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Kim Kardashian West is Spotify’s latest star podcast signing

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge June 18, 2020May 11, 2023

If Spotify ever gathers together its exclusive podcast signings for a photo, it’s going to be quite the constellation. Barack and Michelle Obama, Joe Rogan, and now Kim Kardashian West. […]

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Cameo now helps fans buy a Zoom call with celebrities

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge June 16, 2020May 11, 2023

Cameo is the app that lets people pay for celebrities to record personalised video messages for them (or friends and family as a gift). We wrote about it last June when […]

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Taki takes on Cameo to offer personalised celebrity videos

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge March 4, 2020May 11, 2023

In June last year we wrote about a new startup called Cameo, which had raised a $50m funding round to continue building its business selling personalised video messages from celebrities. Now […]

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Epic Games launches ‘Icon Series’ of celebrity Fortnite skins

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge January 16, 2020May 11, 2023

It’s nearly a year since Marshmello played a concert to more than 10 million people within the game Fortnite. Alongside that, he got his own ‘skin’ for the game – an accurately bucket-headed […]

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Earbuds is a startup for sharing celebrities’ music playlists

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge August 9, 2019May 11, 2023

Once upon a time, there were some interesting startups whose business was based mainly on curated playlists. One of them, Tunigo, was bought by Spotify, and was an important driver […]

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Are YouTubers more influential than top musicians among US teens?

by Music Ally Blog August 18, 2014May 11, 2023

Variety brings news of an intriguing survey asking US teenagers who the most influential celebrities are. Only three of the top 10 are ‘traditional’ stars: late actor Paul Walker (sixth), […]

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William Shatner reviews Facebook Mentions: ‘It seems to be ill conceived’

by Music Ally Blog July 24, 2014May 11, 2023

Earlier this month, Facebook launched a new mobile app called Mentions specifically for celebrities, artists and other public figures. Now one of those people has reviewed it: former Star Trek […]

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Facebook’s new Mentions app is only for verified accounts

by Music Ally Blog July 18, 2014May 11, 2023

Stars in the US, including musicians, now have their very own app from Facebook. Launched yesterday for iOS, Facebook Mentions is described as “a new app for actors, athletes, musicians […]

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Facebook may launch a ‘VIP’ app for celebrities

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There’s already a Facebook Pages app for people to manage their Pages on the social network.

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WhoSay raises $12m for social celebrities platform

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WhoSay has raised $12m in Series C financing from investors including Amazon and Greylock Partners. Now the company has ambitions to repurpose the content being posted by its clients in new ways for fans.

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WhoSay raises $12m for social celebrities platform

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WhoSay has raised $12m in Series C financing from investors including Amazon and Greylock Partners. Now the company has ambitions to repurpose the content being posted by its clients in new ways for fans.

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New Twitter services target celebrities

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Following several high-profile examples of ‘fake’ celebrities on Twitter – culminating in a lawsuit from baseball manager Tony La Russa this month – Twitter has launched a ”Verified Accounts” program in beta, which will post a badge on celebrity accounts that have been verified.

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