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DigitalOcean, the cloud infrastructure service that made a name for itself by focusing on low-cost hosting options in its early days, today announced that it has appointed former SendGrid COO and CFO Yancey Spruill as its new CEO and former EnerNOC CFO Bill Sorenson as its new CFO. Spruill will replace Mark Templeton, who only…

via DigitalOcean gets a new CEO and CFO — TechCrunch

FUGA claims that deal will “provide the only unified, end-to-end solution for record labels and music publishers that supports the full lifecycle of music”. The post FUGA acquires publishing rights management platform Songspace appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.

via FUGA acquires publishing rights management platform Songspace — Music Business Worldwide

The trial of rapper A$AP Rocky has begun in Sweden as he pleaded not guilty to assault charges. The New York-born musician has been in custody since July 3 after a fight broke out in Stockholm. He could face up to two years in a Swedish prison if convicted. The court’s ruling may come down…

via A$AP Rocky’s Trial Has Started in Sweden. And He Could Face Up To 2 Years in Prison if He’s Convicted — TIME

A two-second sample may set precedent for future copyright cases. Kraftwerk have won a lengthy legal dispute involving unauthorized sampling of their music after a 20-year battle. As Billboard reports, the European Court of Justice yesterday (July 29) ruled in favor of the German electronic music pioneers, whose members Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider-Esleben began…

via Kraftwerk wins decades-long dispute over unauthorized sampling — FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, a planet-seeking satellite that launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket last April, has found three new worlds that orbit a nearby dwarf star that is both smaller and cooler than our own Sun. The newfound planets range in size and temperature, but are all bigger than Earth and with…

via NASA’s newest planet-hunting satellite finds three new worlds — TechCrunch

It arrives October 4 on his Axis label. Jeff Mills has announced a new compilation, Sight, Sound and Space. Spanning 46 tracks across three CDs, the massive project is due for release on October 4 via Mills’ Axis label. Sight, Sound and Space is the latest addition to Mills’ retrospective series The Director’s Cut which…

via Jeff Mills announces massive compilation Sight, Sound and Space — FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.

NASA has selected 13 companies to partner with on 19 new specific technology projects it’s undertaking to help reach the Moon and Mars. These include SpaceX, Blue Origin and Lockheed Martin, among others, with projects ranging from improving spacecraft operation in high temperatures to landing rockets vertically on the Moon. Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin will…

via NASA taps SpaceX, Blue Origin and 11 more companies for Moon and Mars space tech — TechCrunch

Many dogs, cats, primates and other research animals are killed in federal laboratories each year because agencies don’t have a policy that allows animals to find new homes after their testing has finished. That could change under a new bill. A bipartisan group of senators introduced the Animal Freedom from Testing, Experimentation and Research (AFTER)…

via Senate Bill Could Save Many Federal Lab Animals’ Lives and Give Them a New Home — TIME

“As streaming and subscriber growth continues apace our music too has enjoyed growth in line with the market.” The post XL Recordings released 6 records last year. It turned over $65 million. appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.

via XL Recordings released 6 records last year. It turned over $65 million. — Music Business Worldwide