Blackstone Group is looking to raise $5 billion for its second Asian fund. Blackstone is seeing huge potential in Asia and really wants to invest heavily and faster than ever before. Around 66% of their first fund $2.3 billion has…
I have just come across Tara AI (via DaringFireball), which provides a completely free to use alternative to Jira and other project management software. I had a very quick look at it seems to have a very strong user interface…
SellerX is a startup from Berlin that focuses on acquiring top Amazon sellers. SellerX has just raised $118 million led by Cherry Ventures, Felix Capital, TriplePoint Capital, participation from Village Global, et al. It seems like buying Amazon based businesses…
Shutterstock has acquired AI driven Amper Music. Amper Music claims to have over 1 million individual audio samples in its catalogue. It seems like Shutterstock wants to be able to create endless AI driven music and be able to monetize that…
RouteNote has started offering Free Music Distribution to TikTok and Resso. RouteNote was one of the first music distributors to partner with TikTok and Resso globally and they can provide full access into the platform for no upfront fees and…
It was confirmed that Spotify is buying Megaphone for $235 million. Megaphone is a podcasting hosting and advertising company – it’s easy to see how this fits into Spotify’s plans for world domination in the podcast market, but it will…
Very interesting performance from Halsey – but it really seems like the video has been recorded separately from the audio and then its been placed together. It is great to see companies like Magnum realise the influence of music within…
Extremely strange interview with Erling Haaland, which talks about the him not taking a girlfriend at home and that he will sleep lonely tonight. Very awkward!
With 2020 being so rubbish I have been spending a lot of time on YouTube. Here is a video from Selected – which showcases their New Years Mix. It’s from 2017, but it still really packs a punch.
It has been confirmed that PUBG Mobile will be removed for all Indian users on the 30th October – this accounts for 50 million Indian gamers. India banned PUBG Mobile Nordic Map: Livik and PUBG Mobile Lite, along with over…
Amuse announced the other day that they were expanding their Fast Forward program – which allows artists to have an advance on their royalties of between $250 and $300,000 (MA). However, all these “news outlets” forgot to mention that Amuse…
