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• Watch Out: The Orchard Is Making TV Shows Now…

  15-05-2015 23:29
  
  Sony recently bought up the rest of The Orchard. Since that news surfaced The Orchard has acquired royalty processing platform RoyaltyShare. Now The Orchard is in...
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• Court Rules that Pandora Has to Give BMI More Money…

  15-05-2015 20:57
  
  Last week, ASCAP took a blow in their battle against Pandora. The court rejected ASCAP’s royalty rate appeal, leaving ASCAP’s rate at 1.85 percent of...
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• Spotify Says Any Report About Limiting Free Is “Totally False”

  15-05-2015 20:10
  
  Yesterday, multiple sources informed Digital Music News that Spotify was being pressured to curtail its free, ad-supported access tier to just three months.  This morning,...
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• Blues Legend BB King, 89, Dies In Las Vegas

  15-05-2015 19:45
  
  BB King, a former Mississippi sharecropper who rose from the Deep South juke joints to become a global blues legend, has died at the age of 89. The guitarist passed away peacefully in his sleep at in Las Vegas home on Thursday after returning from hospital where he had been treated for high blood pressure and diabetes. A message posted on his website two weeks ago said: "I am in home hospice care at my residence in Las Vegas. President Barack Obama led tributes to the musician, saying there
  
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• Peter Pan the opera: my awfully big adventure

  15-05-2015 18:39
  
  Countertenor Iestyn Morris is recreating the role of Peter Pan in Richard Ayres’ opera for its UK premiere. What does it feel like to be the singer who has clocked up the most flight hours in Europe?Continue reading...
  
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• B.B. King's death strikes mournful chord for musicians, presidents

  15-05-2015 18:35
  
  Guitarist Eric Clapton remembered the B.B. King album that inspired him as a young musician and Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton recalled the thrill of performing with the "King of Blues." Musicians, politicians and blues lovers around the world on Friday expressed sorrow over the death of the blues legend on Thursday night at the age of 89, and their gratitude for the legacy he left. Clapton, one of the music world's most influential guitarists, thanked King for inspiration, encourageme
  
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• Our Suggestions For Taylor Swift's Bad Blood Music Video, Katy Perry Included

  15-05-2015 18:33
  
  Just a few hints...
  
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• WWE's John Cena May Be Both The Strongest And Most Honest Man In The World

  15-05-2015 18:27
  
  US champ clears up the numbers on those weightlifting reports...
  
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• WWE Payback Spoilers: Seth Rollins 'Will Retain WWE Title Against Orton, Reigns And Ambrose'

  15-05-2015 18:17
  
  According to the bookies, that is...
  
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• Grooveshark.io Shuts Down, Grooveshark.vc Surfaces…

  15-05-2015 18:12
  
  April 30th: Grooveshark.com is shut down for good. May 5th: Grooveshark.io surfaces in its place. May 7th: Grooveshark.io becomes a globally-ranked website. May 14th: Grooveshark.io is...
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• These photographs helped integrate proms in Montgomery, Georgia

  15-05-2015 17:44
  
  Gillian Laub’s potent images of racially segregated proms brought Montgomery County’s ‘dark secret’ into the open. Southern Rites, her new HBO documentary, details the town’s triumphs and tragedies in confronting its difficult history Continue reading...
  
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• Charlotte Crosby Gets A Bikini Wax And Shares The Evidence For All To See, Lovely

  15-05-2015 17:34
  
  Yep, this actually happened...
  
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• The Hot Sardines review – retro jazz with a special twist of irony

  15-05-2015 17:28
  
  Barbican, London
  The charismatic front-runners of vintage jazz play big halls as if they’ve just dropped in to a party Continue reading...
  
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• What Songs Would Rebel Wilson, Anna Kendrick & Elizabeth Banks Have Included In Pitch Perfect 2 If They Had More Time?

  15-05-2015 17:26
  
  Extra points to Rebel for rapping her choice...
  
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• Putting the Stalin in Shostakovich: pro-Soviet cantatas cause outrage

  15-05-2015 17:16
  
  Conductor Paavo Järvi was forced to hire a bodyguard after decision to perform pro-Soviet pieces as composer Dimitry Shostakovich originally wrote them Continue reading...
  
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• U2 review – The Edge floored in tech-heavy spectacular

  15-05-2015 17:05
  
  Rogers Arena, Vancouver
  The Edge concluded the first night of U2’s tour by falling off stage – but before that the show featured hits, old interview footage, and even Stephen HawkingNear the very end of U2’s show in Vancouver – during the fourth and final song of the encore, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – guitarist The Edge is strolling casually along the edge of the catwalk when he steps out into thin air with his right foot and crashes down in a tumble, the headstoc
  
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• Zoella Reveals Her Struggle With Anxiety: "When It's Bad I Can't Leave My Bed"

  15-05-2015 17:01
  
  The star has opened up...
  
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• The Rock Kind Of Wants To Be President Of The USA

  15-05-2015 17:00
  
  There's already a precedent for movie stars and wrestlers in the White House you know...
  
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• Cara Delevingne’s Cleavage Steals The Show In New ‘Bad Blood’ Music Video Poster

  15-05-2015 16:58
  
  Taylor Swift’s getting closer to dropping her video and the guest stars are getting sexier…
  
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• Obama leads tributes to BB King

  15-05-2015 16:56
  
  US president Barack Obama said "America has lost a legend" after blues musician BB King died aged 89.
  
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• Sam Smith Is 'High On Pain Killers & Listening To Whitney' Following Op On Vocal Cords

  15-05-2015 15:50
  
  Get better soon Sam...
  
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• Ibiza Rocks Adds The Mighty Mark Ronson & De La Soul To 2015 Season

  15-05-2015 15:37
  
  They'll join the growing awesomeness that is this year's 10th anniversary line up...
  
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• MTV Review | Pitch Perfect 2

  15-05-2015 15:35
  
  If you’re not excited for the return of the Barden Bellas, you might actually be dead inside...
  
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• Nick Grimshaw Talks Those X Factor Rumours: "I'd Like To Do It"

  15-05-2015 14:05
  
  Will he? Won't he?
  
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• #TGIF! Get Ready To Bounce With Club MTV's Friday Mix

  15-05-2015 13:36
  
  Listen to this week's mix from our Club MTV resident DJs R3wire and Varski here...
  
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• It’s Avengers Meets Mark Ronson In This Ultimate ‘Ultron Funk’ Mash-Up!

  15-05-2015 13:36
  
  Ultron channels his inner Bruno Mars in this brilliant parody of 'Uptown Funk'...
  
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• It’s Avengers Meets Mark Ronson In The Ultimate ‘Ultron Funk’ Mash-Up!

  15-05-2015 13:36
  
  Ultron channels his inner Bruno Mars in this brilliant parody of 'Uptown Funk'...
  
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• Gigi Hadid Teases Taylor Swift's Bad Blood Video: "It's Gonna Be Epic"

  15-05-2015 13:21
  
  We're so excited it's ridiculous...
  
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• Here's 10 Tracks Culture Shock Needs You To Hear

  15-05-2015 13:20
  
  The 'City Lights' producer has hand-picked some tunes who should sit up and pay attention to...
  
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• Er... Eden... That's Not How You 'Do' Bowling

  15-05-2015 13:08
  
  Someone needs to have a word with WWE's ring announcer...
  
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• Clapton pays tribute to BB King

  15-05-2015 12:58
  
  Eric Clapton has paid tribute to legendary blues musician BB King, who has died aged 89.
  
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• LunchMoney Lewis Talks Gwen Stefani’s New Album: “It’s Gonna Be Dope!”

  15-05-2015 12:54
  
  The US star is set to take the charts by storm with his catchy debut single, 'Bills'...
  
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• Sam Smith to stay silent for three weeks

  15-05-2015 12:53
  
  The In The Lonely Hour singer will not even be able to speak on his birthday.
  
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• Bono defends U2's tax arrangements as 'sensible'

  15-05-2015 12:53
  Bono insists band pays a fortune in tax and says he does not need to be ‘stupid’ with money because of his poverty campaigningIt is nearly four years since U2’s headline gig at Glastonbury, where activists clashed with security after unfurling a banner asking “U pay tax 2?”However, the band’s lead singer, Bono, 55, remains unrepentant, and has defended its convoluted financial arrangements as “just some smart people we have … trying to be sensible
  
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• Everything We Learnt About One Direction On The Late Late Show… Including That Harry Styles Looks Great In Short Shorts

  15-05-2015 12:10
  
  One Direction information overload anyone?
  
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• Cheryl And Her Hubby Hit Cannes And We Can't Stop Staring At The Perfection

  15-05-2015 11:56
  
  How is she Only Human? #RelationshipGoals indeed...
  
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• Blues Legend BB King Dies In Las Vegas

  15-05-2015 11:19
  
  Blues legend BB King has died in Las Vegas at the age of 89. A message posted on his website two weeks ago said: "I am in home hospice care at my residence in Las Vegas. Rocker Bryan Adams said on Twitter King was "one of the best blues guitarists ever, maybe the best. Rapper Snoop Dogg, Kiss frontman Gene Simmons, and US country singer Brad Paisley were among others who posted tributes.
  
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• The Minions Are After Our Crown Jewels In Brand New Trailer

  15-05-2015 11:17
  
  We can forgive them though 'cause they're SO cute!
  
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• Khloe Kardashian Is Like Totally Naked In This Kylie Jenner Selfie!

  15-05-2015 11:05
  
  Can you spot her?
  
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• Ryan Reynolds And Blake Lively Reveal First Pic Of Baby James... We Can't Handle The Cuteness!

  15-05-2015 10:20
  
  He's been on Instagram less than a week, but Ryan has already given us our first look at the tot...
  
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• That’s Hot! Paris Hilton’s ‘High Off My Love’ Music Video Is A Fifty Shades Fan’s Dream

  15-05-2015 10:07
  
  The heiress gets hot and heavy in the video for her new single featuring Birdman…
  
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• One Direction Finally Address Zayn Malik's Exit On 'The Late Late Show'

  15-05-2015 09:48
  
  Louis Tomlinson also reveals that himself and Malik are now on "good terms" following their Naughty Boy spat...
  
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• Pandora to appeal court ruling that gives BMI higher royalties

  15-05-2015 09:31
  
  (Reuters) - Internet radio service Pandora Media Inc said it will appeal a rate court ruling that could force the company to pay higher royalties to Broadcast Music Inc (BMI) for music licenses. BMI said on Thursday the New York Rate Court ruled in its favour and agreed that the royalty rate of 2.5 percent of revenue was "reasonable, and indeed at the low end of the range of fees of recent licenses." Pandora said in an emailed statement the ruling could increase its content costs as a percentag
  
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• 'Blues can never die': B.B. King reigned but music lives on

  15-05-2015 09:14
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — B.B. King believed anyone could play the blues, and that "as long as people have problems, the blues can never die."
  
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