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Apple Music gives Britain's monarch the aux

Engadget

It turns out everyone likes to share their music suggestions, even monarchs. Apple Music has announced a new show called The King's Music Room , hosted by King Charles III at Buckingham Palace. Throughout my life, music has meant a great deal to me," King CharIes III states during the introduction. "It

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Spotify tries to defend its artist payout rates

Engadget

It's no secret that Spotify isn't a big money maker for most artists. But, in its annual Loud & Clear report , the music streamer is trying to change the narrative, reiterating an earlier claim that it paid artists $10 billion in 2024 ($60 million since launching) and adding that these payments increased tenfold over the last 10 years.

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Mr Eazi, Black Coffee and Ajebutter22: The African music artists backing startups

TechCrunch

His win came when the global appetite for Amapiano, a style of house music that emerged in South Africa , and Afrobeats, a popular music genre that originated from Western Africa , had increased exponentially. It was a much-needed success for the African music scene, and though it didn’t appear so, it was a boost for its tech scene. .

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Napster just sold for $207 million

Engadget

The once-iconic music-sharing platform Napster just sold for $207 million, according to reporting by CNBC. More specifically, the company plans on creating virtual 3D spaces for music fans to attend concerts and listening parties, in addition to creating a sales platform for musicians and labels to sell merch.

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Grimes sold $6 million worth of digital art as NFTs

The Verge

Grimes is the latest artist to get in on the NFT gold rush, selling around $6 million worth of digital artworks after putting them up for auction yesterday. The works, titled “ Earth ” and “ Mars ,” are both short videos featuring their titular planet with a giant cherub over it holding a weapon, also set to original music.

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Fortnite is launching a concert series it hopes will become a ‘tour stop’ for artists

The Verge

Music is about to become a much bigger part of Fortnite. So far the likes of Diplo, Steve Aoki, Deadmau5, and Kenshi Yonezu have performed music, while the theater has been used to screen a Tenet trailer , Epic’s Apple-mocking short “Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite,” and even a discussion about race in America.

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The bare minimum skills required to work for yourself in a creative field

The Next Web

His latest book is called The Good Creative: 18 ways to make better art. Wouldn’t it be great if being a brilliant artist was all it took to earn a living? We could spend our days with words, canvases and music, creating our art until we dropped of beautiful exhaustion. This story continues at The Next Web.

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