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News July 5, 2017

Ticketmaster’s plan to kill long lines, Iggy Azalea collaborating with Azealia Banks, and more

Ticketmaster’s plan to kill long lines, Iggy Azalea collaborating with Azealia Banks, and more

Here’s all the music industry news you need to know today.

Iggy Azalea Announces Her Upcoming Collaboration With, of All People, Azealia Banks – via Vulture

Ticketmaster to kill long lines by checking event attendees in with smartphone audio data – via The Verge

Sydney’s Red Bull Academy Weekender is coming back for a weekend of electronic gigs – via Brag 

Rob Owen appointed VP, Creative, Catalogue And Marketing at Warner/Chappell Music UK. – via RotD

Vivendi has acquired the near 60% stake in advertising group Havas for around US$3bn and will move to buy the entire company before the end of the year. – via TheStreet

YouTube loses ground on US subscription music streaming in first six months of 2017. Both single-track downloads and digital album sales fall 24% compared to 2016 – via MBW

Ed Sheeran Says He’s Quitting Twitter – via The Vulture 

Nicola Mendelsohn CBE, VP EMEA Facebook, is to deliver the keynote address at BPI’s agm on 7 September. – via bpi

The BBC announced today that it plans to spend about $44 million (£34 million) in online children’s content across the next three years, responding to the rise of Netflix, YouTube, and Amazon. – via BBC

Glastonbury organisers were accused of ‘rank hypocrisy’ last night for sacking hundreds of staff on zero-hour contracts after just two days work. – via Mail

Tencent’s online publishing arm files for IPO in Hong Kong – via TechCrunch

Chris Rock, Will Smith, and Kendrick Lamar Discuss Racism in Jay-Z’s New 4:44 Video ‘Footnotes for ‘The Story of O.J.’’ – via Vulture

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

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