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LA Reid sued by former Arista A&R over allegations of sexual assault

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LA Reid sued by former Arista A&R over allegations of sexual assault

Record industry veteran LA Reid has been sued by a former colleague at Arista Records who claims he sexually assaulted and harassed her when she was working in A&R at the label in the early 2000s…

Chris Cooke • 09 Nov 2023

Hipgnosis Songs Fund headhunts the former Chair of the Round Hill Music Royalty Fund to head up its board

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Hipgnosis Songs Fund headhunts the former Chair of the Round Hill Music Royalty Fund to head up its board

The Hipgnosis Songs Fund has appointed former head of the Round Hill Music Royalty Fund, Robert Naylor, as its new Chair. This comes after investors declined to reappoint Andrew Sutch to that role following the recent continuation vote…

Chris Cooke • 08 Nov 2023

Travis Scott and Live Nation sued by Astroworld business partner

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Travis Scott and Live Nation sued by Astroworld business partner

Travis Scott and Live Nation have been sued by the Sony-allied Ceremony Of Roses, which ran the amusements at the ill-fated 2021 Astroworld festival…

Chris Cooke • 08 Nov 2023

Parliament's culture select committee to win Industry Champion prize at Artist & Manager Awards

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Parliament's culture select committee to win Industry Champion prize at Artist & Manager Awards

The final winners for this year’s Artist & Manager Awards have been announced, and they include MPs on Parliament’s Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee, who will be named Industry Champions…

Chris Cooke • 08 Nov 2023

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TikTok to close Creator Fund

TikTok is closing the billion dollar Creator Fund it launched three years ago, stating that creators will instead be able to earn money from their content via the Creativity Program it began piloting earlier this year…

Chris Cooke • 08 Nov 2023

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Legends buy venue operator ASM Global

Venue operator ASM Global - created in 2019 by the merger of AEG Facilities and SMG - has been bought by US-based hospitality and events company Legends…

Chris Cooke • 08 Nov 2023

Music industry contributes £6.7 billion GVA to British economy

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Music industry contributes £6.7 billion GVA to British economy

UK Music has published its annual report on the economic impact of the British music industry, which contributed £6.7 billion to the UK economy last year in terms of gross value added, with exports topping £4 billion…

Chris Cooke • 07 Nov 2023

Stream-ripper gets court order to identify who is behind rick-rolling Google takedown notices

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Stream-ripper gets court order to identify who is behind rick-rolling Google takedown notices

Stream-ripper Y2Mate last week got a court order forcing Google to share information about who has been issuing copyright takedown notices against its website - it suspects a competitor has been issuing takedowns to negatively impact its Google ranking…

Chris Cooke • 07 Nov 2023

ISP Grande claims win after film producers drop copyright infringement lawsuit

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ISP Grande claims win after film producers drop copyright infringement lawsuit

The group of film producers who sued US internet firm Grande Communications have dropped their lawsuit against the company, despite record labels winning $46.8 million in damages in a similar case…

Chris Cooke • 07 Nov 2023

GESAC welcomes European Parliament report on buy-outs in the creative sector

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GESAC welcomes European Parliament report on buy-outs in the creative sector

GESAC has welcomed a new report commissioned by the European Parliament on buy-out contracts which, it says, “provides independent evidence and adds to the recent calls” for the European Commission to develop legislative proposals to restrict this practice in Europe…

Chris Cooke • 07 Nov 2023

Spotify two-tier payment "discriminatory and exploitative" says competition law expert

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Spotify • 4 min read

Spotify two-tier payment "discriminatory and exploitative" says competition law expert

Competition law expert Amelia Fletcher has written to Spotify boss Daniel Ek expressing concern about the plan to introduce a threshold below which tracks will not receive any royalties when they are streamed…

Chris Cooke • 06 Nov 2023

First Astroworld lawsuit could get to court next May

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First Astroworld lawsuit could get to court next May

As the two year anniversary of the Astroworld tragedy passed this weekend so did the deadline for filing legal action in relation to the incident - hundreds of lawsuits continue to go through the motions, with the first set to get to trial next May…

Chris Cooke • 06 Nov 2023