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After getting the plug pulled by billionaire owner Joe Rickets back in November, a consortium of Public Radio stations — WNYC in New York, WAMU in Washington DC, and KPCC in Southern California — have acquired the rights and archives of Gothamist, as well as LAist, DCist and DNAInfo…

Walk will not appear on the finale of FOX’s singing competition series ‘The Four’ following the allegations.

Songkick “will bow to pressure from Live Nation and Ticketmaster and complete the shutdown of all ticketing operations,“ its founder said in a statement. Facebook is now also officially scanning Bandsintown for concert listings.

Learn how music gets picked for movies, TV shows, video games and commercials. BrooklynVegan is presenting a panel-discussion called “Sounds on the Screen: A Behind the Scenes Look at Music SupervisionL” which will be hosted by Dave Hill (who also knows a thing or two about the topic)…

The 9/20 issue of The Village Voice came out today — it’s the last-ever print edition of the iconic NYC weekly which was founded in 1955. Bob Dylan’s on the cover, offering a farewell salute…

NYC alt-weekly ‘The Village Voice’ has been in print since 1955. The end of an era.

Former Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor is also taking over as CEO, with founder Alex Ljung stepping down.

WMG has acquired “many of the core assets” of concert-listing platform Songkick, including its website, app, and trademark.

Not only did Eventbrite buy Ticketfly from Pandora, SiriusXM has bought a $480 million stake in Pandora. This gives Sirius XM around 16% ownership of Pandora…

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