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UK-born ticketing, livestream and music discovery platform DICE has acquired U-based electronic music live streaming platform, Boiler Room. The acquisition of Boiler Room comes just a week after DICE announced that it has raised $122 million in Series C funding. Source: After raising $122m, DICE buys livestreaming platform Boiler Room

Six years after it was acquired by Pandora, music analytics platform Next Big Sound is going quiet.  In a blog post published Friday, the brand said it will be shutting down effective Nov. 1. “It’s been a wild ride,” reads the post, signed by “The Next Big Sound Team.” “After 12 years of tracking music data across hundreds Read More …

A trove of leaked documents, published by The Wall Street Journal, hints at a company whose best days are behind it. Its younger users are flocking to Snapchat and TikTok, and its older users are posting anti-vaccine memes and arguing about politics. Some Facebook products are actively shrinking, while others are merely making their users Read More …

Amid a deluge of new creator platforms, a startup called Fireside is launching today with what it believes will be a compelling proposition for professional creators in need of a more robust set of tools for content creation, distribution, measurement and monetization. Source: Mark Cuban-backed live entertainment app Fireside launches to creators

Hollywood production workers pushing for better pay and working conditions voted nearly unanimously to authorize a strike, a scenario that could hobble the entertainment industry as companies race to keep up with a surge in on-demand films and TV shows. The union represents more than 60,000 set builders, costume designers, video engineers and other behind-the-scenes Read More …