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

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⏩ 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

Spinnin Records announces joint venture with DVBBS label Kanary Records

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Spinnin Records announces joint venture with DVBBS label Kanary Records

Warner Music’s Spinnin’ Records has announced a joint venture with Kanary Records, the label founded by production duo DVBBS…

Chris Cooke • 30 Nov 2023

Hall & Oates both make court filing as the legal dispute over their joint venture company continues

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Hall & Oates both make court filing as the legal dispute over their joint venture company continues

The legal dispute between Hall & Oates continues, with Hall accusing Oates of the "ultimate partnership betrayal", and Oates criticising the “inflammatory, outlandish, and inaccurate statements" that have been made about him…

Chris Cooke • 30 Nov 2023

Three executive departures as Bauer rejigs the management team at its UK audio business

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Three executive departures as Bauer rejigs the management team at its UK audio business

Bauer Media is rejigging the management team at its UK radio and audio business, with three senior execs departing…

Chris Cooke • 30 Nov 2023

BIMM University launches AI-centric course

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BIMM University launches AI-centric course

BIMM University has announced a new course focused on the “interplay between human creativity and AI” - with Google’s Cloud AI Leader Warren Barkley appointed as a Visiting Professor…

Chris Cooke • 30 Nov 2023

Spotify unwraps Wrapped - assigns everyone a Sound Town

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Spotify unwraps Wrapped - assigns everyone a Sound Town

Spotify Wrapped went live for 2023 yesterday with every user being assigned a Sound Town - a town or city selected based on what music they have listened to this year…

Chris Cooke • 30 Nov 2023

European Parliament committee calls for new EU rules to regulate streaming

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European Parliament committee calls for new EU rules to regulate streaming

The Culture Committee in the European Parliament has called for new rules in the European Union in relation to music streaming, seeking more transparency about streaming service algorithms and forcing platforms to better credit music-makers and rightsholders…

Chris Cooke • 29 Nov 2023

Brazil-led anti-piracy initiative hails successes

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Brazil-led anti-piracy initiative hails successes

Operation 404, an anti-piracy scheme led by the Brazilian government, has published an update on its work tackling stream-ripping sites and unlicensed MP3 download apps…

Chris Cooke • 29 Nov 2023

iHeartMedia confirms incoming $100 million pay day as a result of BMI sale

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iHeartMedia confirms incoming $100 million pay day as a result of BMI sale

The boss of SoundExchange has used the news that US radio giant iHeartMedia stands to make about $100 million from the sale of BMI to again big up the American Music Fairness Act…

Chris Cooke • 29 Nov 2023

Diddy steps back from Chair role at Revolt as he fights two sexual assault lawsuits

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Diddy steps back from Chair role at Revolt as he fights two sexual assault lawsuits

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has stepped down as Chair of Revolt, the media company he co-founded, as he battles allegations of sexual assault in two lawsuits filed under New York’s Adult Survivors Act…

Chris Cooke • 29 Nov 2023

Cloudflare must block piracy site, German court confirms

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Cloudflare must block piracy site, German court confirms

A court in Cologne has confirmed an earlier ruling that internet services firm Cloudflare must block a copyright infringing music site from its CDN services, but not on its DNS resolver 1.1.1.1…

Chris Cooke • 29 Nov 2023

Live Nation increases minimum wages at club venues as part of On The Road Again programme

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Live Nation increases minimum wages at club venues as part of On The Road Again programme

Live Nation has announced that it is increasing minimum wages at its club venues in the US as part of its On The Road Again scheme…

Chris Cooke • 29 Nov 2023