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# 6 Major Music Business Stories you missed over the long weekend
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/6-major-music-business-stories-you-missed-over-the-long-weekend/
- Published: 2021-11-29T13:29:27.000Z
- Updated: 2021-11-29T15:35:49.000Z
- Description: Believe it or not the global music business doesn’t stop for US holidays. Here’s what you missed over the 4 day weekend. • Epic Games acquires Rock Band maker Harmonix. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2021/11/6-major-music-business-stories-you-missed-over-the-long-weekend.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, music business news, music industry, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:48

Believe it or not the global music business doesn’t stop for US holidays. Here’s what you missed over the 4 day weekend.

• [Epic Games acquires Rock Band maker Harmonix to “reimagine how music is experiences, created and distributed.” ](https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/epic-games-buys-rockband-creator-harmonix-to-reimagine-how-music-is-experienced-created-and-distributed/?ref=hypebot.com)(MBW)

[Adele’s ’30’ Has the Biggest Bow of 2021 With 839,000 Album Units](https://variety.com/2021/music/news/adele-30-biggest-number-one-album-year-1235120896/?ref=hypebot.com) (Variety)

• [Live Nation Among Stocks Down Amid Fears Over New COVID-19 Variant ](https://www.billboard.com/business/business-news/live-nation-stocks-covid-19-omicron-variant-1235002974/?ref=hypebot.com)(Billboard)

•[ Spotify becomes latest to experiment with a TikTok-style video feed ](https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-tests-tiktok-style-video-music-discover-feed/)–   
There’s a new Discover icon in the navigation bar (Hypebot)

• [Spotify Disconnects Car View](https://www.pymnts.com/subscriptions/2021/spotify-disconnects-car-view-feature-has-no-hands-free-alternative-report-says/?ref=hypebot.com)

• [Dubsmash to shut down](https://musically.com/2021/11/24/dubsmash-app-to-shut-down-after-video-integration-with-reddit/?ref=hypebot.com). (MA)