🌅 Horizon Future Leaders - Cari Quoyeser
This week, we caught up with Cari Quoyeser; Sales Manager in Partnership Solutions for Musixmatch Pro…
UK government should prioritise tackling post-Brexit touring issues at next EU summit, MPs tell ministers
Parliament’s culture select committee has urged the UK government to put post-Brexit touring issues high on the agenda at its next EU Summit, which could be next month. It should also provide more support for artists and performers who are currently navigating all those issues, MPs add…
🎧 Approved: Sweeping Promises
Angular post-punk with a DIY spirit, Kansas’s Sweeping Promises bring decades of experience to new single ‘Cocoon’, originally written to pad out early shows, now reworked for third album ‘You Say I Romanticize’…
DoJ seeks court approval for Live Nation antitrust deal - but is it in the public interest?
The US Department Of Justice is seeking court approval for its antitrust settlement with Live Nation. It says no court hearing is required to scrutinise the deal if the judge believes it’s in the public interest, but lots of people argue it is not, including ex-DoJ officials…
UK government announces social media ban for under-sixteens that builds on and goes further than the ban in Australia
The UK government has announced a social media ban for under sixteens, going even further than the ban already in place in Australia. That will impact on music marketers trying to reach younger teens, although quite how will depend on whether the UK ban proves more effective than the Aussie one…
Elon Musk’s DMCA dissing tweets did not induce copyright infringement, X says in latest response to music industry lawsuit
X is still trying to get the lawsuit filed against it by a group of music publishers dismissed. In their most recent court filing, the publishers claim that the social media platform and its owner Elon Musk have induced X users to infringe copyright. In its own filing, X denies that’s the case…
New ticketing regulations needed, Irish politicians say, following collapse of DEAG’s tickets.ie
The collapse of Irish ticketing platform tickets.ie - and its impact on festivals that are owed hundreds of thousands of euro - was discussed in the Irish parliament this week, with politicians insisting new laws are needed to protect promoters and ticket buyers when ticketing companies go bust…
CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise this week, from Rose Gray, Makeshift Art Bar, Slow Pulp, Interpol + Olivia Rodrigo…
NMPA unveils AI licensing deals with Udio and Klay with 50/50 split for songs and recordings
The NMPA in the US has announced licensing deals with Udio and Klay, providing a template agreement indie publishers can now opt into. NMPA boss David Israelite stresses these “value songs and sound recordings equally”, something songwriters and indie publishers have been demanding with AI deals…
Criminal defamation charges no longer on the cards for HYBE execs who claimed former Ador boss consulted shamans - because, in fact, she did
When HYBE fell out with founder and CEO of its Ador agency, Min Hee-jin, there were lawsuits but also a criminal investigation. Min accused HYBE execs of criminal defamation over claims she consulted shamans while running Ador. However, prosecutors have now confirmed they won’t be charging anyone…
🎧 Approved: Monjola
Born in Lagos and raised in Dublin, Monjola moves between an effortless rap flow and smokey falsetto without making a thing of it. New single ‘Weight On Me’ is a good place to start. Understated and soulful, and - despite its vulnerability - it remains gorgeously uplifting…
Google says any music uploaded to YouTube is fair game for AI training - and there’s nothing musicians can do
Google has responded to a copyright infringement claim from a group of independent artists over its music AI model Lyria. It claims the artists basically gave Google permission to use their music in AI training when they uploaded content to YouTube, and therefore their lawsuit should be dismissed…
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