Faisel Durrani News Today

Looped raises $7.7M to expand its interactive live event platform Live events in the age of Covid-19 have largely been moved into the virtual world: we buy tickets (or simply click on a link), go to a site or app, and watch the action unfold on a screen. Your seat or mine might be just as good as that of any other audience member, but these affairs also leave a lot to be desired. Today, a startup called Looped that’s trying to build a livestreaming event service that is more engaged and inter...

A rundown of music industry hires, promotions and more this week. Warner Music Group (WMG) has announced several hires and promotions within the company’s global catalog team. Except where noted, all join the company as senior vps of catalog development & marketing, with each heading up an area of the business and representing the catalog division’s global leadership under Kevin Gore, WMG’s president, global catalog, recorded music & arts music. Blake Foster re-joins WMG from Skrillex’...