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Apple to provide royalty boost to tracks delivered in Dolby Atmos

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Apple Music • 2 min read

Apple to provide royalty boost to tracks delivered in Dolby Atmos

Apple Music is planning on paying a higher royalty on tracks delivered to the streaming service in spatial audio formats, even if users opt to listen in the standard format…

Sam Taylor • 13 Dec 2023

Norwegian Supreme Court copyright ruling “has dire consequences”, according to one artist involved in the case

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Copyright • 3 min read

Norwegian Supreme Court copyright ruling “has dire consequences”, according to one artist involved in the case

A ruling in the Norwegian Supreme Court over who owns the rights in recordings made by online collaborators working in different countries should, says one of the collaborators involve in the case, “worry any artist that is working with Norwegian labels and musicians”…

Chris Cooke & Sam Taylor • 08 Dec 2023

Spotify confirms the cost of its dramatic downsizing, cancels two in-house podcasts

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Spotify • 3 min read

Spotify confirms the cost of its dramatic downsizing, cancels two in-house podcasts

Spotify has confirmed that the dramatic downsizing of its workforce announced earlier this week will cost the company up to €145 million…

Chris Cooke & Sam Taylor • 06 Dec 2023

BBC must do more to move music and radio out of London says National Audit Office

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BBC • 1 min read

BBC must do more to move music and radio out of London says National Audit Office

The National Audit Office has criticised the BBC for the lack of progress in some areas of its ‘Across The UK’ strategy to move BBC spending out of London to strengthen the creative industries across the UK…

Sam Taylor • 24 Nov 2023

Oxford Brookes music department closure “mistake for the jobs and skills of the future,” say prominent academics

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Oxford Brookes University • 3 min read

Oxford Brookes music department closure “mistake for the jobs and skills of the future,” say prominent academics

A group of prominent academics has written a letter to the Vice Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University criticising its recently announced plans to close its music department…

Sam Taylor • 24 Nov 2023

Oxford Brookes University to close music department

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Oxford Brookes University • 6 min read

Oxford Brookes University to close music department

The music industry has responded to the news that Oxford Brookes University is closing its music department…

Chris Cooke & Sam Taylor • 20 Nov 2023

The average person needs to work 42.2 hours to buy two Glastonbury tickets. In 1989 it was just 12.4 hours.

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Glastonbury Festival • 3 min read

The average person needs to work 42.2 hours to buy two Glastonbury tickets. In 1989 it was just 12.4 hours.

You don’t need to be a millionaire to attend Glastonbury - but it definitely helps. CMU has run the numbers and we now know exactly how much beer you have to give up to pay for your ticket…

Sam Taylor • 20 Nov 2023

“Name, image, likeness and voice” should be “afforded the same protection as copyright” says Warner Music CEO Robert Kyncl, as major labels look set to hit $30 billion in combined annual revenues

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Warner Music • 2 min read

“Name, image, likeness and voice” should be “afforded the same protection as copyright” says Warner Music CEO Robert Kyncl, as major labels look set to hit $30 billion in combined annual revenues

Warner Music has confirmed its figures for the last quarter and financial year, with annual revenues of over $6 billion - CEO Robert Kyncl also discussed with investors the opportunities and challenges around music and AI…

Sam Taylor • 17 Nov 2023

Kyncl reveals Warner's levers for growth in 2024 and beyond

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Warner Music • 3 min read

Kyncl reveals Warner's levers for growth in 2024 and beyond

In his latest investor call, Warner Music CEO Robert Kyncl outlined his strategy to further grow the major’s revenues, talking in particular about physical products, the evolution of streaming pricing and revenue models, and opportunities in developing music markets.…

Sam Taylor • 17 Nov 2023

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Sony Music • 2 min read

Sony Music has a new logo, Deezer and SiriusXM have a brandwank

Sony Music, Deezer and SiriusXM have all unveiled new logos. Sony’s delves into its brand heritage, Deezer’s aims to “recharge people's emotional connection to the brand”, and SiriusXM’s “gives a nod to the service’s consumer value proposition”…

Andy Malt & Sam Taylor • 09 Nov 2023

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3tone • 3 min read

Industry pressure mounts on 3tone

Key stakeholders from across the music industry have expressed deep concern about allegations of significant mismanagement at Bristol-based digital music distributor 3tone…

Sam Taylor • 27 Oct 2023

Bristol-based music distributor 3tone on a knife edge as employment tribunal judgements stack up and artists demand unpaid royalties

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3tone • 17 min read

Bristol-based music distributor 3tone on a knife edge as employment tribunal judgements stack up and artists demand unpaid royalties

Bristol-based digital music distributor 3tone owes numerous artists and managers tens of thousands of pounds in unpaid royalties and has racked up a string of unsettled employment tribunal judgements for unlawful deduction of wages from employees.…

Sam Taylor • 26 Oct 2023