Karen Glauber scolds Alt PDs for their “unwillingness to play much new music,” including Marcagi, Mitski and Vampire Weekend, in her latest Post Toasted column. “If I programmed a radio station,” she writes, “I’d feature currents, both new and tested, and do whatever I had to do to set up the next generation of listeners.” Let ’em have it, KG.
Virgin Music Group has promoted Cindy James to general manager of the company’s North American operations.
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TikTok has announced a global ticketing partnership with AXS that will allow fans to buy tickets on TikTok.
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The Beatles film Let It Be, unavailable since the early 1980s, will be streamed exclusively on Disney+ beginning 5/8.
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U.K. INDIE SECTOR RISES FOR SIXTH YEARIndependently released music claimed 29.2% of U.K. recorded music consumption in 2023, up from 28.6% in 2022 and nearly a third higher than in 2017. In the physical music market, indies counted for 35% of all album sales.
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Warner's Dua Lipa lands atop the Pop add board with "Illusion," while RCA posts 27 early adds on Doja Cat's "OKLOSER" and Columbia's Hozier earns Most Added honors at Modern Rock with "Too Sweet."
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For the title track on Future & Metro Boomin's just-released LP, WE STILL DON'T TRUST YOU, the chart-topping duo tap The Weeknd to add some angelic vocals. The trio's video features model-actress Winnie Harlow.
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UMG and Verve Label Group have partnered with the Captain Planet Foundation to enhance the gardens at Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School (BUGS). Pictured are BUGS' Laura Karlen and Julia John, CPF's Marty Ordman, BUGS' Susan Tenner, Verve's Jamie Krents, CPF's LaTyra Noland and sixth graders from BUGS.
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On 4/26 MusiCares will hold the second iteration of The Day That Music Cares, an initiative that encourages music professionals and fans to volunteer.
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