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December 9, 2024

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Podcast of the Week: The Real Story of MTV with Bob Pittman

Today MTV is a cultural institution, but people forget what a long shot it was to get the channel off the ground. Bob Pittman led the team that created MTV. In this special episode, he reminisces with co-founders and friends John Sykes, Judy McGrath, Fred Seibert, Tom Freston and Jarl Mohn about what it was like to create the ’80s…

Yutaka Sado to Conduct Gershwin & Schoenberg

Tonight, for the opening concert of the 2024 Grafenegg Festival, festival director Rudolf Buchbinder joins the Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich and conductor…

Yutaka Sado to conduct at Grefenegg Festival Music Press Asia
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Disney’s TV Series An Ode to Diversity

Disney has come a long way since its very first animation of Snow White and Cinderella. Today, it is targeting a variety of cultures, diversities, and topics close to the…

Doogie Kamealoha MD Disney Plus1. Music Press Asia
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Relistening: The Larry Crowne Soundtrack

Larry Crowne is a 2011 romantic comedy film starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, directed by Hanks himself. The film tells the story of a middle-aged man who loses his…

Music Review: Larry Crowne Soundtrack at Music Press Asia
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Music subscription to increase in 2023. Music Press Asia
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Is Apple Music Going To Increase Subscription Price?

Apple users in the US and UK will have to pay a little bit more per month for their favourite streaming service Apple has quietly raised the subscription costs of its Apple Music and Apple TV+ plans, as well as the Apple One bundle in a number of countries, including the US and UK. It is the first time that…

Astro To Premier Chinese New Year Content

Astro ushers in the Water Tiger with its #UHUU2022 Chinese New Year campaign and continues to reward customers with quality and exciting entertainment programs this CNY. What will Astro do…

Uhuu Action Astro Pop Up Channel 338. Music Press Asia
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Astro Released 2022 Chinese New Year Album

Astro is celebrating the year of the Water Tiger here in Malaysia with the UHUU2022 Chinese New Year campaign already well underway. With an extensive list of programs already being…

Astro releases UHuu Jia Ba Jin CNY album. Music Press Asia

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5 Reasons Why Your Song Needs To Be Online

Attended by industry professionals, the talk focus on how music streaming is changing ways how artists and songs break, and how people discover and listen to music. Here are just…

Tencent to Expand Streaming Service Joox

While the service is currently available in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Hong Kong, Tencent has plans to launch it in at least two more countries this year, including India. This…

Tencent’s QQ Music and China Music Corp, operator of the popular KuGou platform, merged their businesses in July 2016 to pave way for an initial public offering.

VP Left, MixRadio Discontinued by Line

Rosenberg was officially appointed Executive Vice President of Corporate Security at F-Secure recently after leaving MixRadio, a global streaming music and personal radio service, which has recently closed down after…

MixRadio's services was discountinued by Line in March 2016.

What’s Talking at San Francisco Music Summit?

The ultimate Silicon Valley mindset combined with music, it is the assembly of some of the most innovative ideas combined with the ever evolving entertainment industry. Industry experts come from…

SF Music Tech Summit, on an annual basis, gathers some of the newest innovation projects in the digital realm focusing on the music industry.