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The Beatles' "Hey Jude" Single Was Nearly Scrapped over Its "Pornographic" Apple Label Published Jan 25, 2019"Hey Jude" stands as one of the Beatles' most popular singles, but as it turns out, the physical release was nearly scrapped ahead of hittin...
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Chris Brown Sues Rape Accuser for Defamation Published Jan 24, 2019Following Chris Brown's arrest and release over alleged rape charges earlier this week, the R&B star is now suing his accuser for defamation...
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BlocBoy JB Reportedly Suing 'Fortnite' for Lifting "Shoot" Dance Published Jan 23, 2019Like Alfonso Ribeiro, Backpack Kid and rapper 2 Milly before him, BlocBoy JB is reportedly set to take Fortnite developer Epic Games to cour...
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'Pitchfork' Owner Condé Nast Is Putting All Its Sites Behind Paywalls Published Jan 23, 2019American media publisher Condé Nast, who owns titles including The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired and Pitchfork, is set to move all of its t...
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Members of Arcade Fire, Arkells, PUP, July Talk Show Solidarity with Unist'ot'en Camp Published Jan 21, 2019More than 160 musicians and culture workers in the Canadian music industry have signed a solidarity statement addressed the Wet'suwet'en Fir...
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Bandcamp Is Opening an IRL Record Store Published Jan 17, 2019Despite being a very online entity, Bandcamp is branching out into the IRL with its very own bricks and mortar record store. The first re...
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Cassette Sales Jumped 23 Percent in 2018 Published Jan 17, 2019While vinyl revival stories are nothing new, there continues to be further evidence showing that other physical formats are far from dead in...
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Jack White Launches Third Man Mastering Published Jan 15, 2019After officially launching his Third Man Photo Studio late last year, Jack White has now lifted the curtain on a full-service analog and dig...
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Norway Is Investigating Tidal's Allegedly Inflated Streaming Numbers Published Jan 14, 2019Last year, streaming service Tidal was accused of deliberately boosting streaming numbers for albums by Beyoncé and Kanye West. Now, Norwegi...
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Canada's RPM Distribution Suddenly Shuts Down Published Jan 09, 2019RPM Distribution — Canada's largest independent vinyl distributor — is ceasing operations effective immediately. RPM president Paul Herz...
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'Pitchfork' Founder Ryan Schreiber Steps Down Published Jan 08, 2019After launching Pitchfork back in 1995, founder/editor-in-chief Ryan Schreiber is stepping down from his post at the long-running music publ...