Photo Credit: NMPA At the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) annual meeting held in Alice Tulley Hall at New York’s Lincoln Center, the organization revealed the true cost of Spotify’s bundling scheme to publishers and songwriters. According to the NMPA, the bundling change—which reclassifies Spotify Premium as a bundle including audiobooks—cost songwriters and publishers a
Photo Credit: Boombox.io For those finding music production to be a hair-brained mess – even in 2025 – Boombox.io has an app for that. The solution to the problem, according to Boombox’s Cofounder and Head of Product India Lossman, is a unified platform instead of a decentralized, ad-hoc collection of different solutions. Today’s music production
Photo Credit: Travis Gergen The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has strongly endorsed Disney & NBCUniversal’s lawsuit against AI company Midjourney. RIAA Chairman & CEO Mitch Glazier issued a statement that underscores the broader implications for creative industries. “There is a clear path forward through partnerships that both further AI innovation and foster human
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Warner Bros. Pictures is hoping to be blessed with a new feature based on A Christmas Carol. Robert Eggers is set to write and direct a movie adapting author Charles Dickens’ classic ghost story set at Christmas. Eggers will produce the project alongside Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus for Maiden Voyage. The Hollywood Reporter exclusively
K. Michelle, known as Puddin’ in the world of country music, had to put an interviewer in check recently after they attempted to claim that she “didn’t grow up with country music.” “I did grow up in country music. You do this all the time,” said the Memphis native. She spoke on her Southern roots
Wilson saw the sublime in teeny-bopper surf songs and his studio wizardry changed popular music forever. Published June 11, 2025 3:50PM (EDT) Musician Brian Wilson, founding member of The Beach Boys, performs onstage at The Kia Forum on June 09, 2022 in Inglewood, California. (Scott Dudelson/Getty Images) Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson has passed away.
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. What Happened: A trio of lawmakers demanded transparency from the Department of Veterans Affairs on Tuesday, saying the Trump administration continues to “stonewall” requests for details on the agency’s recent cancellation of hundreds
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In an effort launched shortly after DOGE’s creation, ProPublica has now identified more than 100 private-sector executives, engineers and investors from Silicon Valley, big American banks and tech startups enlisted to help President
Jun 10, 2025; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Minnesota Vikings offensive tackle Christian Darrisaw (71) practices during minicamp at the Minnesota Vikings Training Facility. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-Imagn Images. The Minnesota Vikings pressed the go-live button on mandatory minicamp Tuesday, and if folks were expecting a nothingburger, they witnessed the opposite. The Vikings’ Tuesday turned out to