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• Bonnie Pointer of The Pointer Sisters has died aged 69

  08-06-2020 23:57 via nme.com
  
  Bonnie Pointer of the legendary Motown group The Pointer Sisters has died aged 69.
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  The singer’s sister, Anita Pointer, confirmed the news today (June 8) in a statement to Metro UK. “It is with great sadness that I have to announce to the fans of The Pointer Sisters that my sister, Bonnie died this morning,” she revealed.
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• Pulse Music Group President Maria Egan Departs After 7 Years

  08-06-2020 23:51
  
  Pulse Music Group president and head of creative Maria Egan is departing the publisher to pursue a new opportunity, the company officially announced Monday (June 8). Her replacement will be Ashley Calhoun, who has been promoted to senior vp/head of creative.
  “I have enjoyed an amazing seven years at PULSE and I’m so proud of the world-class roster and team that we built,” said Egan in a statement. “I wish Ashley all the best for her new role—no one could be bet
  
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• Fall Out Boy Pledges $100,000 From Band Fund to Support Black Lives Matter Movement

  08-06-2020 23:48
  
  Fall Out Boy committed to supporting the Black Lives Matter movement in a major way today (June 8) by pledging a $100,000 donation.
  Taken out of the Fall Out Boy Fund, which the pop-punkers launched in 2017 to give back to their Chicago hometown, the quartet redirected this large sum amount to National Bail Out and Black Visions Collective. These two nationally acclaimed, Black-led organizations have long supported the liberation and empowerment of all Black people, which grew to utmo
  
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• BTS Donates $1 Million to Black Lives Matter — 24 Hours Later, the BTS ARMY Matches It

  08-06-2020 23:47 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Just 24 hours after K-pop group BTS donated $1 million to Black Lives Matter – the BTS Army matched it. The donation inspired K-pop fans to band together and match the donation. Donations were tracked through a fan collective called One in an Army, which organizes fundraisers. To date, the group has organized over 27 […]The post BTS Donates $1 Million to Black Lives Matter — 24 Hours Later, the BTS ARMY Matches It appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• BTS Donates $1 Million to Black Lives Matter – 24 Hours Later, the BTS ARMY Matched It

  08-06-2020 23:47 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
    Just 24 hours after K-pop group BTS donated $1 million to Black Lives Matter – the BTS Army matched it.  The donation inspired K-pop fans from around social media to band together and match the donation. Donations were tracked through a fan collective called One in an Army, which organizes fundraisers. To date, the […]The post BTS Donates $1 Million to Black Lives Matter – 24 Hours Later, the BTS ARMY Matched It appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Dominic Fike Pens Powerful Essay Calling for Police Defunding: ‘The Real Curse Is the System We Live In’

  08-06-2020 23:21
  
  On Monday (June 8), Dominic Fike chimed in on the pressing issue of police brutality and his past experiences with cops. In an Instagram post, Fike penned an essay explaining his family’s battles with law enforcement and why he opted to pause the release of his first major label single.
  “My life has felt cursed since I was a little kid. I’ve watched police, the supposed good guys, beat my mom and take her away. I’ve had my brothers taken away. Aunts. Uncles. Sh-t, my dad
  
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• Twitch Threatens to Ban Streamers With Too Many DMCA Strikes

  08-06-2020 23:18 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Several high-profile Twitch streamers received DMCA takedown requests for using copyrighted music. Over the weekend, several Twitch streamers report receiving a wave of DMCA takedowns. Fusile, for example, took to Twitter to share that his channel has received two copyright strikes from content in 2019. “Told that if they find one more violation in my […]The post Twitch Threatens to Ban Streamers With Too Many DMCA Strikes appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Twitch Threatens Bans to Streamers Amassing DMCA Strikes Over Music Use

  08-06-2020 23:18 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Several high-profile Twitch streamers received DMCA takedown requests for using copyrighted music. Over the weekend, several Twitch streamers report receiving a wave of DMCA takedowns. Fusile took to Twitter to share his channel has received two copyright strikes from content in 2019. “Told that if they find one more violation in my clips, my Twitch […]The post Twitch Threatens Bans to Streamers Amassing DMCA Strikes Over Music Use appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Juicy J Fights Systemic Racism in ‘Hella F—in Trauma’ Protest-Inspired Anthem

  08-06-2020 23:04
  
  Juicy J channeled a lot of “Hella F—in Trauma” for his latest protest-fueled anthem he posted on SoundCloud yesterday (June 7).
  In reviving his trademark muddled Memphis, Tenn. sound, the 45-year-old rapper declares “enough is enough” throughout the song regarding the racist violence plaguing America that has sparked peaceful protests throughout its major and minor cities. He also touched on coronavirus (“I just drank a Corona, is it a virus or what?&rdqu
  
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• Watch Camila Cabello, Khalid, Noah Cyrus, And More Sing For The Class Of 2020

  08-06-2020 22:59
  
  Camila Cabello, Khalid, Noah Cyrus, and more join up for a group take on U2's 'Beautiful Day,' produced by Finneas, for YouTube's Dear Class of 2020 special.
  
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• Bonnie Pointer of The Pointer Sisters Dies at 69

  08-06-2020 22:52
  
  Bonnie Pointer of Grammy-winning group The Pointer Sisters died on Monday morning (June 8). She was 69 years old.
  “It is with great sadness that I have to announce to the fans of The Pointer Sisters that my sister, Bonnie died this morning,” her sister Anita told TMZ, who first reported the news. “Our family is devastated, on behalf of my siblings and I and the entire Pointer family, we ask for your prayers at this time.”
  The Pointer Sisters were known throughou
  
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• Travis Denning’s Shadowy ‘After a Few’ Is an Unconventional Summer Country Hit

  08-06-2020 22:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rising Nashville star breaks out at radio and streaming by singing about hook-ups and regret
  
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• Christian Nodal Reveals He’s ‘Talking’ to Selena Gomez About a Collab During Live Q&A

  08-06-2020 22:28
  
  In the midst of a global pandemic, Christian Nodal decided to release the first half of his third studio album. “Music changes my chip,” he tells Billboard during a recent Instagram Live Q&A. “When I’m listening to music, my emotions change and that’s why I wanted to release part of the album.”
  In the seven-track EP called AyAyAy!, released May 29 via Fonovisa, Nodal did not shy away from experimental fusions, dropping a norteño-tropical hybrid (&ld
  
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• Rihanna, Ariana Grande, More Sign Open Letter Urging New York Police Reform

  08-06-2020 22:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  Billie Eilish, Migos, Megan Thee Stallion among hundreds in music who signed open letter urging the repeal of 50-A
  
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• Event Designer Bobby Garza in Austin, in a Pandemic: ‘This Is a Wake-Up Call for Me’

  08-06-2020 22:21
  
  When the concert business shut down in mid-March, Bobby Garza abruptly shifted from putting on live events to tearing them down — his company, Austin-based Forefront Networks, had to cancel the California food-and-music festival Yountville Live later that month, and massive productions like December’s Trail of Lights in Austin are in question, too. In early April, his life changed even more dramatically: Forefront furloughed 30 percent of its staff, including him.
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• Living Colour Releases New Music Video for ‘This Is The Life’ Featuring Nationwide Protest Footage

  08-06-2020 22:20
  
  Living Colour’s track “This Is The Life” off its 1990 album Time’s Up couldn’t be more timeless. So the rock band brought back the tune along with a new music video Saturday (June 6) that highlights the protests following George Floyd’s unlawful murder.
  The track offers a glimmer of hope in a seemingly hopeless world infected by racism, praising how one can turn things around for themselves despite the powers that be working against them. And in a montag
  
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• Sports Team and All Time Low neck-and-neck for this week’s Number 1 UK album

  08-06-2020 22:12 via music-news.com
  
  Two albums are neck-and-neck in the race for this week’s Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart, with less than 300 chart sales currently separating the Top 2.
  
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• King Princess Rebukes J.K. Rowling Following Anti-Trans Comments: ‘This One Is Personal’

  08-06-2020 22:08
  
  In the midst of a global pandemic and a country-wide upheaval over police brutality and discrimination, Twitter users were baffled on Saturday (June 6), when Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling sent out a flurry of transphobic tweets due to a headline she read.
  In the first of many tweets, the author criticized a Devex headline that used the phrase “people who menstruate” instead of the word women. “I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someo
  
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• Noah ’40’ Shebib Is Racing to Fix the Damage

  08-06-2020 22:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  The producer and engineer is Drake’s right-hand man, and the sonic architect behind a decade of pop music. Now, he’s finally fighting back against a disease that could take away everything
  
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• Glastonbury’s Shangri La Area Is Launching Online With a Crew of Dance World A-Listers

  08-06-2020 21:58
  
  Glastonbury is revered as one of the world’s most epic music festivals, and while the 2020 event has been cancelled in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the festival’s beloved Shangri La after-hours area is going virtual for a two-day online festival featuring a collection of dance world A-listers.
  Happening July 3-4, the event, called Lost Horizon, will feature more than 50 acts including Fatboy Slim, Peggy Gou, Carl Cox, Seth Troxler, Jamie Jones, Skream, Pete Tong, Sasha and m
  
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• Mariah Carey surprises Schitt's Creek cast during Hero performance

  08-06-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Daniel Levy, Eugene Levy, Catherine O''Hara, and Annie Murphy all reprised their roles as the Rose family for the one-off gig.
  
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• BTS Donated $1 Million To Black Lives Matter — Then Fans Topped It

  08-06-2020 21:37
  
  Last week, South Korean superstars BTS declared their solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Now, the seven Bangtan boys are putting their money where their tweets are, and fans are following suit.
  
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• Dominic Fike pens powerful essay arguing for police defunding

  08-06-2020 21:32 via nme.com
  
  Rapper and vocalist Dominic Fike has penned an essay detailing the negative experiences he and his family have had at the hands of the police, while also arguing for their defunding.
  Read More: How to support Black Lives Matter and anti-racist organisations if you can’t protest
  Fike, who is of Filipino and African-American descent, said on Instagram that he has delayed the release of the first song from his forthcoming debut album in the wake of worldwide protests for racial equality. &ldq
  
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• The Last Word: Judas Priest’s Rob Halford on the Joys of Leather and 40 Years of ‘Breaking the Law’

  08-06-2020 21:12 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Metal God also shares advice on staying sane during social distancing and coming out as a gay metalhead
  
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• Neil Young Slams President Trump in Black Lives Matter Letter: ‘I Believe He Will Be Powerless Soon’

  08-06-2020 21:10
  
  Neil Young shared a message of hope with his fans in a Viewpoint article for his Neil Young Archives Times-Contrarian website Saturday (June 6) that publicized his support for the Black Lives Matter movement and his disdain for President Donald Trump.
  Amid the coronavirus pandemic and the protests as a result of the racist murders of multiple Black individuals, the former Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young member promised his fans that he feels change coming. “Alt
  
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• Rihanna, Ariana Grande & Hundreds More in Music Sign Open Letter Urging New York Police Reform

  08-06-2020 21:03
  
  Hundreds of members of the music community, including artists, managers, publishers, trade groups, executives and record labels, signed an open letter Monday (June 8) calling for New York state to repeal statute 50-A, the state law that shields police officers’ personnel and disciplinary records from public view.
  The decades-old law has long allowed misconduct and disciplinary records of police officers to remain hidden from public view, and its dissolution has become a key piece of calls
  
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• ‘In My Room’ With Melissa Etheridge

  08-06-2020 20:52 via rollingstone.com
  
  Melissa Etheridge performs acoustic versions of "Come to My Window," as well as "Human Chain" off her latest album, The Medicine Show
  
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• Listen to ‘Parklife’ remix of Tommy Robinson criticising Little Mix over anti-racism protests

  08-06-2020 20:42 via nme.com
  
  A video of Tommy Robinson criticising Little Mix over anti-racism protests has been remixed using Blur‘s ‘Parklife’ – listen to it below.
  Read more: How to support Black Lives Matter and anti-racist organisations if you can’t protest
  The anti-Islam activist and former leader of the English Defence League shared a video this weekend of him attacking the various protests taking place across the UK in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
  The protests taking plac
  
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• Google Play Music to YouTube Music Transfers Are Now Live

  08-06-2020 20:41 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  After a month-long beta, Google Play Music to YouTube Music transfers is now rolling out. Last month, we reported on the feature debuting for some lucky Google Play Music users. The transfer tool makes it possible to bring all of your uploaded music into YouTube Music. Amazingly, GPM users have been waiting for years for Google to […]The post Google Play Music to YouTube Music Transfers Are Now Live appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• After Months of Beta, Google Play Music to YouTube Music Transfers Now Live

  08-06-2020 20:41 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  After a month-long beta, Google Play Music to YouTube Music transfers is now rolling out. Last month we reported on the feature debuting for some lucky Google Play Music users. The transfer tool makes it possible to bring all of your uploaded music into YouTube Music. GPM users have been waiting for years for Google […]The post After Months of Beta, Google Play Music to YouTube Music Transfers Now Live appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Bring Me The Horizon delay new track ‘Parasite Eve’ in support of Black Lives Matter

  08-06-2020 20:38 via nme.com
  
  Bring Me The Horizon‘s Oli Sykes has announced the band are delaying the release of their latest single due to ongoing worldwide protests for racial equality.
  Read more: The Big Read, Bring Me The Horizon: “We never say die”
  Last month, the band revealed that a new single called ‘Parasite Eve’ would be coming this Wednesday. They also dropped a video previewing the single.
  Now, however, Sykes has said that the band will not be releasing new music as planned, as
  
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• AEG Announces Major Staffing Cuts as Concert Cancellations Stretch Further

  08-06-2020 20:24 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Owing to the novel coronavirus’s ongoing impact upon the live event sphere, Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) is preparing to layoff, furlough, and cut the salary of a number of its team members, according to preliminary reports. AEG President and CEO Dan Beckerman revealed the unfortunate development to his employees via an internally circulated memo. The […]The post AEG Announces Major Staffing Cuts as Concert Cancellations Stretch Further appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Watch Johnny Manuel Get a Four-Chair Turn on ‘The Voice Australia’ With Impressive Diana Ross Cover

  08-06-2020 20:21
  
  Aspiring singer Johnny Manuel wowed the judges on The Voice Australia on Sunday (June 7) with a powerhouse take on “Home” by Diana Ross.
  Belting out the show-stopping number from Broadway classic The Wiz, the Flint, Mich. native quickly earned a four-chair turn from judges Kelly Rowland, Boy George, Delta Goodrem and Guy Sebastian thanks to his massive voice and spine-tingling melisma. “When I think of home, I think of a place/ Where there’s love overflowing/ I wish I was
  
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• Village People Singer Victor Willis Tells Trump to Stop Using Their Music at Rallies

  08-06-2020 20:19 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer says decision was spurred after president had peaceful protesters cleared for photo op
  
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• What Was Your Favorite Performance During ‘Dear Class of 2020’? Vote!

  08-06-2020 20:18
  
  Yesterday (June 7), YouTube Originals toasted this year’s graduates with a bevy of musical performances during its “Dear Class of 2020″ commencement, from Lizzo’s powerhouse flute recital of “Pomp and Circumstance” to the Finneas-directed all-star U2 cover of “Beautiful Day.”
  Megan Thee Stallion reminded the global graduating class of a “Hot Girl Summer” to look forward to when she performed the song alongside “Big Ole F
  
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• Justin Timberlake Urges People Not to Forget Breonna Taylor Amid Protests

  08-06-2020 20:17 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  While protests continue over police brutality, Justin Timberlake asks his fans not to forget Breonna Taylor. Taylor is a young Black EMT who was killed while sleeping in her own home, during a no-knock raid. Police officers in plain clothes burst into the apartment and opened fire, hitting Taylor with eight bullets. She died at […]The post Justin Timberlake Urges People Not to Forget Breonna Taylor Amid Protests appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• DaBaby & Roddy Ricch’s ‘Rockstar’ Rises to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

  08-06-2020 20:11
  
  DaBaby’s “Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, ascends to No. 1, from No. 3, on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. DaBaby scores his first Hot 100 leader and Roddy Ricch adds his second.
  Plus, SAINt JHN’s “Roses” rises 14-10 on the Hot 100, marking his first top 10 on the tally.
  Let’s run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated June 13) will update on Billboard.com tomorro
  
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• Nick Cordero’s Wife Amanda Kloots Gives Update on His Condition: ‘Things Are Moving in the Right Direction’

  08-06-2020 20:04
  
  Nick Cordero’s wife, Amanda Kloots, gave a hopeful update on the actor’s condition on Sunday (June 7) as he battles the coronavirus.
  “S0 I think this weekend was a good weekend, it was uneventful,” she said in a series of videos posted to her Instagram Stories. “Which, uneventful in the ICU is a good weekend. I think he had a weekend of rest, a weekend of growing, strength in his body and recovering a little bit. … Not too many changes were made, which is als
  
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• ‘Why I Protest’: Snow Tha Product on Why She Marches in Solidarity With Black Lives Matter

  08-06-2020 19:54
  
  People across the country and around the world have taken the streets to protest since late May, demanding justice for George Floyd and other black citizens who have died in the hands of police.
  Marching in solidarity with the black community and fighting against institutional racism, Mexican-American rapper Snow Tha Product (real name: Claudia Feliciano) is among the thousands of people who are chanting “black lives matter.”
  “We represent a culture that has our own s
  
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• 10K Projects Launches $500,000 Fund to Combat Racial Injustice

  08-06-2020 19:54 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Independent record label 10K Projects is establishing 10K Together – a $500K fund to fight racial injustice. The charitable organization will fight racist policies and help create career opportunities for Black youth. 10K Projects says the $500,000 spent over the next five years includes three components. 10K Together will start by supporting charities that fight […]The post 10K Projects Launches $500,000 Fund to Combat Racial Injustice appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Asylums share home footage video for potent new single ‘Platitudes’

  08-06-2020 19:49 via nme.com
  
  Asylums have shared their newest single ‘Platitudes’, the third taste of their forthcoming album ‘Genetic Cabaret’ which was recorded with acclaimed Nirvana and Pixies producer Steve Albini.
  Read More: From The Mixing Desk Of Steve Albini – 5 Essential Albums
  The Southend four-piece have also released a video for the fast-paced and scuzzy single, which makes use of home footage detailing some of their highlights so far.
  “It’s going to sound weird, but I
  
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• YG Plays ‘FTP’ During L.A. Protest: ‘All of Us Protesting Are on the Same Side’

  08-06-2020 19:40
  
  As celebrities continue to protest across the nation in hopes of accelerating justice for George Floyd and the entire Black Lives Matter movement, YG participated in the action and had a resounding message for his detractors over the weekend.
  “For anyone out there talking I don’t question your advocacy and don’t think you should question mine,” he wrote in an Instagram post Monday (June 8) after protesting in Los Angeles alongside BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors, Melina A
  
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• Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, Bill Murray Set for Online John Prine Special

  08-06-2020 19:39 via rollingstone.com
  
  'Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine' streams June 11th with an all-star lineup
  
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• How We Work Now: Concord Senior VP Synch Licensing Brooke Primont

  08-06-2020 19:34
  
  In a series amid the coronavirus pandemic, Billboard is asking individuals from all sectors of the music business to share stories of how they work now, with much of the world quarantined at home and unable to take in-person meetings, attend conferences or even go into the office. Submissions for the series can be sent to [email protected]. Read the full series here.
  This installment is with Brooke Primont, Concord’s senior vp of synch licensing.
  Brooke Primont: I commute into [Ma
  
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• How We Work Now: Concord Music Publishing Senior VP Synchronization Brooke Primont

  08-06-2020 19:34
  
  In a series amid the coronavirus pandemic, Billboard is asking individuals from all sectors of the music business to share stories of how they work now, with much of the world quarantined at home and unable to take in-person meetings, attend conferences or even go into the office. Submissions for the series can be sent to [email protected]. Read the full series here.
  This installment is with Brooke Primont, Concord Music Publishing’s senior vp of synchronization.
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• John Legend Explains What ‘Defund the Police’ Actually Means

  08-06-2020 19:32 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  In a recent series of Twitter messages, John Legend explained what it actually means to “defund the police,” which some activists are calling for in the wake of George Floyd’s death. John Legend published his 10-tweet-long take on the matter yesterday, over the course of several hours. Beginning by posting a link to an Essence.com […]The post John Legend Explains What ‘Defund the Police’ Actually Means appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Lady Gaga’s ‘Chromatica’ & 15 Other No. 1 Albums With Made-Up or Obscure Words in the Title

  08-06-2020 19:23
  
  Chromatica, the title of Lady Gaga’s new album, which enters the Billboard 200 at No. 1 this week, is a variation of the word “chromatic,” but strictly speaking “chromatica” isn’t a word.
  Talking about the album’s title, Gaga described “Chromatica” as a planet where equality rules, and also as a location in her mind where all sounds and colors mix.
  “Chromatica” is far from the first made-up word to appear in the title of a No. 1 a
  
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• Australia’s Concert Industry Has a $345 Million Recovery Plan

  08-06-2020 19:23 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Live Performance Australia has an AUD $345 million recovery plan for the live entertainment industry. The organization represents promoters, festival organizers, and other companies in the live entertainment space. The proposal is worth $241 million USD and will help bring Australia’s concert industry back. Estimates from 2018 suggest the Australian live sector was worth $1.4 […]The post Australia’s Concert Industry Has a $345 Million Recovery Plan appeared first on Digital Mu
  
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• Ani DiFranco to Perform in Prison Reform Livestream

  08-06-2020 19:19 via rollingstone.com
  
  Long Time Gone virtual concert will feature call-ins from incarcerated poets Spoon Jackson and Samual Brown
  
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• AEG to Make Significant Layoffs and Furlough Employees, Staff Memo Says

  08-06-2020 19:15
  
  AEG is implementing significant employee cuts starting July 1, AEG chief executive Dan Beckerman announced in an email today, saying staff and cost reductions were a result of the long term impact of a global shutdown of concerts and events from the spread of the virus causing COVID-19.
  The cuts are a mix of layoffs, furloughs and salary reductions that will be implemented within all departments including AEG Presents, the concert and festival promotion group responsible for events like Coa
  
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