Pinterest’s community can now add tracks to their Idea Pins from a global catalog, including works by Ed Sheeran, Silk Sonic, Anitta, and many others.
Also in this week's recap: Prince's big day at the Supreme Court, a $10 million judgment against Slacker, and much more.
Bryan Thoensen, reporting up to Max Cutler, will oversee content strategy and acquisitions with individual audio creators.
"This decision is about money and bending to the ego of a music business power broker," says the Rolling Stone founder of attorney Allen Grubman's induction.
"They’ve got spot-on musical instincts," says the label's president.
SoundExchange sued this summer, claiming the streamer stopped paying in 2017.
"Having big artists means a lot of the opportunities are incoming, and although that is wonderful, what really drives me is moving things and opening doors for the up and comers."
The group may not perform again with its full-seven member lineup until 2025 — putting a lot of weight on solo projects and new bands like Seventeen and NewJeans.
The longtime industry player founded the New York retail chain Musical Maze in the 1970s before going on to launch the distribution companies Impact and Big Daddy.
Kevin Brophy says the cover of Cardi's debut mixtape left him "devastated." Her lawyers say he's trying to "cash in the legal equivalent of a lotto ticket.”
