Mynt shifts its music NFT project to the Hedera network

Mynt is pleased to make their official announcement of the shifting of their music NFT project to the Hedera network from Ethereum. The team members have been actively engaged in the roping in of musi...

Polkadot Pairs With Beatport To Bring Electronic Music On Chain

Polkadot is one blockchain that we haven’t recently associated in the entertainment and sports coverage here at Bitcoinist. Blockchains like Polygon, Solana, Tezos and Avalanche (among others) have ta...

Wakanda Forever’ Music Supervisor Reveals How They Got Rihanna To Return To Music

LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 21: Music supervisors Julianne Jordan and Dave Jordan, recording artist … [+] Ester Dean and music supervisor Julia Michels backstage at the Fifth Annual Guild Of...

Spotify’s Head Of Music Jeremy Erlich Talks All The Changes Coming To The Streamer

Spotify’s Stream On event logo. Spotify This week has been a very busy one for Spotify, as the Swedish streaming music giant held its Stream On event, which serves as its own version of Apple’sA...

New Music Industry Numbers From RIAA And Edison Research Show Growth Slowing

Detail of the Youtube Music streaming app on the screen of a Samsung Galaxy Tab, taken on October 6, … [+] 2021. (Photo by Olly Curtis/Future Publishing) Future Publishing Two of the most import...

5 Important Numbers From Spotify’s Annual Music Royalties Report

An image from Spotify’s annual Stream On event. Spotify One of the main complaints about Spotify is that there simply isn’t enough money being paid out. That’s a common criticism from musi...

‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Music Supervisors Share How The Music In The Unlikely Hit Came Together

Music supervisors Lauren Mikus and Bruce Gilbert. Emily Shur Without a doubt, the triumph of the past year in the world of cinema is Everything Everywhere All At Once. The film is an unlikely success ...

Here’s What’s Coming To The Streaming Music Platform In 2023

Spotify CEO and co-founder Daniel Ek presenting at the company’s annual Stream On event. Spotify Spotify held its annual Stream On event in Los Angeles earlier today (March 8), and it was chock ...

NFT Startup Candy Digital Taps Getty Images for ’70s Music and Photos

When Candy Digital launched in 2021, the NFT firm came out swinging with its official line of Major League Baseball collectibles. Stepping up to the plate again, this time with Getty Images, the compa...

SiriusXM cuts 475 jobs in reorganization

Sirius XM is the latest media company to announce a round of layoffs The car radio subscription company, known for its commercial-free music and talk radio channels, said Monday it is cutting 8% of it...

TelevisaUnivision Announces Date And Venue For Its First Latin American Music Awards Show

The Latin AMAs at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California on Oct. 17, 2019, then produced by … [+] Telemundo network. (Photo: Veronica Villafañe) Veronica Villafañe TelevisaUnivision kicks of...

Arts DAO hosts Dubai’s first Web 3.0 cultural, art, and music festival

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (March 6, 2023): Arts DAO, the largest Web 3.0 community in the Middle East, is gearing up to host the first-ever Web 3.0 cultural, art, and music festival in Dubai on Marc...

Amazon’s ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ Tops Music And TV Charts

Riley Keough and Sam Claflin took their very first singing lessons together for Amazon’s ‘Daisy … [+] Jones & the Six.’ Photo by Lacey Terrell/Prime Video Within its first ...

Decentralized music platform Audius names Sirius XM/Pandora exec as chief business officer

Decentralized music platform Audius named Shamal Ranasinghe as chief business officer. In the newly created position, Ranasinghe will oversee the company’s relationship with the music industry, ...

How The Latest AI-Generated Copyright Loss Could Add Friction To Music And Technology’s Complicated Relationship

Chris McGrath Getty Images With the rapid rise in creative tools powered by artificial intelligence (AI) like ChatGPT, Dall-E and Midjourney, the laws that protect these new forms of generative conten...

We Just Need To Invest In Them

The next superstar can come from anywhere. By investing in music as we do with any form of infrastructure, communities can have a stake in their success. 2022 was a positive year for the business of m...

John Fogerty On 50 Year Battle To Recapture The Music Of Creedence Clearwater Revival

NEW ORLEANS, LA – MAY 04: John Fogerty performs during the 2014 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival … [+] at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 4, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo ...

After split with Kanye West, UK audio startup Kano asks for funding

Kanye West arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Evan Agostini | Invision | AP British audio and computing hardware startup Kano is planning to raise equity ...

Thomas H. Lee, Leveraged-Buyout Pioneer, Dies of Apparent Suicide

Private-equity pioneer Thomas H. Lee died unexpectedly at 78, his colleagues and family said late Thursday. New York Police Department officials said first responders to an emergency call Thursday mor...

Music streaming platform Spotify expands its Web3 efforts

The music streaming giant Spotify is increasing its focus on Web3 by conducting trials of token-enabled playlists in a number of important locations. On February 22nd, Overlord, a Web3 game platform, ...

Decentralized Music Project Altcoin Jumps by More Than 20% Amid New TikTok Integration

Decentralized music streaming service Audius (AUDIO) rolled out support for the popular video-sharing app TikTok, sparking a rally for the platform’s native crypto asset. According to Audius, new user...

What Exactly Does An A&R Professional Actually Do In The Music Industry?

Rachel Holmberg, Senior Head of A&R at Decca Records. Decca Records Most people with some knowledge of the music industry are aware of A&R professionals…but it seems that not everyone understa...

LGND Music – A User-Friendly Platform With Accessibility

LGND Music, the innovative blockchain-based platform for music lovers, is excited to unveil its user-friendly approach to music streaming that offers fans exclusive access to events and collectibles t...

Spotify Explores The Future Of Music Playlists With Token-Enabled Testing

Web3 and NFT use cases have reached a new level with Spotify’s new “Token-enabled Playlists.” A Web3 gaming and Media entertainment platform, Overlord, announced the news on February 22 via Twitter. A...

Spotify starts testing ways to access music via NFTs

Spotify has started rolling out a function called token-enabled playlists, which allows users who hold specific NFTs to access exclusive content and interact with the music-hosting app differently. &#...

LGND Music Partners with Iconic Musicians to Offer Exclusive Digital Collectibles and Access to Fans

LGND Music, the revolutionary music streaming platform, announces its latest partnerships with iconic musicians to offer exclusive digital collectibles and access to fans. With the power of blockchain...

LGND Music Revolutionizes Music Streaming with Blockchain Technology and Digital Collectibles

Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp LGND Music, a new player in the music industry, has announced a revolutionary approach to music streaming that combines blockchain technology and dig...

‘J-Hope In The Box’ Documents J-Hope’s ‘Jack In The Box’ Musical Journey

J-Hope performs at Lollapalooza at Grant Park in Chicago. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) Getty Images It’s hard to imagine BTS member J-Hope being restrained by any kind of box. A remarkable d...

LGND Music Introduces User Analytics and Metrics to Help Artists Understand Fan Engagement

LGND Music, a global music brand, has recently introduced user analytics and metrics to its platform to help artists understand fan engagement. This new feature provides valuable insights into how mus...

Napster Begins Planned Acquisition Spree Amid Shift to Web3

The longest-running independent music streaming service is making a Web3 push. Napster is doing so through the acquisition of an NFT marketplace, the company said on Wednesday — the first in a planned...

OpenSea Halts Trading on Rihanna Music NFTs

As the internet recovers from Rihanna’s red-hot Super Bowl performance, NFT fans are being frustrated by OpenSea’s decision to halt secondary sales of the NFT collection for her song “Bitch Better Hav...

K-pop Girl Group TripleS Dances to Tune Fans Vote Via NFT-inspired Governance

K-pop girl group TripleS has launched its latest album using a non-fungible token (NFT) governance process — leveraging the Polygon blockchain —- to curate select parts of its creative decisions from ...