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This year’s song of the summer is a ballad, not a banger. Here's what that says about us

Every summer, one song emerges as the inescapable summer anthem

The Independent UK

There hasn’t been a Song of the Summer for 2025 – does that matter?

IN FOCUS: This year – for the first time in a while – a ubiquitous Summer Banger has failed to materialise. Ellie Muir looks into why there’s no defining sound for our dog days in 2025, and whether it says anything about the cultural mood right now

The Independent UK

Scottish women on taking their shows to the Fringe this year

For this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, we spoke to three Scottish women in dance that are carving space, shifting narratives, and staying…

The National (Scotland)

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In 'Sinners' and his music, Buddy Guy is keeping the blues alive. It hasn't been easy

Blues legend Buddy Guy will release a new album on Wednesday, his 89th birthday

The Independent UK

The song of the summer is … nothing? Why 2025’s charts are so stale

Experts say this year has produced the fewest new hit songs in US history – and it might signal the end of a singular seasonal smash

The Guardian - US

'Recession pop' and new Christian music surge in the US as streaming growth slows

More music is being streamed than ever before, but the rate of growth has slowed

The Independent UK

Streaming, live performance, and direct-to-fan sales are on the rise: How to make money from music in 2025

There may be few surprises at the top of 2024’s most-streamed charts, but new stats open up interesting avenues for the year ahead

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King’s Sandringham estate sparkles with winter lights trail

Luminate Sandringham runs nightly until Christmas Eve and features interactive light play and a vintage fair.

Evening Standard

Luminate Capital scores first acquisition for Fund IV, buying AbsenceSoft

Haynes’s Luminate Capital is more than halfway to $1.5 bln Fund IV target

Fortune

Exclusive: Hotel Engine reaches a $2.1 billion valuation, rebrands as Engine

Hotel Engine has raised a $140 million Series C led by Permira, Fortune can exclusively report.

Fortune

Travis Scott Is Salty AF About Sabrina Carpenter’s Billboard Chart Win & Has Issued A Dispute

His team is not taking this L lying down.

Pedestrian.tv

"Veep" gets boost from Kamala Harris bid

People online have been drawing comparisons to Selina Meyer and Kamala Harris political journey to the White House

Salon

Latin music takes the lead in the U.S. as streaming figures hit record highs in 2024

A mid-year report from Luminate highlights a significant surge in the streaming of music led by Latin music artists

Latin Times

‘Fallout’ Just Drew Amazon’s Biggest Premiere Audience Ever, Research Firm Says

PlumResearch says the video-game-adapted series garnered 53 million account views in the U.S. alone during its four days on Amazon Prime Video

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Week 2 Audience No Issue for ‘3 Body Problem’ — Netflix Weekly Rankings for March 25-31

Chinese sci-fi novel adaptation grows its audience by more than 41% from week 1

Broadcasting & Cable

Penske Takes on Nielsen, Promises to 'Bring Transparency to Viewership Levels and Rankings for Original Streaming TV Shows and Movies'

Penske will leverage the data collection unit behind the 'Billboard' music charts to publish weekly top 10 SVOD rankers in 'Variety'

The Independent UK

Music streams hit 4 trillion in 2023. Country and global acts — and Taylor Swift — fueled the growth

Listened to more music last year

The Walrus

Why Sunrise Records Is Still Spinning

It survived Napster, iTunes, and streaming. Now the chain is expanding its horizons overseas

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The Guardian - US

US vinyl sales up 21.7% for first half of 2023, report finds

Vinyl boom continues with another major leap and Taylor Swift’s Midnights leading the pack

The Independent UK

Global music streams up 30.8%, and 40% of U.S. listeners enjoy non-Anglophonic music, report finds

Is non-English language music the future of the music business

MusicRadar

Half of the fans buying vinyl in the US don't even own a record player

Data shows that many buying vinyl records aren't actually listening to their purchases on vinyl. So why are they buying them?

The Guardian - UK

Metallica buy vinyl factory as format outsells CDs for first time in US since 1987

The thrash metallers have secured their own supply of the high-value format, which is enjoying a 16th consecutive year of growth, ahead of the release of a new album

Fortune

Justin Bieber reportedly close to selling music rights for $200M

Bieber could be joining musicians like Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen by selling his music rights for hundreds of millions of dollars.

Daily Mirror

Sandringham royal estate has already put up its mile-long Christmas lights trail

Sandringham royal estate has opened its Christmas lights display to the public today and is being lit up by Luminate, which also has displays at Margam Country Park in Wales, Coombe Abbey in Coventry and Hardwick Hall in Chesterfield

The Independent UK

Kate Bush has reportedly earned £1.9m from Running Up That Hill resurgence thanks to Stranger Things

That figure is only likely to continue rising

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