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Photo Credit: Fever Fever secures over $100 million in funding to further its position as a leader in live experiences, namely music and sports. Fever is on the rise with funding to further its continued growth as a leading platform for live experiences like music and sports. Fever has secured over $100 million in funding from L Catterton and Point72 Private Investors through the completion of an equity funding process, including existing investors. The technology platform—now operating in ov

Guitarist, producer, and songwriter Jake Fine talks about his ‘cohesive vision’ for Lo-fi projects ‘azayaka‘ and ‘Tone Bo,’ retaining the essence of emotion in his music, how ‘the creative process kicks in,’ and using Downtown Music’s bespoke service to tackle unique music challenges. The following recaps an interview with Jake Fine as part of Downtown Music’s series, The Music Industry Lives Here. Downtown Music is a company DMN is proud to be partnering with. Jake Fine grew up in a ‘musical

Warner Music Group has brought its catalog to karaoke platform Singa. Photo Credit: WMG Warner Music Group (WMG) is getting in on the karaoke action under a new deal with Singa, which has already added “a vast collection of original master recordings” from the major label. WMG and the self-described “first truly digital streaming service for karaoke” unveiled their pact today. Extending to Warner Music proper as well as Warner Chappell, the agreement is Helsinki-headquartered Singa’s first wi

Photo Credit: Yout.com Yout is a stream ripping website at the center of a high-profile criminal prosecution in Brazil—marking a significant escalation in the fight against online copyright infringement. This prosecution comes in the wake of the Recording Industry Association of America’s (RIAA) legal campaign against all stream-ripping services. Yout is operated by American Johnathan Nader and allows users to download audio and video from streaming platforms like YouTube. The services bypass

Photo Credit: TC Restaurant Group (Post Malone) Post Malone has partnered with TC Restaurant Group to open a Nashville entertainment venue under his name. The new venue will be designed around honky tonk grit and country soul with 26,000 square feet featuring six bars, three stages, and a full-service dining room and rooftop. The venue will be located at 305 Broadway, right down the road from Morgan Wallen’s This Tennessee Bar & Kitchen (also a TC Restaurant Group property). Right now the

Photo Credit: Cottonbro Studios When it comes to Shamrock Capital’s Taylor Swift recorded catalog acquisition, let’s be honest: it didn’t even seem like a good idea at the time. But is there more frothy fallout ahead when it comes to music IP? Dialing back to late 2020, the collective head-scratching elevated when Shamrock Capital swooped in to buy Taylor Swift’s first six album masters for $300 million. The seller was none other than Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings, who dropped the sullied as

VNYL’s Nick Alt and Emily Muhoberac, who have signed on as CEO and COO of Vinyl Me, Please, respectively. Photo Credit: Virginia Harold Less than one month after entering liquidation, Vinyl Me, Please (VMP) has officially found a new owner and relaunched with a “remastered mission.” The Denver-based vinyl-subscription club formally revealed the change of hands today. Now, Vinyl Me, Please is poised to keep on operating – albeit as a subsidiary of VNYL Inc., which operates a namesake vinyl subs

Photo Credit: Fyre Hotels Convicted frauster Billy McFarland’s Fyre Festival do-over failed after local officials revealed the ‘festival’ did not have the required permits. Now McFarland is trying again with a newly dubbed ‘Fyre Coral View Pop-Up’ on Utila—a small island in Honduras. This new event is slated for September 3 – 10, 2025 and appears to follow the same setup as Fyre Festival 2. This attempt is being marketing as an ‘adventure-infused’ island getaway. That was supposedly the same a

Photo Credit: Extra TV Sean “Diddy” Combs paid a hotel security officer $100K to hand over surveillance footage showing the hip-hop mogul attacking his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, the officer testified at Combs’ federal trial. Eddy Garcia, who worked as a security officer at an Intercontinental hotel, told jurors that Diddy bribed him to hand over surveillance footage showing the star brutally attacking then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura. Garcia testified on Tuesday in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ongo

Photo Credit: RCA Records Rick Astley’s 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up” has reached a new milestone—surpassing one billion streams on Spotify. The achievement comes nearly four decades after the track’s original release and is propelled by the internet phenomenon known as ‘rick rolling.’ “Never Gonna Give You Up” now joins the exclusive Spotify Billions Club playlist, a feat achieved by fewer than 1,000 tracks so far. Astley, 59, expressed his thanks to the public for the feat. “So who woul

Lizzo, who’s once again firing back against a harassment lawsuit from her former touring dancers. Photo Credit: Raph_PH Lizzo is firing back against the marathon sexual harassment lawsuit she’s facing from several former touring dancers, maintaining that the conduct in question is protected speech. That interesting position came to light in a new appeal from Team Lizzo, which is specifically challenging a prior decision allowing some of the dancers’ claims to proceed. By now, most are at leas

Photo Credit: Rod Stewart by Joe Bielawa / CC by 2.0 Rod Stewart postpones his performance at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace four hours before showtime due to an unnamed illness. Sir Rod Stewart called in sick just four hours before he was scheduled to hit the stage at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Sunday night. The 80-year-old rock and roll legend posted to his Instagram Stories to give fans the news, while Caesars Palace also confirmed the postponement. “I am sorry to inf

Photo Credit: why kei A coalition of automakers and tech companies sends a letter to Congress urging them to pair the AM radio mandate with royalties for musicians. A broad array of leading automakers and technology companies have sent a letter to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees, asking them to advance the American Music Fairness Act (AMFA). The legislation will require big radio companies that made $13.6 billion in advertising revenue last year to p

Photo Credit: Kneecap Kneecap are getting ready to play their largest show outside of Ireland at Wembley Arena in London. The 12,500 capacity event comes at a time when the group is facing criticism for promoting proscribes terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah. After being removed from Glasgow’s TRNSMT festival due to police concerns—organizers cited the need for a “significant policing operation” if the group were to perform—the rap trio quickly pivoted. They announced a new show at the O2 Ac

TikTok for Artists has officially launched in more than 25 countries. Photo Credit: Kelly Sikkema TikTok for Artists, the video-sharing app’s “all-in-one music insights platform,” has officially set sail in the U.S., Brazil, Japan, and more than 20 other countries. ByteDance-owned TikTok announced the formal rollout of Artists today, weeks after scoring a SoundCloud “Add to Music App” partnership. Available via certified Artist accounts, the newer offering is said to compile data (views, post

Rezonate Music Rights co-founders Tom Tyler (left) and Cam Blackwood. Photo Credit: Rezonate Does the music IP arena have room for another investor? Rezonate Music Rights believes so, and it’s set sail with a $150 million war chest as well as a focus on producer catalogs. Rezonate announced its official launch – and several already-wrapped plays – today. Founded by producer Cam Blackwood and former London Stock Exchange Group higher-up Tom Tyler, the self-described “leading solution for music

Photo Credit: OLENS Global / CC by 3.0 A Seoul court has hit K-Pop group NewJeans with an injunction, with fines for independent activity starting at $730,000 per infraction. The Seoul Central District Court ruled on Friday that K-pop girl group NewJeans must refrain from performing without Ador’s consent or approval until a decision is made in a lawsuit over the validity of its members’ exclusive contracts. Should the group violate the court’s order, each member will be required to pay 1 bil

Photo Credit: Eminem by EJ Hersom for DoD News / CC by 2.0 Eminem’s music publisher, Eight Mile Style, is suing Meta with allegations of widespread copyright infringement on Facebook and Instagram. Eight Mile Style, Eminem’s music publishing company, has filed a lawsuit against Meta, alleging the tech company’s social media platforms allow widespread use of the rapper’s songs without proper licensing. The complaint, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Detroit, says Meta has “created and st

Photo Credit: Amy Syiek Several major record labels have settled their copyright infringement lawsuit with internet provider Frontier after a multi-year legal battle. Major record labels, including UMG, Sony Music, and Warner Music, have settled their piracy liability lawsuit with internet provider Frontier after a lengthy, multi-year legal battle. All parties agreed in a public notice to bear their own costs, while the details of the settlement remain undisclosed. The settlement comes a few w

Photo Credit: Live Nation (NBA Youngboy) NBA YoungBoy is making his return to the stage by announcing 13 new shows for his ‘Make America Slime Again’ 2025 tour. The tour is a sly reference to his recently granted presidential pardon from Donald Trump. Trump granted the pardon on May 28,2025 after NBA YoungBoy served almost two years in prison on federal gun charges. In a statement at the time, the rapper thanked the president for “giving me the opportunity to keep building—as a man, as a fathe

Pictured L-R: EJ Gaines, Phil Thornton, Norman Gyamfi, Kirk Franklin, Ron Hill, Trell Woodberry, Jonathan Jay (Photo Credit: Rob Ector) Gospel music icon Kirk Franklin has announced a major partnership with Insignia Assets—the new Black-owned entertainment venture founded by Norman Gyamfi and Jonathan Jay. This strategic alliance brings together Franklin’s acclaimed Fo Yo Soul Recordings and CLTRE Lab with Insignia Assets’ expanding portfolio which spans recorded music, publishing, television,

Photo Credit: 50 Cent for Branson Cognac 50 Cent says he’s going to make his feelings about Diddy known after Trump said he’d “look at the facts” of the case regarding a potential pardon. 50 Cent says he’s going to “make sure” Donald Trump is aware of the “really bad things” Diddy has said about him. His comments come on the heels of Trump saying he would “look at the facts” of Diddy’s sex trafficking case regarding a potential pardon. “[Diddy] said some really bad things about Trump, it’s no

Photo Credit: Netflix Netflix tees up a trailer for Adam Sandler’s “Happy Gilmore 2,” featuring a slew of stars, including Bad Bunny, Eminem, and Post Malone. Adam Sandler’s highly anticipated sequel, “Happy Gilmore 2,” got a new trailer reveal during Netflix’s Tudum event on Saturday, May 31. The footage shows a cavalcade of stars, including Eric André, Travis Kelce, Ben Stiller, Bad Bunny, Eminem, and Post Malone. A teaser that initially dropped in March showed Sandler’s character, former p

Seated co-founders John Griffin (left) and David McKay, who’ve reacquired their company from Sofar Sounds. Photo Credit: Seated Four years and change after selling to Sofar Sounds, Seated has officially been reacquired by its founders. Seated co-founder and CEO David McKay, whose ticketing platform says it helps artists “gain fan insights and sell more” concert passes, announced the newly finalized deal in a brief blog post. According to that message, the repurchase arrived as Somerville, Ma

Photo Credit: Midwest Dreams Music Festival The Midwest Dreams Music Festival at World Wide Technology Raceway was postponed following a catastrophic tornado that struck St. Louis on May 16. It highlights unforeseen circumstances that festival organizers are facing in an already razor-thin margin live entertainment industry. Organizers describe the tornado as “the worst tornado in St. Louis area history” with widespread destruction, collapsed buildings, and entire neighborhoods in need of aid.