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Merck Mercuriadis to exit Hipgnosis - hints at global songwriter advocacy initiative
Merck Mercudiadis Hipgnosis

Merck Mercuriadis to exit Hipgnosis - hints at global songwriter advocacy initiative

Sam Taylor
Ticketmaster data breach: new details emerge from official filings
Ticketmaster Live Nation Live Business Legal

Ticketmaster data breach: new details emerge from official filings

Sam Taylor
📑 CMU Digest: SXSW's Saudi money; labels sue Suno and Udio + more
Digest

📑 CMU Digest: SXSW's Saudi money; labels sue Suno and Udio + more

CMU
Spanish collecting society fined €6.5 million over its anticompetitive licensing approach
SGAE Legal Unison

Spanish collecting society fined €6.5 million over its anticompetitive licensing approach

Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
Are hedge funds betting against Blackstone’s Hipgnosis deal?
Hipgnosis Blackstone

Are hedge funds betting against Blackstone’s Hipgnosis deal?

Sam Taylor
SXSW ditches weapons sponsors to burnish brand - so why won’t it ditch its ties to Saudi Arabia?
SXSW

SXSW ditches weapons sponsors to burnish brand - so why won’t it ditch its ties to Saudi Arabia?

Sam Taylor
YouTube in talks with all three majors about the next phase in its AI experimentation
YouTube AI Universal Music Sony Music Warner Music

YouTube in talks with all three majors about the next phase in its AI experimentation

Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
Udio responds to record label lawsuit insisting its AI model ‘listens’ rather than ‘copies’
Udio RIAA Legal AI Digital

Udio responds to record label lawsuit insisting its AI model ‘listens’ rather than ‘copies’

Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
PRS sued over “unreasonable and unnecessary hurdles” for writers directly licensing their live performances
PRS For Music Publishing Legal Live Business

PRS sued over “unreasonable and unnecessary hurdles” for writers directly licensing their live performances

Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
Upbeat news for Believe as shareholders show resounding support for founder’s “amicable buy-back”
Believe Denis Ladegaillerie

Upbeat news for Believe as shareholders show resounding support for founder’s “amicable buy-back”

Sam Taylor
SiriusXM breaches consumer rights by charging an extra music royalties extra fee, says lawsuit
Sirius XM Digital Legal

SiriusXM breaches consumer rights by charging an extra music royalties extra fee, says lawsuit

Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
Suno and Udio’s “lawless” behaviour cheapens human creativity with sound-a-likes and knock-offs says watershed RIAA lawsuit
AI Suno Udio RIAA Legal

Suno and Udio’s “lawless” behaviour cheapens human creativity with sound-a-likes and knock-offs says watershed RIAA lawsuit

Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
Zync accuses former business partner Round Hill of contract breaches, trademark infringement and executive bullying
Zync Round Hill Music Legal

Zync accuses former business partner Round Hill of contract breaches, trademark infringement and executive bullying

Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
US music publishers ramp up the rhetoric against Spotify's royalty reducing bundling trick
Spotify National Music Publishers Association Association Of Independent Music Publishers Digital Publishers

US music publishers ramp up the rhetoric against Spotify's royalty reducing bundling trick

Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
📑 CMU Digest: SXSW London, Lucian's pay + more

📑 CMU Digest: SXSW London, Lucian's pay + more

CMU
Supreme Court ruling could boost damages payments in US lawsuits over historical copyright infringement
Flo Rida Legal Warner Chappell

Supreme Court ruling could boost damages payments in US lawsuits over historical copyright infringement

Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
SXSW London could disrupt delicately balanced music ecosystem and should reconsider its date
SXSW Live Business

SXSW London could disrupt delicately balanced music ecosystem and should reconsider its date

Sam Taylor
TikTok sues the US government over sell-or-be-banned law
TikTok Legal

TikTok sues the US government over sell-or-be-banned law

Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
Lucian’s lunch money under threat as shareholder pressure mounts over “excessive” pay packet
Lucian Grainge Universal Music Labels

Lucian’s lunch money under threat as shareholder pressure mounts over “excessive” pay packet

Sam Taylor
Could Co-op Group terminate Manchester arena naming rights deal? Fury mounts as safety incident forces yet more Co-op Live show cancellations
Co-op Live Co-op Group

Could Co-op Group terminate Manchester arena naming rights deal? Fury mounts as safety incident forces yet more Co-op Live show cancellations

Sam Taylor
An unexpected late night is not a “cognizable injury”, says Madonna in response to lawsuit over her slack timekeeping
Madonna Legal Live Nation Live Business

An unexpected late night is not a “cognizable injury”, says Madonna in response to lawsuit over her slack timekeeping

Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
Believe x WMG takeover dance warms up as financial regulator is called in
Believe Warner Music Labels Deals Legal

Believe x WMG takeover dance warms up as financial regulator is called in

Sam Taylor
TikTok insists it isn't forcing Americans to phone politicians as ban proposal gets fast-tracked in Congress
TikTok Legal

TikTok insists it isn't forcing Americans to phone politicians as ban proposal gets fast-tracked in Congress

Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
CNM statement shows that Spotify’s rage about new French streaming levy misrepresents key facts
Spotify Centre National De La Musique France Digital

CNM statement shows that Spotify’s rage about new French streaming levy misrepresents key facts

Sam Taylor
France has stood firm against Spotify’s bullying - and Spotify is having a tantrum
Spotify Digital France CNM

France has stood firm against Spotify’s bullying - and Spotify is having a tantrum

Sam Taylor
WMG is toying with an offer for Believe that would wipe out Warner’s cash reserves - but is it serious, would Believe shareholders sell and can WMG afford to bet the farm?
Believe Warner Music Labels

WMG is toying with an offer for Believe that would wipe out Warner’s cash reserves - but is it serious, would Believe shareholders sell and can WMG afford to bet the farm?

Sam Taylor
Mean Millennials scrap streaming subscriptions, mail order music is booming - and Apple Music might be making ÂŁ500 million or more in the UK
ERA Music Retail

Mean Millennials scrap streaming subscriptions, mail order music is booming - and Apple Music might be making ÂŁ500 million or more in the UK

Sam Taylor
Manchester City Council has spent nearly ÂŁ90,000 fighting Night & Day legal battle
Night & Day Manchester City Council Legal Live Business

Manchester City Council has spent nearly ÂŁ90,000 fighting Night & Day legal battle

Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
Hipgnosis Songs Fund takes a haircut - and might have bigger problems to come
Hipgnosis Publishers

Hipgnosis Songs Fund takes a haircut - and might have bigger problems to come

Sam Taylor
Dodgy distributor 3tone linked to company being investigated by Serious Fraud Office
3tone Dean Roberts

Dodgy distributor 3tone linked to company being investigated by Serious Fraud Office

Sam Taylor
€111 million in TikTok revenue is nothing when you’re Lucian Grainge - but, he says, “my phone is always open” if Shou Zi Chew wants to be friends again
Universal Music TikTok Lucian Grainge Shou Zi Chew

€111 million in TikTok revenue is nothing when you’re Lucian Grainge - but, he says, “my phone is always open” if Shou Zi Chew wants to be friends again

Sam Taylor
Artificial Intelligence and the music industry in 2023
Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence and the music industry in 2023

Chris Cooke & Sam Taylor •
⏩ One Liners: Pitchfork, BTS, Maximo Park, Eminem + more
One Liners • 3 min read

⏩ One Liners: Pitchfork, BTS, Maximo Park, Eminem + more

Bosworth x Sofi Paez; Pitchfork’s new Head Of Editorial Content; Universal UK catalogue appointment; HYBE expands in Latin America; Disney’s new series with Jungkook and Jimin; BBC Sounds to create some ultimate mixtapes; Maximo Park election gig; New music from Eminem, AJ Tracey, Shanti Celeste…
CMU •
Approved: Nia Smith
CMU Approved • 1 min read

Approved: Nia Smith

Fresh off supporting SZA at BST Hyde Park this weekend, Nia Smith has released second single ‘Personal’. A masterclass in controlled anger and powerful calm, the track - she says - is “about letting go of that bad energy; we don’t need that in 2024”…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
After suing Apple, the EU is going after Meta for DMA breaches
Meta • 2 min read

After suing Apple, the EU is going after Meta for DMA breaches

The European Commission has published a second preliminary finding in relation to big tech and the EU Digital Markets Act, having previously ruled on Apple. This time it’s Meta’s personal data policies in the spotlight which, the Commission says, are not compliant with the DMA…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Online content is ‘freeware’ and anyone can copy anything on the ‘open web’ says Microsoft AI boss
Microsoft • 2 min read

Online content is ‘freeware’ and anyone can copy anything on the ‘open web’ says Microsoft AI boss

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman was last week asked if AI companies have “effectively stolen the world’s IP”. He replied that there has been a ‘social contract’ that content published online is ‘fair use’ and ‘freeware’, unless a publisher says otherwise. Which isn’t what copyright law says…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
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