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Spinnin' Records announces alliance with AI company Endel
Warner Music-owned dance label Spinnin’ Records has announced a tie-up with music AI company Endel that will see its catalogue transformed into relaxation soundscapes…
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Patreon buys livestreaming platform Moment
Memberships platform Patreon has bought livestreaming set-up Moments as it enhances the range of tools it offers its creators…
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NTIA campaign encourages hearing health testing and tinnitus prevention
The UK’s Night Time Industries Association will today launch the Listen For Life Campaign, putting the spotlight on the ways people can protect their hearing when listening to and working with loud music…
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Spotify adds new Merch Hub to its app
Spotify has added a Merch Hub to its app which will recommend merchandise based on the music each user has listened to…
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Pras requests retrial over lobbying conviction, says lawyer bungled defence with AI
Former Fugee Pras has asked for a retrial after being found guilty of involvement in unlawful foreign lobbying campaigns earlier this year - he argues his original lawyer failed to properly defend him, in part because he got AI to write his closing arguments…
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One Liners: ERA, Raye, Ice Spice, Easy Life + more
Block acquires Hifi; Audoo expands down under; Concord signs Amaarae; ERA, Orchard, BandLab and Banner Music appointments; new releases from Raye, Ice Spice and Remi, Easy Life, Joel Culpepper, M83, and Barry Can’t Swim; Christine And The Queen gig cancellations…
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FREENOW launches new scheme to support grassroots venues
Taxi app FREENOW has announced a new scheme that will provide at least £200,000 in support for Music Venue Trust’s Pipeline Investment Fund…
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Hipgnosis Songs Fund scraps interim dividend after reducing expectations from Copyright Royalty Board windfall
The Hipgnosis Songs Fund has told investors that extra payments due as a result of the final Copyright Royalty Board ruling on US streaming royalties will be significantly less than previously estimated, $9.9 million instead of $21.7 million…
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Megan Thee Stallion has "no label right now" and that's how she wants it
Megan Thee Stallion says she will self-release her next record because “I don’t want to sign to a new label right now”. She has had multiple legal run-ins with her former label 1501 Entertainment…
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US internet organisations support Grande's appeal in record industry copyright battle
Two trade organisations for the US internet sector have submitted an amicus brief in support of Grande Communications as it continues in its legal battle with the record industry, seeking to overturn a $46.8 million judgement…
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CMU Digest: RIAA, Utopia, Easy Life, Coldplay, Hipgnosis
Catch up on key events this week, including the RIAA adding voice cloning sites to its piracy gripe list, more revelations about Utopia’s finances, Easy Life conceding defeat in trademark battle, Coldplay suing their ex-manager, and unhappy Hipgnosis shareholders planning to block a catalogue sale…
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Setlist Podcast: Easy Life agree to change their name for an easyLife
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke take a look at the trademark claim brought against the band Easy Life by EasyJet airline owner EasyGroup and Coldplay’s multi-million pound legal battle with their former manager…