public
Deezer instigates second price rise in key European markets
Deezer has instigated another price increase in some key European markets, so that a €10.99 subscription becomes €11.99…
Chris Cooke
2185 posts
•
public
public
Abbey Road Studios' photography awards presented
The winners have been announced for this year’s Abbey Road Studios Music Photography Awards, with organisers confirming that there was a 480% increase in entries this time around…
public
Zayn Malik accused of ripping off earlier track to make his song Better
Zayn Malik has been accused of song theft, with another artist claiming that 2020’s ‘Better’ ripped off an earlier song, which the one time 1Der may have had access to via a marketing agency…
public
BPI boss responds to the five AI fundamentals published by the Council Of Music Makers
The boss of record label trade group BPI has responded to the five AI fundamentals published yesterday by the UK’s Council Of Music Makers…
public
Meta says AI training is fair use in response to author lawsuit over LLaMA
Meta has responded to a copyright lawsuit filed by Sarah Silverman and two other writers insisting that its training of generative AI model LLaMA with existing copyright-protected works is ‘fair use’…
public
Adidas boss on Kanye: "I don’t think he meant what he said"
Adidas boss Bjørn Gulden has discussed the collapse of his company’s Yeezy partnership with Kanye West following the rapper’s anti-Semitic statements…
public
One Liners: BTS, Troye Sivan, Duran Duran, Emeli Sandé + more
BTS renew BigHit deal; FreshTracks appointments; New releases from Troye Sivan, Duran Duran, Emeli Sandé, Bleachers, Sleaford Mods, HAAi, Black Grape, Helmet, Chai, Chelsea Wolfe, Hilary Woods, Emma Anderson, and Rachael Lavelle; Live dates from Poppy; Debby Friday wins Polaris Music Prize…
public
Virgin Music partners with Position Music
Universal Music’s label services division Virgin Music has announced a partnership with Californian label, publisher and management firm Position Music…
public
Executive rejig at the top of Zebralution
The co-founder of German music distributor Zebralution, Kurt Thielen, will stand down as CEO at the end of this year, with Tina Jürgens and Konrad Von Löhneysen set to take over as co-CEOs…
public
Sufjan Stevens recovering from medical condition that left him unable to walk
Sufjan Stevens has told fans that he has been in hospital receiving treatment for an autoimmune disorder called Guillian-Barre Syndrome…
public
Elon Music says Taylor Swift should post some music to unlicensed X
Responding to a tweet promoting the upcoming release of ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’, X boss Elon Musk said Taylor Swift should post some actual music to his social media platform, despite it currently being sued by the music industry…
public
"Consent, respect and remuneration" crucial as music AI evolves, say UK music-makers
The UK’s Council Of Music Makers has called on technology companies and the music industry at large to meet five fundamental objectives as they develop music-making generative AI models.…