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Kanye West has removed one of his collaborations with DaBaby from streaming services.

Duran Duran lead singer Simon Le Bon has had enough of audio streaming services.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorKanye West has apparently removed a remix of his song “Nah Nah Nah” featuring DaBaby from streaming services. The remix, which was released last year and also featured 2Chainz, was disappeared from Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal over the weekend and was first reported by HotNewHipHop.DaBaby is entering a third week of negative reaction to homophobic comments he made onstage at the Rolling Loud Miami festival on the weekend of July 23.

an interview with music magazine NME that he’s worried the royalty structures in streaming will make it harder for new bands to find success. The British pop music icons might have over 6.7 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone, but they’re making less than a penny per stream of their hit songs, the same as many other chart-topping artists.

Netflix recently revealed the list of movies and television shows that have been banned by governments around the world from the year 2015 until present day.

Duran Duran frontman Simon LeBon has called for streaming services to reform their payment models so that emerging artists receive a larger share.The new-wave icon warned that a “hole” in the next generation of artists could emerge if musicians fail to receive a higher rate per stream.At present, the majority of streaming services pay less than a penny per stream – with a legion of musicians warning that this is severely impacting their livelihood and ability to perform music as a full time

Blackground Records yesterday announced plans to reissue a large part of its catalogue via a new partnership with label services business Empire. This includes plans to bring Aaliyah’s full catalogue to streaming services for the first time.

So, Kanye West held his second listening event for new album ‘Donda’ at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta last night. A smaller audience than last time – still 35,000 though – heard an updated version of the record, which now includes guest appearances by Kid Cudi and The Weeknd.While the first listening session two weeks ago saw West wander around the stadium floor alone, this one was more of a production.

Aaliyah's music is coming to streaming services, starting from this month, record label Blackground Records 2.0 has confirmed.

Aaliyah’s full catalogue will be added to streaming services over the next few months, it has been confirmed.The singer’s debut album ‘Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number’ is currently the late R&B star’s only record that is available digitally, while tracks from the Romeo Must Die soundtrack and compilation albums can be found on some platforms.Earlier today (August 5), it was announced that Aaliyah’s former label Blackground Records – which was founded by her uncle Barry Hankerson – will re-release

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorViacomCBS said second quarter profit rose as advertisers spent more robustly on its media assets and the company saw new revenue from a host of streaming initiatives.The New York owner of the CBS broadcast network, Showtime, Nickelodeon and the Paramount movie studio, said revenue  rose 8% to $6.6 billion, fueled by gains in ad sales, fees from affiliates and streaming activity.

launch its streaming service, CNN+, in the first quarter of 2022. The move into streaming is highly anticipated given CNN has lagged behind competitors Fox News — which has three different streamers — and MSNBC in this space.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorMore than two and a half years after IMDb launched its free, ad-supported streaming service, IMDb TV is now available on iOS and Android mobile devices.The IMDb TV app launched Tuesday for Apple’s iOS (iPhone and iPad) and Android mobile devices in the U.S.

Nigel Godrich‘s From The Basement series is set to be made available to watch on a TV streaming service for the first time.The live music-focused web TV series originally aired between 2006 and 2009, and saw The White Stripes and Thom Yorke perform during its pilot episode.Live footage of Radiohead and The White Stripes performing on From The Basement has already been made available to watch online this year, and Godrich has now partnered with the Coda Collection to make the full series

Bruce Springsteen has turned down the opportunity to have a service station in his hometown of New Jersey named after him.As Consequence Of Sound reports, the US state is honouring a number of its famous residents along the Garden State Parkway as part of Governor Phil Murphy’s plan to expand the NJ Hall Of Fame.Among those to have received the special nod include Jon Bon Jovi, Whitney Houston and late Sopranos actor James Gandolfini.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterStarz has succeeded in blocking Disney from launching a streaming service in Brazil under the name “Star Plus.”A judge in Sao Paolo granted a temporary restraining order on Friday, holding that Disney cannot use the brand name when the service debuts on Aug.

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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorIn a new promotion, WarnerMedia has a deal with Google to bundle three months of HBO Max with the internet giant’s Chromecast adapter for only an additional $15 — effectively providing two free months of the streamer.Chromecast with Google TV is normally priced at $49.99.