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Jay Z Launches Tidal Streaming Hi Def Music Service Today
Jay Z is launching his streaming music service, called Tidal, on March 30th in the US. This is the service I told you he...
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Hyatt Hotel Heir’s $100 Million Never Seen, Unfinished Jazz Movie Re-shooting Again This Spring
You wouldn't think this is possible. But Dan Pritzker's $100 million jazz movie "Bolden!" is re-shooting again. Pritzker is from the Hyatt Hotels family...
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Taylor Swift Dumped Spotify, But She’s Streaming Everywhere Else 20K Copies A Week
UPDATE Hits Daily Double explains:
"Taylor Swift is streaming due to the higher number on our Sales Plus Streaming chart. The difference between Taylor’s album...
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Sirius Radio Loses Key Motion in Pre- 1972 Cases; Judge Rules Against Them; The Turtles Continue to Make Serious Inroads for Digital Royalties
EXCLUSIVE Sirius XM has lost its motion for reconsideration in the case brought against them by the Turtles over pre-1972 recordings. The satellite radio...
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George Washington University Dean Proud That Scientology Founder Was a Grad
Did educator Peter Konwerski out himself tonight as a Scientologist? The dean of student affairs at George Washington University took to Twitter to announce...
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Super Bowl: NFL Orchestrates Annual Release of Roger Goodell’s $44 Mil Salary til After Game
Sunday is the Super Bowl. But in the next couple of weeks will come bigger news from the NFL: whether or not Roger Goodell...
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Broadway: Without Nathan Lane, “It’s Only a Play” Box Office Is Off By a Million Bucks
Does Nathan Lane have drawing power on Broadway? Evidently, a lot. When he and Matthew Broderick were starring in "It's Only a Play" during...
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Music: Sound Exchange Digital Royalties Up 31% in 2014 from Sirius, Pandora, Etc.
SoundExchange, the organization that collects digital royalties, says their total was up 31% in 2014 from 2013. We're not surprised. SE collected $773 million,...