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How NYC entertainers and creatives are driving fire aid for Los Angeles

Fast Company Tech

The deadly Los Angeles wildfires had just begun when Comic Relief U.S.’s The six weeks since Los Angeles’ most destructive wildfires have proven no different. FireAid raised an estimated $100 million with performances from dozens of popular musical acts.

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Spotify tries to defend its artist payout rates

Engadget

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. at Apple Music and $8.80 at Amazon Music.

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Urbanista Los Angeles review: solar-powered headphones deliver on a lofty promise

The Verge

Urbanista isn’t the first company to attempt to make good on this idea — JBL announced a pair of its own in 2019 that it was subsequently forced to delay due to the pandemic — but its Los Angeles are the first solar-powered headphones to have actually made it to market. The headphones can be snug on larger heads.

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SAG Awards 2025: How and when to watch Hollywood’s most heartfelt tribute to actors

Fast Company Tech

She will be joined by People editor at large Janine Rubenstein, EW general manager Patrick Gomez, and EW editorial director of TV and music Gerrad Hall. Who is the host of the SAG Awards? The SAG Awards dont always have a host, but this year Kristen Bell is stepping up to the plate. She later had a change of heart and saw the bigger picture.

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Kojima Productions branches into music, television, and movies with new division

TechSpot

On Monday, Kojima Productions announced it would be opening a music, television, and movie division. The new department will be based in Los Angeles, California, and will handle tasks related to taking the studio's properties to "other pop culture areas."

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The delightful Ratatouille TikTok musical has already sold more than $1 million in tickets

The Verge

Titus Burgess as Remy in Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical. The TikTok Ratatouille musical— aka the Ratatousical — debuted online on New Year’s Day and has already sold more than $1 million in tickets, in quite the feel-good start to 2021. link] pic.twitter.com/QqUu6uzM0D — Ratatouille Musical (@ratatousical) January 2, 2021.

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Music licensing marketplace Songtradr raises $50M

TechCrunch

Music licensing marketplace Songtradr this morning announced a $50 million Series D. The oversubscribed round — which features Regal, Aware Super, Perennial, Argo and Greencape — follows a $30 million raise last August , bringing the Los Angeles company’s total funding to north of $100 million.

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