Excuse me while I kiss this guy… All the lonely Starbucks lovers… Parrot, parrot, parrot eyes… and now Doobie Scoot Canoe.
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Madonna preps livestream and pop-ups with TikTok and iHeartRadio
Madonna-maniacs, take note: this Thursday (2 July) the Queen of Pop is hosting a listening party for her new album ‘Confessions II’.
Threads, Instagram and TikTok update customisable algorithm features
It appears that social media might be moving away from opaque systems that predict user interests, and instead are handing over the reins for users to decide. Platforms like Threads, […]
The Ting Tings share TikTok CML experiment
In a time where it feels like it’s getting harder and harder to cut through the noise on TikTok, due to an ever-increasing volume of music and posts being uploaded […]
More Prediction Markets: Meta aiming to create prediction market platform – report
Meta’s internal R&D team has long been trying to build new stuff that allows the company to expand outside of its titanic trios of Instagram and Facebook – with varying success. […]
AI Round Up: platform news, new marketing tools, and SZA, Jack Conte and Fenix Flexin
AI is in an unusual position where it sparks polarised public opinions, yet is simultaneously being used by everyone and their dog to do things that they couldn’t do before: […]
UK artist D3lta says the “fundamentals don’t change” regarding fan outreach post-social media bans
Earlier in June, the UK became the latest country to propose a ban on social media for under 16s — in an announcement by the Labour Party’s Keir Starmer which […]
Google launches creator search profiles
Google recently launched Search Profiles for Creators, a new feature that allows creators to build a public presence directly within Google Search. The feature gives audiences another way to learn […]
Report highlights big-tech platforms’ role in spreading Indian ‘hate music’
US-based non-profit The Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) has published a report titled ‘Profiting from Hate Music: The Role of YouTube, Meta, Spotify and Apple Music in […]
Threads now has 500m monthly users (and some new features)
Instagram’s Threads app raced to 100 million users in its first month after launch in July 2023. Now it has 500 million.
Report: Meta’s ‘monopoly’ of music-ad budgets is ending
Music marketing-tech company Ctrl+Reach has published a report analysing wider trends in the music industry’s advertising spending.
Behind The Campaign: La Rvfleuze
French drill rapper La Rvfleuze released his debut album, ‘Numéro d’écrou’, in March 2026. He had begun by releasing tracks via DistroKid in 2022 but was later jailed for burglary […]

