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Napster names Jon Vlassopulos as CEO

Napster has hired Jon Vlassopulos as its CEO. The company also announced a new funding round with participation from existing investors and new backers including Hivemind, Algorand, SkyBridge Capital, Alumni Ventures, Borderless Capital, and G20 Ventures. The funding will accelerate Napster’s Web3 initiatives. Jon Vlassopulos, the former vice president and ...

George Michael's Older remixed by LF System and more for Amazon Original exclusives

Pieter van Rijn to head up unified music division at Downtown

Spotify tells competition regulator that streaming innovation risks being held back by label clauses

Spotify reveals Ayra Starr as latest Radar Global artist

Tunecore teams with tastemaker platform Groover to support independent artists

TuneCore has partnered with Groover, an online platform which allows independent artists to connect with music industry tastemakers and professionals. The partnership will allow DIY artists to engage ...

Venice Music targets global music community with roll-out of artist and distribution services

Venice Music is opening its distribution platform to a larger global audience through a range of subscription services. In a statement, co-founders Troy Carter and Suzy Ryoo have ...

YouTube paid $6 billion to music industry in past 12 months

YouTube has issued another update on the scale of its revenue paid to the music industry. According to a blog post from global head of music Lyor Cohen, ...

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