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Ever since Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s 2024 diss battle happened, their fans have been locked in an endless online war over ...

In a move that may clear the path for app stores to exert more control over deleting third-party apps, a California federal ...

Discover the cultural evolution of Web3, tracing its origins from the cypherpunk movement to the rise of decentralized communities, NFTs, and digital assets. Learn how early innovations in blockchain ...

In this series, we highlight independent radio stations across America who are keeping alive the dream of human DJs, ...

Right before I went to college, a little-known service called Napster became popular. Napster allowed people to share and download songs from other users. Back then, just like today, the size of a ...

Like most other college kids in the late 1990s and early 2000s, I did a fair amount of downloading songs from Napster. Back ...

The social media platform from K-pop juggernaut HYBE is a crucial element of UMG's ambitious vision for the music industry ...

Warner Music general counsel Paul Robinson on AI, streaming and the most memorable litigation in his 30 years at the label.

"To have beef with her or over is a real sign of TRUE lack of self esteem ... “She really makes her music and minds her biz.” Trending on Billboard In the replies, Banks also praised the ...

Spotify wants to see 1 billion people paying for streaming music, double the more than 500 ... since its founding in 2006 — five years after Napster ceased operation. Spotify estimates that ...

The big picture: Spotify has set a record for the highest annual payment to the music industry from a single ... few years removed from the end of the Napster era. To further put it into ...