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University Of Kent • 4 min read

University Of Kent axes music courses

The music industry has responded to the news that the University Of Kent is closing its music department. UK Music says it hopes that, as a General Election approaches, politicians will “reflect on the policy decisions” that have led to music courses being axed at this and other universities…

Chris Cooke & Sam Taylor • 22 Mar 2024

TikTok data to be discussed in UK Parliament, as ‘be -sold-or-be-banned’ proposals continue to work their way through US Congress

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TikTok • 2 min read

TikTok data to be discussed in UK Parliament, as ‘be -sold-or-be-banned’ proposals continue to work their way through US Congress

The FT has spoken to British MPs about TikTok and its Chinese owner ByteDance following the passing in the US House Of Representatives of the ‘be-sold-or-be-banned’ bill. UK politicians have similar concerns about TikTok user data, and also the possible influence of China over the TikTok algorithm…

Chris Cooke • 21 Mar 2024

IFPI report shows 10.2% growth in global recorded music market

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IFPI • 4 min read

IFPI report shows 10.2% growth in global recorded music market

Worldwide recorded music revenues grew 10.2% in 2023, according to the Global Music Report from the IFPI. Streaming accounts for 67.3% of total revenues, according to IFPI maths, though the industry still needs to get more value out of free streaming, labels reps say…

Chris Cooke • 21 Mar 2024

Astroworld planners feared overcrowding at festival's main stage, new legal filings show

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Astroworld • 2 min read

Astroworld planners feared overcrowding at festival's main stage, new legal filings show

Court papers filed as part of the Astroworld lawsuits reveal conversations that took place between people involved in the planning of the festival where ten people died during a crowd surge. Concerns were expressed prior to the event about possible overcrowding in the main stage area…

Chris Cooke • 21 Mar 2024

Mood music maker scores fifteen billion streams, and prompts yet another 'fake artists' debate

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Spotify • 3 min read

Mood music maker scores fifteen billion streams, and prompts yet another 'fake artists' debate

‘Fake artists’ have become a talking point again after a Swedish newspaper highlighted how one musician is scoring billions of streams by recording tracks targeted at Spotify’s mood music playlists under 656 different names.…

Chris Cooke • 20 Mar 2024

Fourth Circuit court declines to rehear billion dollar Cox copyright case

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Cox Communications • 2 min read

Fourth Circuit court declines to rehear billion dollar Cox copyright case

The dispute between Cox and the major record companies will not be considered for a second time by the Fourth Circuit Appeals court, meaning its previous ruling stands: The ISP is liable for copyright infringement but the billion dollars in damages it was told to pay the labels should be reviewed…

Chris Cooke • 20 Mar 2024

Spotify publishes new Loud & Clear, says the focus now is artists “dependent on streaming as part of their livelihood”

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Spotify • 3 min read

Spotify publishes new Loud & Clear, says the focus now is artists “dependent on streaming as part of their livelihood”

Spotify has published loads more stats as part of an update to its Loud & Clear website. Although the stats are interesting, this site is partly about countering criticism of Spotify, and it’s interesting to see what criticism is clearly being dealt with among the facts and figures…

Chris Cooke • 19 Mar 2024

⏩ One Liners: Kobalt, Yungblud, Marc Almond + more

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

⏩ One Liners: Kobalt, Yungblud, Marc Almond + more

Kobalt refinancing; Human League deal; Low Profile Publishing launches; Midnight Mango hires Sarah Thereze Nelsey; IPO Get Paid Guide; TikTok revenues; Yungblud announces festival; Janelle Monáe in London; new music from Marc Almond, Cat Burns, John Grant, RiTchie, Mui Zyu, Two Shell x FKA Twigs…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 19 Mar 2024

Night & Day ruling makes it “open season” on Manchester’s night-time economy says Music Venue Trust boss

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Night & Day • 4 min read

Night & Day ruling makes it “open season” on Manchester’s night-time economy says Music Venue Trust boss

The Night & Day venue will be able to continue to run club nights, following the ruling in its protracted legal battle with Manchester City Council over a noise complaint. However, the wording of the decision has raised concerns that other nearby venues may now face similar complaints…

Chris Cooke • 19 Mar 2024

More performers seeking specialist health support, says BAPAM

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BAPAM • 2 min read

More performers seeking specialist health support, says BAPAM

Performer health charity BAPAM has published a set of stats as it prepares to celebrate its 40th anniversary, revealing that demand for focused health support from performers has doubled since the start of the COVID pandemic, with the number of mental health consultations increasing four-fold…

Chris Cooke • 18 Mar 2024

BPI threatens to sue voice cloning site Voicify

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Voicify • 3 min read

BPI threatens to sue voice cloning site Voicify

After the US record industry raised concerns about UK-based voice cloning service Voicify in a piracy document last year, it has emerged that British trade group BPI is now threatening legal action against the platform, which makes “high quality AI covers in seconds”…

Chris Cooke • 18 Mar 2024

Black Eyed Peas sued for licensing interpolation but not sample of Scatman

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Black Eyed Peas • 2 min read

Black Eyed Peas sued for licensing interpolation but not sample of Scatman

The label that owns Scatman John's 'Scatman' has sued Black Eyed Peas over an uncleared sample. Iceberg Records provided a licence that allowed the interpolation of the ‘Scatman’ composition into their song 'Bailar Contigo', but says the original recording was also sampled, which was not licensed…

Chris Cooke • 18 Mar 2024