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By the time America s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) s court battle with the Michael Jackson estate as to how much it should be paying in estate taxes reaches court next year, the estate might be…

Elton John, Coldplay and One Direction were among the most generous of British musicians when it came to donating to charity last year. A study by the Sunday Times of London found that the piano man…

After eight months in development, Facebook has launched its video Rights Manager to stop the freebooting plague. Freebooting is when Business Pages and celebrity commentators take videos without…

Sony Music s PlayStation Music celebrated its first year of collaborating with Spotify by notching up 5 billion streams. The partnership had notched up an impressive 785 million tracks streamed on…

After exceeding industry expectations in 2015 by shifting 2.1 million, UK vinyl sales continue to grow this year. It s little wonder that more and more bricks-n-mortar stores are bringing the format…

The UK could end up banning fireworks, flares and smoke bombs at concerts and festivals, similar to sports events. Tory MP Nigel Adams says that these are increasingly becoming common occurrences at…

The memorable Apple Music ad featuring Taylor Swift falling off the treadmill while listening to Drake and Future s Jumpman, has notched up 20 million views on Instagram and Faceboook since it…

Harmonix Music Systems, the US creator of the popular Rock Band game franchise, has canned a PC version of Rock Band 4. This was after a crowdfunding campaign to raise US$1.5 million only mustered up…

Kanye West s unorthodox ideas about creating music and distributing them has proven a success for his seventh album The Life of Pablo. Despite challenging the industry notion that a record should be…

Music and audio streaming service SoundCloud has launched its long awaited subscription streaming service. Called Go, it will only be available in the United States first, costing $9.99 a month, or…

For its US summer campaign, Coca-Cola is reviving its successful Share a Coke and a Song campaign. From this month, it will print the lyrics to 70 songs on all its Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coke Zero and…

The Jay Z lead Tidal has marked its one year anniversary on March 30 by revealing it now has three million subscribers across 46 countries including Australia. The company announced, By offering…