Chris Cooke - CMU | the music business explained (Page 148)

One Liners: Green Day, Loyle Carner, Amon Tobin + more

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One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 2 min read

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…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 25 Oct 2023

Hipgnosis Songs Fund confirms it has received no higher offers for catalogue sale

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Hipgnosis Songs Fund confirms it has received no higher offers for catalogue sale

The board of the publicly-listed Hipgnosis Songs Fund have confirmed that they haven’t received any higher offers for the catalogues they are proposing to sell to the Blackstone-backed Hipgnosis Songs Capital…

Chris Cooke • 25 Oct 2023

Three more DJs to be supported by Radio 1's Annie Nightingale Presents Scholarship

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Three more DJs to be supported by Radio 1's Annie Nightingale Presents Scholarship

The DJs set to be supported by the Annie Nightingale Presents Scholarship this year have been announced: Imogen, Jay Carder and Rossy…

Chris Cooke • 25 Oct 2023

GESAC welcomes European Parliament support for measures against buy-outs

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GESAC welcomes European Parliament support for measures against buy-outs

GESAC, representing song right collecting societies across Europe, has welcomed the news that two European Parliament committees have adopted a report which, among other things, calls for protections for music-makers against forced buy-outs when they are commissioned to create new music…

Chris Cooke • 25 Oct 2023

The Circuit Group and Defected Records partner

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The Circuit Group and Defected Records partner

The newly formed Circuit Group has announced an alliance with dance music label Defected Records as it continues “to establish our new vision across the music landscape"…

Chris Cooke • 25 Oct 2023

Anti-touting campaign hopes new EU rules will help in the battle against for-profit ticket resale

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Anti-touting campaign hopes new EU rules will help in the battle against for-profit ticket resale

The pan-European anti-ticket-touting campaign FEAT has set out its priorities for the year ahead, hoping to capitalise on the new EU Digital Services Act…

Chris Cooke • 24 Oct 2023

Dr Luke and Juice WRLD estate sued in 'Not Enough' copyright dispute

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Dr Luke and Juice WRLD estate sued in 'Not Enough' copyright dispute

Producer Dr Luke and the estate of Juice WRLD were last week sued by a musician who worked on the Juice WRLD track ‘Not Enough’ in a dispute over copyright ownership and unpaid royalties…

Chris Cooke • 24 Oct 2023

Boomy announces alliance with Beatdapp to counter stream manipulation

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Boomy announces alliance with Beatdapp to counter stream manipulation

Music generation platform Boomy has announced an integration with Beatdapp to combat stream manipulation, having been temporarily cut off by Spotify earlier this year because of “patterns of artificial streaming”…

Chris Cooke • 24 Oct 2023

Spotify boss urges UK government to not water down its Apple regulating Digital Markets Act

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Spotify • 3 min read

Spotify boss urges UK government to not water down its Apple regulating Digital Markets Act

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek continues in his global campaign to force a change to Apple’s rules on in-app payments, this time urging the UK government to not water down proposed new laws for regulating the tech giants…

Chris Cooke • 23 Oct 2023

One Liners: Ren, LAB Records, Jess Glynne + more

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One Liners: Ren, LAB Records, Jess Glynne + more

ADA and LAB extend partnership; Ren beats Rick Astley to number one; Marine Snow updates streaming model; AMEX Gold Unsigned 2023 launches; new music from Feeder, The Veronicas, Kurt Vile, and Bryde; tour news from Tom Odell, Blue and Jess Glynne…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 23 Oct 2023

Fyre Festival founder facing legal action from financial backer of post-prison business venture

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Fyre Festival founder facing legal action from financial backer of post-prison business venture

Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland is facing a lawsuit unless he pays back a $740,000 loan to a man he met in prison and who agreed to provide finances for a post-jail business venture…

Chris Cooke • 23 Oct 2023

Lil Yachty show cancelled after rapper urges seated fans to fill up the mosh pit

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Lil Yachty show cancelled after rapper urges seated fans to fill up the mosh pit

A Lil Yachty show in Vancouver was cut short this weekend after the rapper urged fans in seated areas to fill up the mosh pit, creating crowd control concerns for the venue’s management…

Chris Cooke • 23 Oct 2023