Music

Bandcamp Music Industry Darling Gutted By 50% Layoff

Bandcamp built a unique music business: profitable and good artists with a popular editorial arm. Now, half the employees at the Bay Area firm are losing their jobs, victims of a sudden corporate swap, SFGATE reported. The Oakland-based company was…

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Music Labels Sue Internet Archive Over Digitized Record Collection

Rolling Stone reported that Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Capitol, and other record labels filed a copyright lawsuit on Friday against the Internet Archive, founder Brewster Kahle, and others over the organization’s “Great 78 Project,” accusing them of behaving…

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Music

Bandcamp is Joining Epic Games

Bandcamp announced today that it is joining Epic Games. At first glance, I find this confusing. What does a website that focuses on music have in common with a company that makes video games? Here is some explanation from Bandcamp’s…

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Square Acquires Majority of TIDAL

Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Twitter, and also co-founder and CEO of Square, posted a long thread of tweets in which he announced that Square is acquiring a majority ownership stake in TIDAL. The TIDAL Twitter account also posted…

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Roland Releases Update to Cross-Platform Zenbeats at CES 2020

Roland, a leading manufacturer and distributor of electronic musical instruments and professional video products, is showcasing Zenbeats, an intuitive and inspiring music creation app that runs cross-platform and is free to access on Android, ChromeOS, iOS, Windows and macOS devices,…

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