Taylor Swift gets lesser known Shake It Off lawsuit dismissed – again
Taylor Swift was successful in court last week in her ongoing legal battling over the 2014 hit ‘Shake It Off’…
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Utopia buys Absolute Label Services
Utopia Music acquires Absolute Label Services, it's third UK acquistion.…
Utopia buys Sentric
Swiss company Utopia Music has acquired Liverpool's Sentric Music, the latest in a series of acquisitions.…
Utopia buys Proper Music
The recently acquisitive Utopia Music continues to be pretty acquisitive, this time pushing itself into the world of music distribution…
CAA’s ICM takeover on hold due to antitrust investigation
CAA's planned acquisition of rival ICM Partners has been delayed due to a U.S. Department of Justice competition investigation. Initially set to close by end of 2021, the deal is now pushed to Q2 this year. CAA co-Chairman Bryan Lourd remains confident that the deal will go through.…
Manchester’s Night & Day fighting for survival due to noise complaints once again
Another noise complaint from another new resident means Manchester's Northern Quarter music venue Night & Day - which has operated since November 1991 - faces a fight for survival.…
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Hipgnosis confirms billion dollar partnership with Blackstone
A heavily rumoured new alliance between the Hipgnosis empire of Merck Mercuriadis and investment outfit Blackstone was officially confirmed yesterday.…
CAA acquires ICM Partners
Talent agency CAA will acquire ICM Partners - subject to regulatory approval. The deal will boost CAA's market share in the talent representation industry at a time that majority owner TPG Capital is exploring a possible IPO.…
R Kelly is guilty
Musician found guilty of all charges and may spend rest of life in prison after being convicted of building and running a criminal enterprise to groom and sexually abuse young women and teenagers.…
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Government responds to Parliament’s economics of streaming report
The UK government last night responded to the big ‘Economics Of Music Streaming’ report published by Parliament’s Digital, Culture,…
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UK Parliament calls for “complete reset” of music streaming, including ER for performers and competition investigation into the majors
The UK Parliament’s culture select committee has called for a “complete reset” of the digital music business at the…
Brazilian trade group says it’s taken down more than 65 stream manipulation services
Brazilian record industry trade group Pro-Música Brasil has announced that its work with the country’s anti-piracy body APDIF, cyber-crime…