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Spotify and Universal Music Group Ink Licensing Deal, Expanding Label’s Role as ‘Early Adopter’ of Tools
Spotify and Universal Music Group have finalized a new and expanded multi-year global licensing agreement. As part of the arrangement, announced Wednesday (July 22), the label group deepens its role as an early adopter of Spotify’s marketing tools and other tech features that both parties hope will foster more impactful connections between fans and artists in innovative ways. “With thi...
Gioli & Assia’s ‘For You With Love’ Playlist
With everyone sequestered and self-quarantining due to the coronavirus, we’ve asked our favorite artists to come up with playlists that keep you entertained. Here is Italian electronic production duo Gioli & Assia: Although we mainly produce music influenced by underground techno, house, pop, and indie music, this is a playlist spanning different genres of feel-good songs that help us feel pos...
Highlander Adventure: my first post-lockdown trip
As restrictions begin to ease around the world, Peter prepares to head out on his first post-lockdown trip: the Highlander Adventure After 100 days in lockdown, I am itching to return to the trail. As someone who is most content outdoors, I have found the restrictions particularly claustrophobic, despite devising some rather creative ways to pass the time. I haven’t spent 100 days in a single plac...
Warner Bros. Postpones Christopher Nolan’s Sci-Fi Spy Film ‘Tenet’ Indefinitely
Source: Warner Bros. Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures Looks like fans of John David Washington looking forward to seeing him save the world in the Christopher Nolan sci-fi thriller, Tenet will have to wait a while longer as the studio has once again delayed the film’s street date (thanks, Trump. Variety is reporting that Warner Bros. hasn’t just pushed back the film’s August release date, but deci...
Meek Mill Responds To Claims He Shaded Nicki Minaj’s Pregnancy Announcement, “Get Inside Your Own Body A Lil More”
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Nicki Minaj may have finally confirmed rumors that she is expecting, but it was Meek Mill‘s response to the news that reportedly held her Barbz’ attention. On Monday (Jul 20), Nicki Minaj took to Instagram to share the news that she was indeed pregnant. As previously reported, the Camp style announcement set the internet ablaze with both congratulations and jokes, b...
6 Things We Learned From Amanda Seales on ‘The Breakfast Club’
Source: WENN/Avalon / WENN Fresh off a memorable performance hosting the BET Awards and another dope season of Insecure, Amanda Seales continues to prove that not enough people appreciate what the woman brings to the culture. Today (July 21) the multi-hyphenated actress and entrepreneur had a video interview with The Breakfast Club in which she got into how she completed her segments for the BET A...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says Republican Congressman Called Her A “F*cking B*tch”
Source: Stephanie Keith / Getty In the increasingly partisan push-and-pull of Washington politics, testiness is becoming a hallmark between the opposing members of Congress. A line was possibly crossed however when a Republican Party congressman reportedly referred to Democratic Party congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a “f*cking b*tch” after approaching her outside the U.S. Capitol steps. ...
Report: Businessman steps in as PIF loses exclusivity rights to bid for NUFC
According to The Telegraph, contracts signed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund no longer give them exclusivity rights to bid for Newcastle United and current Toons owner Mike Ashley is free to negotiate with other interested parties. That has boosted American TV mogul Henry Mauriss’ chances of beating them to the purchase of the club and he is looking to step in. He has stepped up his attem...
‘Relegated with Villa’ – Leeds star grateful EPL transfer fell through last summer
Leeds United midfielder Kalvin Phillips signed a new five-year contract to remain at Elland Road last September, but he was on the verge of joining Aston Villa just a few weeks prior to that. Dean Smith’s side were keen to land the Whites star having secured top-flight promotion and he was also very much interested in leaving Leeds to play Premier League football. A significantly increased salary ...
Report: Spurs ‘expected to increase’ their bid for £25m star…but there’s a catch
Everton and Tottenham Hotspur are both interested in signing Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg from Southampton in the transfer window. It seems Everton are still leading the race for his signature. According to an exclusive report from the Daily Echo, Hojbjerg has visited Everton’s training ground and has agreed personal terms with the Toffees. The report claims that Southampton have accepted ...
‘He needs to go’, ‘Let him go’ – Some Villa fans react as Grealish comments on his future
Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish has been linked with a move away from the club for a while now. The playmaker has now revealed that he is not too sure about his future at the club but he is fully focused on the relegation battle and he is keen to keep his boyhood club in the Premier League next season. Speaking to Sky Sports about his future at Villa, he said: “I’m not too sure at the mo...
Elon Musk Says People Will Eventually Consume Music Through Brain Chip
Headphones may soon be a thing of the past if Elon Musk has his way. The tech bro and Kanye loyalist believes his latest product, a brain chip implant, will be able to stream music directly into our brains. Neuralink, a startup recently co-founded by Musk, has been developing “computer-brain interfaces” with the intention of “helping humans keep pace with advanced artificial intelligence.” As Tech...
