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Ben Sisario
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The Emails at the Heart of the Government’s Ticketmaster Case
Live Nation Entertainment, which owns Ticketmaster, is accused of violating antitrust laws. The Justice Department drew on the concert behemoth’s internal communications in its lawsuit.
Universal Music Artists Will Return to TikTok
The two companies reached a new licensing deal, ending a three-month stalemate that kept some of pop’s biggest stars off the platform.
Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets’ Breaks Records With Blockbuster Debut
Only the Beatles have more No. 1 LPs now: The pop superstar reigns atop the Billboard 200 for the 14th time with the equivalent of…
Hipgnosis Agrees to $1.4 Billion Deal to Sell to Concord
Hipgnosis, which owns the rights to songs by Justin Bieber and Neil Young, helped kick-start a rush on catalog sales. But its future has been…
Taylor Swift Sells a Rainbow of Vinyl Albums. Fans Keep Buying Them.
Artists across pop genres are finding success with colored vinyl and different variants of their releases. For Swifties, the urge to collect them all is…
Taylor Swift’s Music Returns to TikTok Ahead of New Album
Songs by the pop singer reappeared on TikTok despite the platform’s ongoing licensing dispute with Universal Music Group, which releases Swift’s music.
Ariana Grande’s ‘Eternal Sunshine’ Is the Biggest Album of 2024 Yet
The pop singer’s sixth No. 1 album opens at the top with the equivalent of 227,000 sales in the United States.
Neil Young Will Return to Spotify, Ending Protest of Joe Rogan
The rock musician removed his songs from the streamer in 2022 to protest coronavirus podcast episodes, but reversed course in light of the show’s wider…
Apple Music Removes Ye’s “Vultures 1” Amid Distributor Dispute
The streaming platform took down “Vultures 1” after the LP’s distributor, Fuga, said its upload violated a service agreement. The album is on pace to…
TikTok Lost Universal’s Huge Music Catalog. What Happened?
Universal Music Group, the biggest of the three major conglomerates, pulled songs by Taylor Swift, Drake and other stars after failing to agree on a…
