photo: Marcus Neto Canadian Music Week 2020 has been rescheduled in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The 2020 Canadian Music Week Conference and Expo had previously been slated to take place between May 19th and 23rd, and organizers reiterated the long-held timetable earlier this month. However, ongoing health concerns, as well as a government-issued […]
MUSEXPO 2020 Creative Summit has been indefinitely postponed following the World Health Organization’s pandemic declaration and broader travel bans. As a result of the World Health Organization’s officially declaring the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak to be a pandemic, the 2020 MUSEXPO Creative Summit has been indefinitely postponed. MUSEXPO founder Sat Bisla revealed the decision to Digital Music News […]
SXSW apartments left empty (photo: Patrick Perkins) Frustration mounts as SXSW ticketholders are denied refunds for Austin Airbnb stays. Airbnb previously expanded its “Extenuating Circumstances” refund policy to cover renters who had planned to stay in (or who live in) countries and areas that have been especially affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, including China, […]
Collision Conference, a massive annual gathering for business professionals and tech startups, has canceled the physical edition of its 2020 event in response to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic. The action will continue online, however. In a detailed email sent this morning, the event’s organizers indicated that they made the decision “out of an abundance […]
Photo Credit: Unsplash Both Sony and Amazon are not making an appearance at Mobile World Congress 2020. Both companies pulled out of the annual event held in Barcelona over coronavirus concerns. Other companies that have canceled events this year include LG, ZTE, Nvidia, and Ericsson have all withdrawn their plans for events. Mobile World Congress […]