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Facebook have just hired another big name music industry executive, again poaching a main player from Warner Music Group. Perry Bashkoff -- ex-SVP, Global Content Revenue Development at WMG in New…

It's not secret that Facebook are currently encouraging, promoting, and pleading with video creators to use its platform to upload their creations. Hoping to nudge creatives away from YouTube,…

The recording industry has welcomed the government’s decision not to extend so-called "safe harbour" protection to the likes of Google and Facebook. But the battle for a fairer copyright environment…

The Australian Government has overhauled our copyright laws yet again, and -- in a move that goes against legal trends elsewhere in the world -- giants such as Facebook and Google won't be granted…

It’s easy to complain about the Facebook algorithm, that confusing, frustrating code that publishers, brands and bands live and die by. After all, show me someone who says they’ve never posted great…

Despite raising some major red flags in the industry - not least the fact it's hiring for every record label sector sans A R - Facebook's music strategy just became a little more permanent. The…

Tech conglomerate Tencent, which boasts China’s biggest social network and gaming firm, has become the first Asian firm to enter the club of companies worth more than US$500bn. And yesterday…

Just when artists thought it couldn't get any harder (re: costly) to reach their audience on social media, Facebook's new update is set to change the game again. In another update to its algorithm -…

"I am more committed than ever to the future of virtual reality", said Mark Zuckerberg, at Oculus's annual conference in San Jose, California, last week (Oct 11). The Facebook CEO unveiled Oculus Go,…

When Facebook opened up its API in April 2016 to allow companies to add Messenger or SMS chatbots, Live Nation had a lightbulb moment. The promoter juggernaut, which leads the market here in…