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Spotify brings audiobook listening to US Premium accounts

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Spotify • 1 min read

Spotify brings audiobook listening to US Premium accounts

Spotify is bringing audiobook listening to premium accounts in the US. Lucky Americans. They join users in the UK and Australia, who had the fifteen hours of audiobook access dumped on them last month…

Andy Malt • 09 Nov 2023

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CMU Approved • 1 min read

Approved: Clarissa Connelly

Experimental folk musician Clarissa Connelly returns with her first track for Warp Records, ‘Wee Rosebud’…

Andy Malt • 09 Nov 2023

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Sony Music • 2 min read

Sony Music has a new logo, Deezer and SiriusXM have a brandwank

Sony Music, Deezer and SiriusXM have all unveiled new logos. Sony’s delves into its brand heritage, Deezer’s aims to “recharge people's emotional connection to the brand”, and SiriusXM’s “gives a nod to the service’s consumer value proposition”…

Andy Malt & Sam Taylor • 09 Nov 2023

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson to star in Abba zombie movie

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Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson to star in Abba zombie movie

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is set to star in a new movie about an Abba tribute act caught up in the zombie apocalypse, co-written by his son Austin…

Andy Malt • 09 Nov 2023

Campaign launches to support introduction of US radio royalties

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musicFIRST Coalition • 2 min read

Campaign launches to support introduction of US radio royalties

The musicFIRST Coalition has launched a new Dionne Warwick-fronted campaign to garner support for the American Music Fairness Act, which would introduce a royalty for the use of sound recordings by AM and FM radio stations in the US for the first time…

Andy Malt • 08 Nov 2023

One Liners: Aurora, Marika Hackman, Julia Holter + more

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One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 2 min read

One Liners: Aurora, Marika Hackman, Julia Holter + more

Barbican appoints new Head Of Music; Sony A&R internships; new round of MEGS funding; new music from Aurora, Marika Hackman, Julia Holter, Fucked Up, Heartworms and Chemtrails…

Andy Malt • 08 Nov 2023

‘Led Zeppelin IV’ cover star’s identity revealed after 50 years

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Led Zeppelin • 1 min read

‘Led Zeppelin IV’ cover star’s identity revealed after 50 years

The identity of the man who features on the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1971 fourth album has been revealed after the original image was discovered in a collection of Victorian photographs…

Andy Malt • 08 Nov 2023

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CMU Approved • 1 min read

Approved: Mali Hâf

Mali Hâf has just released her new EP ‘Jig-so’, which blends Welsh-language folk storytelling with modern pop production…

Andy Malt • 07 Nov 2023

One Liners: Yaeji, Pet Shop Boys, Tate McRae + more

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One Liners: Yaeji, Pet Shop Boys, Tate McRae + more

Universal Music Publishing and Concord Music new signings; Warner Music and ATC appointments; new music from Yaeji, Gruff Rhys, Porij, Pillow Queens and Revival Season; tour dates from Pet Shop Boys and Tate McRae…

Andy Malt • 07 Nov 2023

The Weeknd postpones down under dates due to "unforeseen circumstances"

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The Weeknd • 1 min read

The Weeknd postpones down under dates due to "unforeseen circumstances"

“Unforeseen circumstances” have led to the postponement of The Weeknd’s tour of Australia and New Zealand, which was supposed to get underway later this month…

Andy Malt • 07 Nov 2023

Barbra's Siri showdown: "There's no Z in Streisand"

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Barbra Streisand • 2 min read

Barbra's Siri showdown: "There's no Z in Streisand"

Barbra Streisand (careful how you say it) has revealed in her new autobiography that she once called Apple CEO Tim Cook to complain that Siri was saying her name very slightly wrong…

Andy Malt • 07 Nov 2023

One Liners: The Pretenders, I Monster, 6 Music + more

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One Liners: The Pretenders, I Monster, 6 Music + more

New music from I Monster, Valentina and Delilah Holliday; live dates from The Pretenders, Bruce Dickinson, Fightstar and The Sherlocks; 6 Music Artists Of The Year…

Andy Malt • 06 Nov 2023