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An unreleased ‘video’ tab was discovered on Spotify’s ‘Now Playing’ screen Source

via Watch out, YouTube: Music videos could be coming to Spotify (report) — Music Business Worldwide

Spotify is alpha testing In-App Offers in the US and Germany Source

via Spotify makes podcast advertising interactive with new ‘In-App Offers’ feature — Music Business Worldwide

In any normal circumstances, the publication of a book like John Bolton’s would set off a political earthquake. In page after page The Room Where It Happened, he describes a president who displays a startling level of ignorance, incompetence and even outright corruption in his conduct of foreign affairs. Bolton, a staunch republican and conservative,…

via Why John Bolton Book’s Revelations Won’t Make a Difference in Trumpland — TIME

‘At a time when the call for fundamental social change is more urgent than ever, we are looking for someone with a proven track record in leading diversity & inclusion initiatives in a multinational company.’ Source

via Warner Music Group is hiring for a global diversity chief to help cultivate an ‘inclusive culture’ — Music Business Worldwide

Streaming company is now worth more than Universal Music Group parent Vivendi Source

via Spotify, heading towards a $50bn market cap, is worth double what it was 3 months ago — Music Business Worldwide

FACT Archive is a feature where we pick out some of our favourite videos and documentaries from the vault. Since its inception in 2010, Elijah and Skilliam’s Butterz label and associated Jamz party has been one of the most important platforms for grime music, turning stars into young producers like Royal-T, Flava D and Swindle…

via FACT Archive: Pull Up – Grime Through The Eyes of Butterz — FACT Magazine

Taken from her Kern Vol. 5 compilation for Tresor. Helena Hauff and Athens producer Morah provide the blistering soundtrack for a segment from photographer Sohrab Hura’s upcoming film, The Coast. Using India’s coastline as space to examine a growing sense of caste, sexual, religious and political violence in the country, Hura combines at times brutal…

via Helena Hauff & Morah soundtrack Sohrab Hura’s The Coast — FACT Magazine

(LONDON) — Ian Holm, an acclaimed British actor whose long career included roles in “Chariots of Fire” and “The Lord of the Rings” has died. He was 88. Holm died peacefully Friday morning in a hospital, surrounded by his family and carer, his agent, Alex Irwin, said in a statement. His illness was Parkinson’s related.…

via Ian Holm, Acclaimed British Actor and The Lord of the Rings Star, Dies at 88 — TIME

90% of music venues and festivals facing permanent closure Source

via Music Venue Trust calls for £50m Government investment to save UK’s grassroots live music sector — Music Business Worldwide