Celebrity Life
Watch Techstars Music’s Demo Day Exclusively on ‘Rolling Stone’
The seed accelerator showcased its latest class of music-tech startups, all of which bring ambitious new ideas to the global entertainment business
5G Could Be the Future of Concerts. No, Really
A new partnership between Verizon, Capitol Music Group and Motown Records centers on 5G, the tech that could — if all goes well — power the next generation of livestreams, holograms, NFTs, and self-driving cars
Op-Ed: Spotify’s New ‘Discovery Mode’ Is Just Payola
The streaming service is rolling out a thinly veiled pay-for-play scheme that profits off the pandemic, write the musicians and songwriters of the Artist Rights Alliance
The Fight Over Music-Streaming Royalties Misses the Point
In the controversy over streaming economics, warring factions of the music industry are bickering over how to move pennies around a plate, rather than how to expand the size of the shared meal
Techstars Music to Demo Its 2021 Accelerator Class on ‘Rolling Stone’
The startup accelerator will showcase its new class of promising music, media, and tech companies exclusively on Rolling Stone's Twitch channel
At Work With Greg Kurstin, the Quiet Producer Behind Two Decades of Hits
"I'm still trying to figure it out," says the prolific songwriter and producer about the sweet sauce of making a modern music hit
DistroKid Says It Puts Out Nearly 40 Percent of the World’s New Music
The growing DIY service, used by stars like Arizona Zervas, is offering new features to better the royalty-splitting experience
Live Nation, Still Without Concerts, Has Lost $300 Million in 2021 So Far
While the concert giant has faced mounting losses in the pandemic, it has already booked twice as many shows for 2022 as it did in 2019, executives say
XXXTentacion’s Estate Will Drop His Unreleased SoundCloud Songs as NFTs
The late rapper’s team is working with YellowHeart to sell rare music and concert footage on May 10th. A portion of proceeds will be donated to the XXXFoundation charity
An Ex-Spotify Exec Breaks Down Modern Music’s ‘Tarzan Economics’
In a new book, Will Page, Spotify's former chief economist, lays out eight principles for entrepreneurship in the rapid-fire digital era
You Can Learn How to Perform Directly From Madonna, Now
"I think it's really beautiful to see people connect with one another. And we're the only ones doing that in this space," says veteran talent manager Guy Oseary, who debuts his new live educational platform Bright today
Red Hot Chili Peppers Sell Catalog to Hipgnosis
The $140 million sale marks the latest sale from a major legacy artist to a music investment fund — and one of the biggest purchases for Merck Mercuriadis to date