You don’t have to be Gordon Gekko to see how spiraling anxiety over coronavirus has already wrought damage upon global industries. The arrival of James Bond’s latest outing, No Time To Die, is being delayed by six months after its backers decided that stay-at-home corona precautions could damage its box …
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Live Nation — the world’s biggest concert promoter and owner of Ticketmaster, the world’s biggest concert ticketing company — has settled with the U.S. Department of Justice after a week of swirling rumors about government action against the company’s practices. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the DOJ …
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The music-streaming war is headed to its most dramatic setting yet: the stage. On Tuesday, Apple Music announced that it will host a surprise Billie Eilish performance this week to celebrate its “first-ever Apple Music Awards” — just two weeks after Spotify announced plans to host its own “first-ever Spotify …
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What used to be a checklist for avid music fans is now a multiple choice question: Should you go to Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Governors Ball, or one of the litany of other massive music shows that all feel more or less the same? But those who made Stagecoach Music Festival, …
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