Rdio called Spotify a 'boring, spreadsheet-like' experience, but what if the entire subscription space has a far bigger problem? Well, according to one of the most agile shapers of culture, that's exactly what's happening here. Here's what Jimmy Iovine, a top Universal Music Group executive and... Read more...
It never saw the light of day, for obvious reasons. But the beta-stage MegaBox is now part of a growing conspiracy theory over why MegaUpload was so abruptly shut down. And it's getting fueled by a deeply suspicious public, one struggling to understand exactly how US-based agencies like the FB... Read more...
Marcus Garvey Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr. was a Jamaican publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA... Read more...
Anonymous, the rogue group responsible for some of the most, if not expansive, blunt online activist movement of all time is well underway in proving to major corporations and government agencies around the world that they are here to stay – in more ways than one. Techland, a Time magazine divisio... Read more...
French presidential officials have been caught illegally downloading copyrighted material; ironic, as the officials could have broken the French ‘three strikes’ laws twice over. Just as both employees of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the RIAA, one of the main proponents behind th... Read more...
Universal Remote (Full Video) - I AM NOT A RAPPER A magical TV remote control sends Bubba and Leroy tumbling into an un-PC TV land where the channel keeps changing and the shows get more and more bizarre. Director: Gary Hardwick Writer: Gary Hardwick Stars: D.C. ... Read more...
“The Real Thanksgiving” is a very important event that we ask you to post and also attend. Most of us have family from or in the Gullah/Geechee Nation’s corridor: “Down South” in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida areas. At this event, we will learn firsthan... Read more...
Back in 2007 (June 30, Billboard) when I asked what is an indie, I got a multitude of answers. Today, that question evokes even more complex answers because the landscape has not only changed dramatically but is still changing. Over the last 15 years, things have only gotten even murkier. Majors ... Read more...
By Ed Christman with Antony Bruno As expected, Apple has signed the fourth major label -- Universal Music Group -- to a licensing deal for its new iCloud service, which is scheduled to be unveiled on Monday at its Worldwide Developer Conference, sources told Billboard today. At the same t... Read more...