Oil climbs and stock futures drop as fuel shortages spread while Trump makes series of apocalyptic threats against Iran ahead of moving deadline

After stocks notched the first positive week since the U.S.-Israel war on Iran started over a month ago, Wall Street is weighing another round of threats and the latest deadline from President Donald Trump. Futures tied to the Dow Jones industrial average fell 284 points, or 0.61%. S&P 500 futures were downContinue Reading

Latest Music Industry Hires: Bravo! Vail, Dynamite Songs, iHeartMedia, Kakao, Audacy, TouchTunes, Ultra, More

Chris Rogerson, Bravo! Vail’s next artistic director. Photo Credit: Sophie Zhai Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of April 3rd, 2026. If you have a job shuffle to share, we’re all ears. Send us a note to news@digitalmusicnews.com. If you’d like to post a jobContinue Reading

Shooting down ideas is not a skill

Someone proposes an idea in a meeting. It’s new, it’s different, and it would take effort. Before they’ve finished explaining it, three people have already thought of reasons it won’t work. “I haven’t heard any customers request this.” “We can’t use Python for that, it’s too slow.” “That introduces tooContinue Reading