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⏩One Liners: Dua Lipa, FAC, Imagine Dragons + more

🌅 Horizon: hand-picked music jobs for ambitious people.

Sony Music digital chief asks Congress to close "legal loopholes" to ensure artists can stop authorised AI voice clones

European Parliament committee calls for new EU rules to regulate streaming

AI firm Anthropic seeks dismissal of music publisher lawsuit on jurisdiction grounds

Music fans believe AI companies training models with existing recordings must get consent, says IFPI study

Hipgnosis Songs Fund provides update on strategic review and legal battle with defunct Hipgnosis company

CMU Digest: Spotify confirms changes to pay-outs, music-makers criticise government AI meeting + more

BBC must do more to move music and radio out of London says National Audit Office

Creator groups call for EU AI Act to retain strong transparency obligations

Oxford Brookes music department closure “mistake for the jobs and skills of the future,” say prominent academics

BMG • 1 min read

BMG announces restructure to "future proof" the business

BMG yesterday announced a restructure of its operations because, says CEO Thomas Coesfeld, “new ways of creating and consuming music and looming changes in streaming economics are challenging us to do even better for our clients”…

Chris Cooke • 01 Dec 2023

TikTok • 1 min read

US court blocks Montana's TikTok ban

An American court has issued a preliminary injunction stopping the TikTok ban that was due to go into force in the state of Montana next year - with a judge concluding that the ban breaches free speech rights under the US Constitution…

Chris Cooke • 01 Dec 2023

TikTok • 1 min read

TikTok launches new promo tools for artists

TikTok has launched a new feature called Artist Account that provides promo and fan engagement tools for musicians on the social media platform…

Chris Cooke • 01 Dec 2023

One Liners • 3 min read

⏩One Liners: Dua Lipa, FAC, Imagine Dragons + more

Bishi appointed to FAC board; new music from Dua Lipa, Holly Humberstone, Yard Act, Anna Calvi, Alkaline Trio, Genesis Owusu and Hey Duggee; Imagine Dragons win SoundExchange award…

Andy Malt • 01 Dec 2023

SZA • 1 min read

SZA calls for an amnesty on hating Nickelback

SZA likes the music of Nickelback and Creed. And she’s fine with that. “They rock!”, she declares. “That shit is bomb! Why do you all hate it so much?”…

Andy Malt • 01 Dec 2023

MSG Sphere • 2 min read

UK government pauses the blocking of the proposed London MSG Sphere - even though MSG has given up on the plan

The UK government has declared that a final decision should not be made just yet on whether to allow MSG to build one of its Sphere venues in East London, following last week’s decision by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to block the plan…

Chris Cooke • 01 Dec 2023

Shane MacGowan • 1 min read

Shane MacGowan dies

Frontman of The Pogues, Shane MacGowan, has died. His family said that he passed away “peacefully” in the early hours of Thursday morning.…

Andy Malt • 01 Dec 2023

Kelly Clarkson • 1 min read

Kelly Clarkson's ex-husband and former manager ordered to return $2.6 million in commissions

Kelly Clarkson’s former manager - also her ex-husband - has been ordered to return $2.6 million in commissions because of violations of California's Talent Agencies Act…

Chris Cooke • 01 Dec 2023

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🌅 Horizon: hand-picked music jobs for ambitious people.

This week: jobs in distribution, advertising and creative, content creation, design, ops and more.…

Horizon Music Jobs • 30 Nov 2023

Sony Music • 2 min read

Sony Music digital chief asks Congress to close "legal loopholes" to ensure artists can stop authorised AI voice clones

Sony Music's President of Global Digital Business Dennis Kooker has spoken at a US Senate session on AI calling for a US-wide publicity right to make it easier for artists to stop authorised voice clones…

Chris Cooke • 30 Nov 2023

BBC • 1 min read

Working class audiences want the BBC to take more risks when producing new programmes

A new study from UK media regulator OfCom says that the BBC should take more risks when commissioning new content in order to better connect with audiences from lower socio-economic groups…

Chris Cooke • 30 Nov 2023

One Liners • 2 min read

⏩ One Liners: Music Industry Climate Collective, MGMT, Louis Culture, Unflirt + more

Boomy deal with ADA; appointments at ASM Global and Wembley Stadium; the Music Industry Climate Collective; new music from MGMT, Eels, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Louis Culture and Unflirt; Silver Clef Awards 2024 date…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 30 Nov 2023

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