Gore has been President of the Arts Music division since 2017 The post Kevin Gore named President, Global Catalog, Recorded Music at Warner Music Group appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.
He was 58. Outsider musician and visual artist Daniel Johnston has died at age 58. As The Austin Chronicle reports, Johnston suffered a heart attack yesterday evening (September 10). His former manager, Jeff Tartakov, confirmed the news. According to the article, Johnston’s health had declined over the last few years and required multiple hospitalizations. Dick Johnston,…
via Prolific singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston has died — FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.
Alienstock, the alien-themed music festival that originated from a viral joke and was all set to invade a somewhat ill-equipped small town, has experienced a bit of a shake-up. Matty Roberts, the 21-year-old from Bakersfield, Calif., who started the satirical Facebook event, “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us” on June 27, won’t…
Queens, every single one of them. House music and some of its foremost vocalists stormed the televised stage this past weekend (Sunday, September 8) at BET’s annual awards show Black Girls Rock! Aided by DJ Cocoa Chanelle, a live band and a sharp group of dancers, Robin S., Crystal Waters and CeCe Peniston opened the…
UK MPs have called for the government to regulate the games industry’s use of loot boxes under current gambling legislation — urging a blanket ban on the sale of loot boxes to players who are children. Kids should instead be able to earn in-game credits to unlock look boxes, MPs have suggested in a recommendation…
via Loot boxes in games are gambling and should be banned for kids, say UK MPs — TechCrunch
Concept vehicles are a staple of the auto show circuit. And while most will never end up as a production vehicle, they can provide insight into an automaker and clues to where it’s headed. Over at Audi, designers and engineers might have had a distant planet in mind. Or at least an expanse of wilderness.…
via Audi’s off-roading electric concept would be perfect for Tatooine — TechCrunch
Families of the passengers who died in one of the Boeing 737 Max crashes lobbied Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Tuesday to slow what they consider a rush to let the plane fly again. Two of the relatives who took part in the two-hour meeting in Washington said Chao promised that the government will take…
via Relatives of Passengers Killed in Boeing 737 Max Crash Protest in D.C. — TIME
SpaceX is taking the steps necessary to begin test flying the orbital-class version of its Starship spacecraft, with new documents filed by the company (via Teslarati) with the FCC seeking necessary permissions for it to communicate with the prototype while it’s in flight. The company filed documents with the U.S. regulatory agency this week in…
via SpaceX ‘getting ready’ to fly orbital Starship design with new FCC filing — TechCrunch
In Monopoly, if not real life, women now earn more than men. The popular board game has released a new edition that swaps its traditional mascot—real estate mogul “Rich Uncle Pennybags”—for his niece, who invests in female entrepreneurs. The rules have been rewritten in “Ms Monopoly” so that female players start out with more cash…
via ‘Ms Monopoly’ Rewrites the Rules So That Female Players Make More Money Than Males — TIME
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