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Night & Day • 3 min read

Night & Day noise abatement dispute remains unresolved

After a planned return to court on Tuesday was postponed to allow further out-of-court discussions between the venue and council to take place the hearing has now been postponed to 21 July after technical issues with a video link caused yesterday's hearing to fail.…

Chris Cooke • 07 Jul 2023

Universal Music buys majority stake in Thai music catalogue

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RS Group • 1 min read

Universal Music buys majority stake in Thai music catalogue

Universal Music has bought a 70% stake in a music catalogue owned by the Thailand-based RS Group via a…

Chris Cooke • 04 Jul 2023

Music Rights • 4 min read

US Copyright Royalty Board reconfirms 15.1% streaming rate for songwriters and publishers

The CRB upheld an increase in streaming royalty rates from 10.5% to 15.1% for 2018-2022, despite appeals from most streaming services. Rates are reviewed every five years. The NMPA aims for a 20% rate for 2023-2028. Streaming services seek to limit financial commitment to under 70% of revenue.…

Chris Cooke • 04 Jul 2023

Night & Day • 2 min read

Night & Day noise abatement notice dispute heads back to court this week

After new sound testing was ordered by magistrate Margaret McCormack the judge overseeing the court case between Night & Day and Manchester City Council, the case heads back to court for the third time…

Chris Cooke • 03 Jul 2023

SHIP Croatia • 1 min read

SHIP Music Conference

Dissecting The Digital Dollar: Speed Briefing Thanks for attending the speed briefing at SHIP 2023! In this speed briefing, CMU&…

Chris Cooke • 01 Jul 2023

Speed Briefing • 1 min read

Music Export Poland

Dissecting The Digital Dollar: Speed Briefing Thanks for attending the speed briefing at Culture ON LIVE! In this speed briefing,…

Chris Cooke • 01 Jul 2023

One Liners: Liam Gallagher, James Blake, Chemical Brothers, more

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One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 3 min read

One Liners: Liam Gallagher, James Blake, Chemical Brothers, more

DEALS 🤝Primary Wave has bought a stake in the songs catalogue of George Brown, founder member and drummer with Kool…

Chris Cooke & Andy Malt • 29 Jun 2023

The Pirate Bay reopens to new members to avoid a “generation of potential uploaders” being lost

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Piracy • 2 min read

The Pirate Bay reopens to new members to avoid a “generation of potential uploaders” being lost

Not only is The Pirate Bay amazingly still operating – despite all the many legal battles it has lost over the…

Chris Cooke • 29 Jun 2023

Pulse Music Group and Concord collaborate on new label

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Concord Music • 1 min read

Pulse Music Group and Concord collaborate on new label

The LA-based Pulse Music Group has partnered with Concord to launch a new label called Pulse Records. It builds…

Chris Cooke • 28 Jun 2023

Sony Music appoints former BPI boss to senior AI role

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AI • 1 min read

Sony Music appoints former BPI boss to senior AI role

Sony Music has appointed the former CEO of UK record industry trade group BPI, Geoff Taylor, to the newly created…

Chris Cooke • 26 Jun 2023

UK Music sets out priorities for regulation of music-making AI

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AI • 4 min read

UK Music sets out priorities for regulation of music-making AI

The boss of cross-sector trade group UK Music, Jamie Njoku-Goodwin, last week set out the British music industry’…

Chris Cooke • 26 Jun 2023

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BMG • 1 min read

BMG announces deal around Paul Simon’s recordings

BMG has acquired a “substantial stake” in the work of Paul Simon, basically buying his royalty and remuneration rights in…

Chris Cooke • 23 Jun 2023