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⏩ Releases & Tour News Friday 30 Aug
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Tommy Richman, Paris Paloma, Bree Runway, Coco & Clair Clair, Rizzle Kicks + more…
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⏩ One Liners: deals, digital, legal and live news including CKay’s Boyfriend Music; Sheeran’s Tingly Ted’s partnership; Brazilian stats, GR6 deal; Harry Styles railway viaduct; Morrissey’s moan; blockchain wakes up with PIP Labs and Aptos x Mereo deals
Today: CKay + Salubi’s Boyfriend Music Ltd, Tingly Ted’s x Toikido, Kobalt, Prescription Songs, Reservoir Media, Picklejar x Thompson Square, Virgin Music Group, Warner Music Nashville, GR6 x Sonar, Warner Chappell, TEG Dainy x acta, Pip Labs, Aptos Labs x Mereo, Fancircles, new ERA chair + more…
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⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, streaming and digital news including funding rounds for Turntable Labs, Seat Unique; Warner’s Brazilian shuffle, ADOR CEO exits, ABBA v Trump
Today: Turntable Labs, Inc., Seat Unique, Nickleby Capital, The Black Label, Notting Hill Music, Roblox, IMG Artists, Warner Music Brazil, ADOR, OpenSea, YG Entertainment, fabric, Primary Wave, James Brown Estate, End Of The Road Festival + more…
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⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, streaming and digital news including Legends ASM Global deal, Apple’s Airtel partnership, BMG financials, PRS Foundation promoter grants, plus latest releases
Today: Legends deal to acquire ASM Global closes; Apple's deal with Indian tel-co Bharti Airtel prompts Wynk Music closure; Meta and Spotify plotting more integration; BMG financials, PRS Foundation promoter grants, BRIT Awards presenter talent search; latest new releases + more…
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⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, legal and digital including Dua Lipa’s ice cream plans, Sony launches a blockchain network called Soneium, Outkast is suing ATLiens, Tom Grennan goes to the golf, BMG hires new marketing honcho, plus releases & tours
Today: Dua Lipa ice cream TM, TickPick raises $250m; BMG confirms new EVP hire Celine Joshua, Apple’s new CFO; Isaac Hayes estate granted emergency injunction in Trump dispute, Foo Fighters x Trump, MIA <3 Trump, Bad Bunny sports agency vs MLB players, Gallagher brothers bury hatchet for big pay-day…
⏩ One Liners: deals, digital, legal and live news from across the music industry including Primary Wave's flugelhorn deal, Kid Cudi's Bisquik, 1300 Yamaha keyboards stolen, South Korea Spotify scrutiny
Today: boohooMAN clothing, Dolly Parton lipstick, Kid Cudi cake mix and DJ Khaled milk drink; Spotify under scrutiny in South Korea; NetEase Cloud Music financials; Bandcamp's Linkfire tie-up; Camp Bestival to cut Shropshire edition in 2025; A$AP Rocky release delayed by leaks and clearances + more…
⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, digital and legal music industry news round-up including Zomato gobbles up ticketing app, Jackson estate deal ruling, Take That documentary plus releases & tours
Today: Fortë, UTA + Downtown deals; Ditto launches AI-powered mastering; court clears Sony’s Michael Jackson catalogue deal; Vans settles trademark battle over Tyga’s sneakers; Mercury Prize schedule; new Take That documentary; plus latest releases + more…
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⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, digital and live news from across the music industry including Beyoncé’s whisky adventures, Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast heads to SiriusXM in $150m deal, keyTikTok UK execs promoted plus releases, tours and more
Today: Beyoncé’s whisky deal with Moët Hennessy, Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy SiriusXM podcast deal, Create Music Group x Cheat Codes, HarbourView x James Fauntleroy, Warner Records + Rusia IDK x Rusowsky, ADA x FTS Global Management, Benztown Production Music; plus streaming, AI + more…
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⏩ One Liners: deals, singings, appointments and legal round-up including Warner Chappell, Play It Again Music, PPL, UTA, BMG, Prescription Songs, Audio Chateau Records, ProgRock Essentials, Sony Music, TEG and more, plus releases and tours
Today: Warner Chappell x Faith Hopkins, PPL x The Last Dinner Party, UTA x The Calling, BMG x Lanie Gardner, Prescription Songs x Hayley May; new boss at Sony Germany, Australia’s TEG ups Tim McGregor to global role; Elvis estate scam, Kanye copyright settlement, TikTok pixel lawsuit update + more…
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⏩ One Liners: deals, legal, streaming & digital news including Secretsundaze, Altice, Adidas Kanye lawsuit, Apple Music sued by photographer, NetEast Music outage, APRA AMCOS AI report plus releases, tours + more
Secretsundaze 9FINITY, Track 88 Creative, Altice settles lawsuit with BMG and others, judge dismisses Adidas lawsuit, Nicki Minaj settles with blogger, YouTube Music growing fast says Kantar data, NetEase Music goes down for two hours, APRA AMCOS report shows AUD $519 million impact from AI + more…
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📑 CMU Digest: Cox takes major label dispute to Supreme Court + court dismisses Eminem publisher's Spotify lawsuit
CMU Digest is our weekly round-up of the most interesting music business news stories from the last seven days.…
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⏩ One Liners: deals, legal, streaming including Primary Wave, Roc Nation, Red Bull Records, MIDiA, plus releases and tours news
Primary Wave acquires Jon Landau rights, Roc Nation label merges with Equity Distribution, Red Bull Records signs Morgan, publishing revenue stats from MIDiA, IRS revokes tax-emption for Kanye West's Sunday Service, Mushroomhead vocalist Hatrix sues for unpaid royalties, plus releases, tours + more…