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📑 CMU Digest: SXSW London, Lucian's pay + more
SXSW London is using a network of opaque offshore companies to put on its event…
Setlist Podcast: Arena ticket levy by September, MPs demand
The warning from MPs to the UK government that there is an urgent need to support grassroots music venues, calls for SXSW London to shift its planned June 2025 date, and more…
⏩ One Liners: The Beatles, Apple Music, Megan Thee Stallion + more
Good Neighbours, Pure Tone deals; LIVE, Satellite414, TaP Music appointments; UMG’s start up hub; Downtown credit facility; Apple Music label tools; FAC’s Step Up Fund; LGBTQ+ meetup at TGE; Libertines hotel pivots; Beatles video; new music from Megan Thee Stallion, Camila Cabello, Post Malone, more…
Music Venue Properties announces purchase of The Ferret in Preston
A second venue has been acquired by Music Venue Properties, the charitable community benefit society set up as part of Music Venue Trust’s Own Our Venues initiative. It means The Ferret in Preston will now have a landlord that exists to support local grassroots music communities…
And Finally! Apple finds out the hard way that not everyone thinks destruction is a form of creation
Apple put out a new iPad advert this week, which showed musical instruments, books, pots paint and more being crushed in a hydraulic press. It was supposed to depict the amazing creative things you can do on an iPad, but people just saw it as a metaphor for the tech industry’s attitude to creators…
TikTok to expand labelling of AI content to videos created on third party platforms
TikTok will start labelling AI-generated content created on third party platforms and uploaded to its app. This expanded commitment to AI transparency responds to demands from copyright owners and lawmakers, and is enabled by its membership of the Coalition For Content Provenance And Authenticity…
Supreme Court ruling could boost damages payments in US lawsuits over historical copyright infringement
The US Supreme Court yesterday answered a question about damages in copyright cases that was posed in a dispute over a Flo Rida sample. However, it didn’t answer a related question about a thing called the ‘discovery rule’, even though that answer could have resulted in the Flo Rida claim being void…
SXSW London could disrupt delicately balanced music ecosystem and should reconsider its date
SXSW is coming to London backed by a shadowy web of offshore companies, endorsed by the Mayor of London - and with a PR boss who conveniently worked as a senior press advisor in the London mayor’s office for sixteen years…
⏩ One Liners: Billie Eilish, Spotify, Lil Durk + more
Lil Durk relaunches OTF; BMG, MVT, Frontiers, Pulse Music, See Tickets appointments; Spotify stats; Linkin Park tribute show; The Waeve London gig; Billie Eilish “immersive” album paybacks; new music from Coheed And Cambria, Moonchild Sanelly, Erland Cooper, Flohio, O., Kučka, Martha Skye Murphy…
Approved: 7ebra
Lo-fi duo 7ebra return with their new single ‘Normal Song’, which urges you not to hide away when you’re sad but instead “cry in an open field”. The release preempts tour dates in the UK support Arab Strap…
Recording engineer Steve Albini dies
Recording engineer Steve Albini - known for his work with artists such as Nirvana, Pixies and PJ Harvey - has died, aged 61. The raw, analogue sound he favoured was highly influential, and he also inspired others as a musician himself, fronting bands such as Big Black and Shellac…
Minnesota passes new laws regulating secondary ticketing
While there has been lots of talk about new ticketing regulations in US Congress, more progress is being made at a state level. Minnesota has passed new laws regulating secondary ticketing this week, with Maryland also set to introduce new resale rules…
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