Following its public and controversial parting with CEO Deborah Dugan earlier this year, the Recording Academy announced Thursday morning that Valeisha Butterfield Jones, who was previously global head of inclusion at Google, has been appointed for the Academy’s newly established chief diversity and inclusion officer position. Butterfield Jones has an …
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With live music on halt and artists experimenting with new ways to engage fans and play homebound shows, John Legend and Tinashe are the latest to take a shot at virtual-reality livestreamed shows. The duo will be a part of One Wave, a new series rolling out throughout the summer …
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Everyone’s spending more time indoors amid the spread of COVID-19. And the music we’re seeking out is changing. Numbers from Alpha Data (the analytics company that powers the Rolling Stone Charts) and data from streaming services show that listeners in America and abroad are tuning into chiller, more mood-oriented music …
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Music leaks won’t stop springing up. After a year of fake Beyoncé releases and botched Radiohead blackmail, a 27-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stealing more than 50 gigabytes of music from industry executives’ computers, all from logging into their online accounts. According to the indictment filed by U.S. authorities …
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When the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced that Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner would be stepping down from his longtime post as chairman next year, the big question was whether changes would be on the horizon for the storied institution. John Sykes, iHeartMedia’s president of entertainment enterprises, pledges …
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