SoundCloud, the popular streaming service and distribution company, has laid off 8% of its workforce in an effort to improve profitability, according to reports from Billboard, Variety, and Resident Advisor. The decision was made by SoundCloud’s CEO Eliah Seton, who took on the role in March. This marks the second
Spotify’s contentious new feature, Spotify DJ, is now available to paid users in the UK and Ireland. Developed in collaboration with Sonantic, a voice technology company, and OpenAI, Spotify DJ aims to provide a more personalised listening experience. While AI has long powered Spotify’s recommendation algorithms, this feature takes it
Apple has introduced a new feature in its Apple Maps and Apple Music apps that enables users to discover concerts in select locations worldwide. Called Apple Music Guides, this concert discovery feature utilises information from Bandsintown and currently includes 10 cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles, London, and Paris. The feature
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Google has confirmed that it will not delete inactive YouTube accounts, contrary to recent concerns. Previously, there were worries that the company’s statement about permanently deleting accounts inactive for over two years could result in the removal of significant portions of YouTube’s music archives, including original and rare music uploads.
Last Friday, Electro-pop production duo Saint Rock released their 6-track EP, Real, which includes the recently released single ‘Bad Vibes’. A mix of songwriting elements and a wide range of genre influences, from Pop to EDM, the project has been signed to Buy Now Records, making it the duo’s third
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Loreen, representing Sweden, has made history by winning the Eurovision Song Contest for a second time at a spectacular event held in Liverpool, UK, on behalf of last year’s winners and rightful host country, Ukraine. She became only the second performer to achieve this feat, securing her victory with the
Ryuichi Sakamoto’s management has shared a playlist titled Funeral, curated by the late musician and composer himself. Released on May 15, his management expressed on social media, “We would like to share the playlist Ryuichi has been privately compiling to be played at his own funeral to accompany his passing.
After 36 years of operation, MTV News is closing down following a wave of layoffs, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Pitchfork, and Variety. Approximately 25% of employees across MTV Entertainment Studios, Paramount Media Networks, and Showtime were let go on Tuesday, marking another round of significant job cuts for
Daft Punk will premiere a previously-unreleased song at the Pompidou Centre in Paris on Thursday, May 11. Titled Infinity Repeating, the track will appear on their Random Access Memories 10th anniversary reissue, which releases on May 12. The song was originally recorded during the album’s recording sessions and features Julian
Sven Marquardt, the infamous bouncer of Berghain, will host a photography exhibition during New York Art Week titled DISTURBING BEAUTY. The event will showcase Marquardt’s selection of photographs taken in East Berlin during the ’80s before the Berlin Wall’s fall. The exhibition will be held from May 18th to 21st
