Kevin Mayer, the longtime Disney executive who oversaw the launches of Disney+ and ESPN+, is leaving the company to take over as CEO of TikTok, TikTok’s parent company ByteDance announced on Monday. Mayer’s appointment is a major development for TikTok, which now has an accomplished executive in the ultra-competitive video …
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For those of you nearing mind-numbing agony from spending weeks at home — like we are — fashion brand Alexander McQueen’s new Spotify channel could be the soundtrack to your next DIY project. The channel, launched Monday with a collection of playlists and songs from previous McQueen runway shows, is …
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UPDATE (3/16):Lady Gaga offered some more hints aboutChromaticain aPaper cover story. BloodPop is LP’s executive producer, but she notes that many other collaborators were involved in the very “fluid” musical process, including BURNS, Axwell, Rami Yacoub, Benjamin Rice, Tchami and more. She also hinted at a collaboration with another female …
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Carlos Santana is switching from “Moonflower” to Marijuana flowers. The 10-time grammy winner and Hall of Fame guitarist is starting his own line of cannabis and CBD products, becoming the latest high-profile musician to use their star power to launch cannabis companies. Partnering with Left Coast Ventures, a cannabis company …
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Are you dead? Let’s find out: Watch this video, which went viral on TikTok this week, and see if you don’t chuckle. For those skeptical types who refrained from clicking the link above: It’s a human, clad in a dinosaur costume, petrifying members of the public. What can I say? …
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Everyone’s a musician nowadays — and every tech company is also a music company, it seems. This week alone, two separate news items hinted at where strong winds are blowing for the music industry: first, a paid streaming service created by the owner of TikTok, and second, a new feature …
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When Chance the Rapper made Grammy history last year by becoming the first artist to snag one of the coveted awards without selling physical copies of his music, the win resonated well beyond the Chicago rapper’s own résumé. “This is for every indie artist!” Chance — whose albumColoring Book beat …
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Apple‘s latest software update this week, iOS 12, brings a number of design and functionality tweaks to its streaming service. But the most useful new Apple Music feature allows users to find and play songs by searching their lyrics. The feature proves particularly helpful in the case of songs whose …
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Competing with YouTube was always a tall order. Vevo, the video-hosting service founded in 2009 as a joint venture between the big three record companies to do just that, is admitting defeat. The company announced in a blog post Thursday that it is shuttering its mobile apps and website, and …
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