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Spotify expects to reach 100 million users by year-end, but how many will be paying up?

The music streamer announced that it expects continued growth — despite Apple Music’s launch — in the second half of 2015.
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HBO confirms talks with Zack Snyder about Watchmen series (Update)

A Zack Snyder-directed TV interpretation of the Watchmen series may be in the works for HBO.
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Viewer beware: The Walk literally made some moviegoers sick

Some moviegoers became nauseated from watching the hyper-realistic tightrope scene in Joseph Gordon-Levitt's new film The Walk.
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Colbert to interview Bill Clinton on The Late Show next Tuesday

Former president Bill Clinton will be a guest on Stephen Colbert’s Late Show next Tuesday.
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British dance producer turns an EDM rant from Steve Albini into billboard

Electronic music producer Powell rented a billboard to publish rock producer Steve Albini's email which criticized modern-day EDM.
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Jay Z, Prince, Usher, and Beyoncé celebrate Tidal’s 1M subscribers with charity show

Jay Z announced that his hi-fi music streamer now has one million subscribers.
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Billboard names Lady Gaga Woman of the Year for 10th annual Women in Music ceremony

Billboard to honor Lady Gaga at its 10th annual Women in Music event, which will air on Lifetime for its national TV debut.
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Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit named most iconic song by new study

The grunge rocker topped a list of most iconic songs determined by similar key traits in key, lyrical content, timbral variety and other attributes
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The beat goes on: This drummer uses a bionic arm to lay down the groove

Jason Barnes, a drummer who lost a limb due to an accident, now plays his instrument with the help of a robotic arm.
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All About That Bass songwriter received just $5,679 for 178 million song streams

All About That Bass co-songwriter Kevin Kadish testified to members of the Congress this week that songwriters receive an unfairly low streaming royalties.
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Pope Francis has a rock album? Listen to his first Papal single

Pope Francis just released the debut single, Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!, from his debut Papal record.
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Watch Stephen Colbert rock with Pearl Jam on the Late Show

The Late Show host joined Pearl Jam onstage this week to harmonize on Neil Young’s classic Rockin' in the Free World.
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With 15 million subscribers, Apple Music is on the fast track to success

Apple Music, which is expected to have about 7.5 million free trial customers who turn into paying subscribers is barreling towards success.
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Watch Redford and Cate Blanchett in trailer for Dan Rather biopic Truth

The new trailer for Truth reveals the inside story behind the downfall of beloved news anchor Dan Rather.
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Trump takes to Twitter to announce his latest Fox boycott

The GOP presidential candidate announced his boycott on Twitter after Fox cancelled Trump’s guest appearance on The O’Reilly Factor.
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Watch the Foo Fighters perform Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around with Stevie Nicks

The Foo Fighters performed Fleetwood Mac’s Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around with Stevie Nicks last night in LA.
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Streaming services generated a third of all music revenue in first half of 2015

Music streamers, like Spotify and Pandora contributed over $1 billion in revenue to the music industry in 2015's first half.
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DiCaprio and Ray Donovan writer to collaborate on Showtime mafia series

DiCaprio will executive produce a mafia drama set in '80s Brooklyn, which delves into the relationship between a mafia captain and a federal agent.
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All or nothing: Foo Fighters performance pulled from Emmys over Sonic Highways tune

The Foo Fighters had planned to perform at this year’s Emmys, but the band was pulled from the show, according to frontman Dave Grohl.
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Chromecast Audio could arrive Sept. 29, will Wi-Fi enable your home speakers

The tech giant is working on Chromecast Audio, a device separate from Chromecast 2, which will “Wi-Fi enable the speakers in your home.”
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Trevor Noah calls Jon Stewart a Jewish Yoda on Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Ahead of his The Daily Show host debut, Trevor Noah stopped by the Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night to talk about the advice Jon Stewart gave him.
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U2 to release 14th LP, Songs of Experience, in 2016

The Irish rockers will release the follow-up to 2014’s ‘Songs of Innocence’ next year. “A lot of the songs are done already,” said frontman Bono.
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Craig Ferguson returns to the small screen in History channel debate show, Join or Die

The former ‘Late Late Show’ host will host a history debate show, called ‘Join or Die,’ on the History Channel.
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Pop icon Cyndi Lauper to release country album next year

The “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” star will release a country album, her tenth studio record, next year.
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David Letterman’s next big TV gig? Reporting on global climate change from India

The former Late Show host will return to TV next year as a correspondent for National Geographic’s nonfiction series on climate change.
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Multitask while binge-watching with Hulu’s new picture-in-picture feature for iOS 9

As part of Hulu’s iOS 9 app update, the streamer will offer picture-in-picture functionality for owners of a select few compatible iPads running iOS9.
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Viral video of Prince-loving baby wins copyright case against Universal

Copyright holders must now consider “fair use” before sending takedown notice, according to a new court ruling.
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These bone conduction headphones steer clear of your ear

BATBAND, a new Kickstarter-funded project from StudioBananaThings, are a futuristic, bone conduction headphone that lie on your temples.
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Green Day to release gritty, behind-the-scenes doc looking back on American Idiot

The veteran punk rockers will release “Heart Like a Hand Grenade,” a making-of doc on the band’s 2004 rock opera “American Idiot.”
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Epix follows Amazon into the brave new world of offline viewing

The pay TV channel will give its subscribers the ability to download select titles for offline viewing.
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Stephen Colbert interviews Apple CEO Tim Cook on The Late Show this evening

Apple CEO Tim Cook will pop his late show cherry tomorrow night when he guests on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.’
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Whitney Houston ‘hologram’ to embark on a world tour in 2016

The late Whitney Houston returns, in hologram form, to the international stage next year.
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Tidal now selling Prince’s exclusive new album on CD and digital download

A week after Prince’s new record was released exclusively on Tidal, the streamer is allowing non-subscribers to purchase the record in MP3 and CD format.
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Francis Ford Coppola is bringing Jeepers Creepers back for a third installment

Jeepers Creepers, the early '00s horror film franchise, will return to theaters with the help of Francis Coppola in the next couple years.