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News March 23, 2017

21 things to know about the music industry today

21 things to know about the music industry today
Noah Cyrus

Here’s the music industry news you need to know this morning.

  1. Drake’s More Life tops 250m streams across Apple Music and Spotify in two-and-a-half days – via MBW
  2. Viagogo a No-Show at U.K. Hearing Into Secondary Ticketing: ‘Huge Lack of Respect’, Accused of Fraud – via Billboard
  3. Facebook now lets you broadcast live video from a PC – via The Verge
  4. Daniel Ek’s ‘Brilliant Minds’ conference will return to Sweden on June 8—9 as part of Symposium Stockholm. – via MBW
  5. A2IM Indie Week on Thursday, June 8 in NY Announces Initial 2017 Speakers – via Hypebot
  6. Google has been warned that it is “colluding” with the fraudulent and extortionate mis-selling of tickets for entertainment events – via Times
  7. Sony Music launches Weekday Records. Pure Noise founder Jake Round to helm imprint – via MBW
  8. Collarts have acquired Mercer School of Interior Design and are launching two new courses in Content Creation & Music Production – via Collarts
  9. Space Jam’s Jams Score Vinyl Rerelease on Record Store Day – via Vulture
  10. Laura Mvula has revealed she found out she was dropped by her record label Sony via e-mail – via BBC
  11. Damon Albarn to premiere new Gorillaz music tomorrow – CoS
  12. Woman gifted £9,000 by George Michael for IVF treatment found out she was pregnant on day he died – via The Sun
  13. Manny Smith named SVP of A&R at Interscope Records – via MBW
  14. Amazon Music might land in India in 2018 – via The Next Web
  15. James Grant Group readies rapid expansion in US market – via MBW
  16. Noah Cyrus has signed a contract with Sony to launch her music career – via The Sun
  17. Rihanna could not bear watching her Bates Motel sex scene… so she started a live Instagram drinking game instead – via Daily Mail
  18. Nicki Minaj, Ellie Goulding, Niall Horan & More React to Parliament Attack: ‘May God Protect Everyone in London’ – via Billboard
  19. China’s Alibaba Group has fully acquired online ticketing platform Damai.cn – via Reuters
  20. Red Bull Music Academy NYC Will Feature Solange at the Guggenheim, Plus Gucci Mane and Zaytoven Doing Piano Ballads – via Spin
  21. ASCAP relaunches royalty admin services arm Songwize – via MBW

This article originally appeared on The Industry Observer, which is now part of The Music Network.

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