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Katy Perry Announces Inaugural Primetime Performance With This Patriotic Picture

Katy Perry is performing at Joe Biden’s primetime inauguration special on Wednesday, and she’ll have a handful of patriotic microphones to choose from. On Tuesday (Jan. 19), Perry tweeted a photo of four mics — one white, one bedazzled with the flag, one covered in silver stars and one resembling Lady Liberty’s torch — with […]

Concord Names Victor Zaraya COO, Ruth Martinez Chief People Officer

Concord has promoted Victor Zaraya to chief operating officer and Ruth Martinez to chief people officer, the company announced Tuesday (Jan. 19). Zaraya, who has served as chief revenue officer at the company since April 2020, steps into the COO role held until recently by Jim Selby, who was named Concord’s chief publishing executive earlier this […]

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 […]