Digital Music News

5 days ago | digitalmusicnews.com | Dylan Smith

Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of May 9th, 2025. If you have a job shuffle to share, we’re all ears. Send us a note to [email protected]. If you’d like to post a job on our Job Board, just send us a request to [email protected]. And, keep track of all the latest music industry hires here. Range MusicRange Music has launched a composer division and announced Kraft-Engel vet Jeff Jernigan as the first hire.

5 days ago | digitalmusicnews.com | Dylan Smith

Some four decades after its release, Pointer Sisters track “Hot Together” is taking off on Spotify and elsewhere thanks to a Grand Theft Auto trailer appearance. Both Spotify and the Pointer Sisters themselves are touting the sync-fueled streaming ascent of “Hot Together” (1986). According to the platform, that refers to an astonishing 182,000% play-volume boost since the second Grand Theft Auto VI trailer dropped earlier this week.

5 days ago | digitalmusicnews.com | Ashley King

The Academy of Country Music 60th awards ceremony took place last night—hosted by 16-time winner Reba McEntire. Here’s a peek at this year’s winners. The 60th Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM), presented by Prime Video and Dick Clark Productions, took place last night in Frisco, Texas to celebrate the year’s biggest accomplishments. The show opened with a 12-minute all-star set celebrating the 60th anniversary with performances of ACM Songs of the Year from decades past.

5 days ago | digitalmusicnews.com | Ashley King

Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs plan to claim there was mutual violence between Combs and ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, who is expected to testify as a star witness for the prosecution. Defense attorney Marc Agnifilo told US District Judge Arun Subramanian during a hearing that he plans to show there was mutual violence between Sean “Diddy” Combs and Casandra “Cassie” Ventura. Ventura is expected to testify against Combs as a star witness for the prosecution.

5 days ago | digitalmusicnews.com | Ashley King

Snapchat has announced ‘Under the Ghost,’ a new music performance series hosted at the company’s Santa Monica studio. The new series debuted with Kid Cudi and a timed release of his new single, “Neverland.”Snapchat says the new music performance series isn’t about polished perfection, but rather offers an unfiltered glimpse into the creative process. The series is intended to invite fans into the artist’s inner circle, to hear raw takes of new music.