Kurt Cobain Documentary to Debut on HBO in 2015
From Billboard:
Director Brett Morgen's long-gestating documentary on Kurt Cobain has found a home at HBO.
It is the first documentary to be made with the...
Watch an Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Clip of Bing’s & Bowie’s ‘Little Drummer Boy’
David Bowie made a guest appearance on Bing Crosby's Christmas special in 1977. This excerpt from American Masters: Bing Crosby Rediscovered shares the behind-the-scenes...
In Q3, Facebook Drove 4x More Traffic Than Pinterest
From Shareaholic:
With a $200 billion market cap and an active user base that rivals the entire population of China, Facebook has significant staying power.
For publishers,...
Content Creators Flock to Facebook for Videos
From SocialBreakers:
This just in: social media marketers have done more than just walked away from using YouTube for video content - they have sprinted....
‘Investing in Music’ report shows record labels invest US$4.3 billion in A&R and marketing
From IFPI:
Record companies' total investment in A&R and marketing tops US$4.3 billion annually and more than US$20 billion over five years, according to IFPI's...
Here’s The Thing with Alec Baldwin is back – this week, Ira Glass!
Alec Baldwin sits down with Ira Glass to compare notes on interviewing, the afterlife, and how to find one’s voice – with a microphone...
Bob Dylan Plays Concert for One Lucky Superfan
From Rolling Stone:
Yesterday afternoon around 3:00 p.m. 41-year-old Bob Dylan superfan Fredrik Wikingsson walked into Philadelphia's Academy of Music, took a seat in the...
Jarvin Cocker’s Advice For Creative Artists
Pitchfork: As someone who’s maintained a creative lifestyle for about 30 years now, what advice would you give to someone who’s considering that path...
Watch Fred Armisen Improvise New York Accents For Nearly Five Minutes
Portlandia star Fred Armisen improvises a startling number of New York City neighborhood accents for five minutes.
http://youtu.be/jZcDLedMRKw
Watch 14-Year-Old Taylor Swift In High School Video Project
At 14 years old, the same year she signed her first song publishing deal in Nashville, Taylor Swift was a natural on camera.
She and...
The Music Industry’s Most-Loved Albums Of All Time, Part 29
This is part 29 of an ongoing series where the kind folk of the music business reveal their favourite album of all time.
Ask people...
Pierre the French bulldog puppy takes a leap of faith
A French bulldog, Pierre, was only nine weeks in this video, and had never jumped off the couch before. He decided that this was...
Nile Rodgers on Writing ‘Le Freak’
The last incarnation of our black rock band was called the Big Apple Band. We were R&B, fusion, jazz, rock-and-roll. One of the guys...
Tom Petty On Fame
“A lot of people get famous now very quickly, and then they seem to have a turnover where they weren’t famous for that long,...
Vevo pays more than $500m to music rightsholders since 2010
Music videos service Vevo is losing its boss, with president and chief executive Rio Caraeff confirming this week that he’ll leave the company at...
Watch Imagine Dragons play unannounced on a Las Vegas strip
Crackle’s original music series, “Playing It Forward,” is a special documentary-style music series produced by Team Downey, an entertainment company founded by Robert Downey...
