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Latest payment delays at Utopia lead to new SourceAudio lawsuit
Utopia has been sued for a second time by an LA-based rights management platform that it originally planned to buy…
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Tim Westwood interviews by police for a fourth time over sexual misconduct allegations
Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood has been interviewed under caution by London police for a fourth time in relation to the allegations of sexual misconduct that have been made against him…
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US Supreme Court asked to consider the complicated KC And The Sunshine Band termination rights dispute
The US Supreme Court has been asked to intervene in a dispute over authorship claims and termination rights involving two members of KC And The Sunshine Band…
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Banks confirm social media ticketing scams are back on the rise
A number of UK banks have confirmed to the BBC that they saw two-and-half times more ticketing scams being reported this year, with fraudsters selling fake tickets via social media…
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Hipgnosis vote shock: 83.2% of shareholders vote against continuation
A significant majority of Hipgnosis Songs Fund shareholders have voted against continuation and also to eject the company's chair Andrew Sutch…
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Digital now biggest revenue generator for song right collecting societies, CISAC confirms
Digital was the biggest revenue generator for the world’s song right collecting societies last year, accounting for 37.7% of total collections, according to the latest 'Global Collections Report' from CISAC…
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Warner Chappell and Transgressive extend their publishing partnership
The Transgressive music publishing business has renewed its partnership with Warner Chappell - it has now worked with the major for seventeen years…
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Mixmag 40th anniversary exhibition to raise funds for CALM
Mixmag will next month celebrate its 40th anniversary with an exhibition of covers at the Outernet complex in London, raising money for CALM…
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Brazilian industry welcomes shutdown of piracy site FileWarez
The record industry in Brazil has welcomed the shutdown of piracy site FileWarez following action taken by the cybercrime unit at the São Paulo prosecutor’s office…
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Emily Eavis says organising things a bit later might have got Glastonbury a stand-out headliner
Emily Eavis has been talking Glastonbury headliners with BBC podcast Sidetrack - though she didn’t actually reveal who will be playing next year…
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Spotify also in talks with industry to change track allocation process
Spotify is in talks with the labels and distributors about changing the way it allocates revenues to tracks each month - like with changes proposed by Deezer, Spotify’s plan will impact functional audio and smaller self-releasing musicians…
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One Liners: Green Day, Loyle Carner, Amon Tobin + more
Sentric signs Amon Tobin; Warner signs Mavi; IMPALA publishes diversity report; new music from Green Day, Duran Duran, The Kills, Chelsea Wolfe, Coco, Deep Tan and Gag Salon; Loyle Carner and Underworld tour dates…