When Tim Quirk ran content programming for Google Play in the early 2010s, he sat across the table from record labels, music publishers and movie studios four times a year for quarterly business reviews. These meetings, he says, “were like funerals.” Legacy entertainment was struggling, and executives blamed tech companies like Google for their problems. But Quirk’s job was by no means joyless; Google’s meetings with app-based gaming companies, on the other hand, “were […]

Nearly 80% of institutional investors whose portfolios include music assets expect firms to earmark more money for investments in music in 2026, according to a new study conducted by the London-based financial communications firm Fourth Pillar. The Music Investment Barometer report surveyed individuals from 125 firms working across the private equity, private credit, investment management, […]

Young Miko has teamed up with Gap for its first-ever Spanish-language video campaign, Billboard can exclusively announce Tuesday (March 10). The Puerto Rican rapper — known for her smooth flow over trap and hip-hop beats — joins a star-studded lineup of past Gap collaborators like Madonna, Missy Elliott, Lenny Kravitz and Leon Bridges. “When Gap […]

Jello Biafra, the outspoken former lead singer of San Francisco punk legends the Dead Kennedys was rushed to the hospital over the weekend after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke due to high blood pressure. In an Instagram statement on Monday (March 9), Biafra’s indie label, Alternative Tentacles, revealed that the 67-year-old singer (born Eric Reed Boucher) […]

Officials have named the woman who was arrested for shooting at Rihanna‘s Los Angeles mansion over the weekend, revealing on Monday (March 9) that Florida native Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, 35, has been booked on felony charges of attempted murder and is currently being held on $10.2 million bail, according to the Los Angeles Times. Police […]