinals, and more
The AU Review
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June 12, 2025
We’ve reached the midpoint in June, and we’ve added ten more tracks to our Discovery playlist on Spotify and Apple Music, including one track that we premiered earlier in the week. Yes indeed, Friday the 13th can be lucky for some. Our track of...
Spotify launches global mental health initiative for music community
MusicWeek
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Spotify has launched a global mental health initiative, Heart & Soul For Creators. As part of the initiative, they are launching the first ever Global Mental Health Resource Hub, a comprehensive support platform. Spotify has partnered with...
Apple Music Head Calls It “Crazy” Other Streaming Platforms Offer Music for Free
The Hollywood Reporter - California
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June 12, 2025
Apple Music’s top executive Oliver Schusser weighed in on the cost of music during a keynote interview at the National Music Publisher Association’s annual meeting in New York on Wednesday, questioning how competing streaming platforms are still...
Joe Rogan Claims Two Former Presidents Reached Out to Spotify Over His COVID Commentary
Digital Music News
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June 12, 2025
Photo Credit: JRE The disclosure came amid ongoing debates about misinformation and content moderation on major media platforms. Spotify faced significant backlash for hosting Joe Rogan’s podcast, which critics accused of spreading misinformation...
New Music Monday for June 16, 2025
Jazz 88.3 KCCK - Iowa
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June 12, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Noah Haidu’s Standards Trio has played the top jazz venues from New York to Los Angeles, and will be out on the road from coast to coast and in key European cities throughout this year in...
Judge Offers Free Musicals to Revive Civic Education in American Schools
The Beachcomber - California
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June 12, 2025
In a time of deep political polarization and widespread concerns about civic literacy, retired Orange County Superior Court Judge James P. Gray is making an unusual offer to the American public: two original musicals – offered royalty-free – to...
All-female band featuring EZT’s Chuckee Zehr wins London music award
Grant Haven Media
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June 12, 2025
Alison Dale, left, and Chuckee Zehr are two members of the band, SheWolves of London, which won its second Forest City London Music Award at a ceremony on Sunday night. Contributed photo By Lee Griffi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter “It was...
Joe Rogan Claims Two Former Presidents Called Spotify Amid Controversy
Times News Global
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June 12, 2025
Los Angeles, CA – Popular podcaster Joe Rogan claimed on a recent episode that two former U.S. presidents reached out to Spotify in 2022, amid backlash over his discussions on COVID-19. Rogan’s remarks were made during an appearance with physician...
NMPA Chief Calls Out ‘Unique Problem’ in the Music Industry: ‘Songwriters Don’t Stick Together’
Variety
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June 12, 2025
While it is technically an annual conference for a trade organization, the National Music Publishers’ Association’s membership meeting has become more like a TV network’s upfront presentation: a major show in the music business with performances...
Major Platforms Including Spotify, Google, OpenAI Suffer Outage
Newsweek
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June 12, 2025
A widespread outage Thursday afternoon affected multiple online services, including Google, Spotify, Discord and more. Reports of service disruptions have flooded outage tracker DownDetector, with users experiencing login failures, loading issues...