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Apple Mulls Podcast Subscription Push Amid Spotify’s Land Grab

In the past decade-and-a-half, Apple has built significant influence in the podcasting industry by letting creators reach its large audience of device owners without charging them a dime. But the company’s recent conversations with creative partners about introducing a subscription product to its podcasting business signals that its reign as a benevolent distributor might be […]

Warner Music Makes a Play for India’s Regional Music Market

MUMBAI – The most-watched music video in the world last week, per YouTube’s Global Top Music Videos chart, was “52 Gaj Ka Daman” by Renuka Panwar, a song in the Indian regional language of Haryanvi. The song’s 54.2 million views doubled those of Disney star Olivia Rodrigo’s Spotify record-breaking track, “Drivers License,” which had 27.2 […]

Weezer Announces New Album ‘OK Human’

Weezer will be releasing a new single this week and a new album by month’s end. The band’s soon-to-be-heard new song, titled “All My Favorite Songs,” arrives on Thursday (Jan. 21). The album it will appear on, OK Human, is set to drop on Jan. 29. “Hold on to your hard drives,” the band wrote […]

Believe in Music: What to Expect From NAMM’s First-Ever Virtual Gathering

Last August, the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) announced it was canceling its annual NAMM Show in 2021 due to the ongoing spread of COVID-19, while simultaneously unveiling its plans for Believe in Music, a virtual gathering “to unify and support the people who bring music to the world.” Slated to kick off Monday […]

Here Are the Major Awards Phil Spector Won During His Career

Phil Spector, who died on Saturday (Jan. 16) at age 81, may be best known today as a convicted killer, but he was one of the most successful and celebrated producers of the rock era. Spector and George Harrison co-produced The Concert for Bangladesh, which won a 1972 Grammy for album of the year. The […]

Livestreams & Virtual Concerts to Watch: Week of January 18

Inauguration festivities means that in the days leading up to the swearing in of Joe Biden as president of the United States and Kamala Harris as vice president on Jan. 20, there will be various musical performances to watch on television, which will of course also be streamed online. But perhaps most notable will be […]