🎧 Approved: Whitelands
Leading the new wave of black British shoegaze, London’s Whitelands showcase their mastery of atmospheric allure in new single ‘Cheer’.…
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EU AI Act can only provide a “temporary fix” to the “darker aspect” of AI’s “profound disruption” to creative industries says open letter
📣 One Liners: Artist News - SAGA Festival drama for Hardwell, Nicki Minaj; Cat Burns short film, Doja Cat hack + more
Cat Burns short film; Hardwell mouths off over SAGA Festival technical problems; Hypersoft label debut will support trans youth organisations; Nicki Minaj cancels SAGA Festival show; crypto hacker hijinx as Doja Cat’s twitter hijacked; plus Empathy for the Devil podcast + release news…
🤝 One Liners: Deals including Ticketmaster x Shazam, RA x Soundcloud, Beatport x Beatdapp + more
Ticketmaster’s integration with Shazam stops fans missing out; Resident Advisor and SoundCloud team up to connect artist and fans; Beatdapp inks deal with Beatport to combat stream manipulation; plus Virgin Music Group, HYBE’s virtual boyband deal, Cash Cobain, and TAIT…
💡 One Liners: Appointments including BPI, Red Street Records, Artista + more
Jake Hills joins BPI; Lenzo Yoon to leave HYBE; Red Street Records promotes Cambria Sojka, hires Gianna Robinson; Arista promotes Nick Petropoulos; Warner Music Japan COO Kazuhiro Shimada to depart; Big Loud Records promotes Stacy Blythe…
🎤 One Liners: Live Business including Alexandra Palace, AMS Global, Broadwick Live + more
Ally Pally accessibility facilities upgrade; ASM takes on Sheffield City Hall, talks up P&J Live sustainability measures; Broadwick Live Presents; Country Music Association bigs up UK country music promoters; Amazon Music x Wireless Festival; Orchestras for All’s new home…
⚖️ One Liners: Legal round-up including Spotify, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Kakao and ADOR
Spotify Car Thing legal action dropped; former Chilli Pepper Klinghoffer facing wrongful death lawsuit; Kakao share manipulation drama + ADOR label boss quizzed by police over HYBE breach of trust allegations…
Government should invest in long-term strategy to support young music creators, says Youth Music
Youth Music has published the results of a new survey that concludes that “young people’s relationship with music is changing”. The charity calls on government to invest in a new strategy to support young music creators and on the industry to remove barriers for those pursuing a music career…
⏩ One Liners: Management deals, Sonicbids acquisition, streaming fraud detection + more
Champ, Red Light and Vector Management deals; Sonicbids acquired; Reed Smith, Cinq and PPL PRS appointments; Dean Guitars vs Gibson; Nirvana lawsuit; Young Thug update; YouTube Music’s AI radio; Spotify podcast comments; streaming fraud detection tools, venue closures and latest releases…
OfCom delays launch of golden oldies service on BBC Sounds
The BBC’s plan to add a golden oldies service to its BBC Sounds app is on hold after regulator OfCom said the proposal represents a material change to output and therefore requires a public interest test. This has been welcomed by the commercial radio sector which has been critical of the BBC’s plan…
Songwriters welcome Copyright Office clarity on termination rights and streaming royalties
The US Copyright Office has issued a final ruling regarding how collecting society MLC handles the payment of digital royalties when songwriters exercise the termination right and end old publishing deals. Previously publishers continued to get those royalties, but that shouldn’t have been the case…
Streaming giants sue to block Canada's 5% revenue levy
Spotify, Apple and Amazon are taking legal action against Canada’s new 5% streaming levy. The music industry welcomes the cash injection, but platforms argue it’s “unsustainable” and may hike prices. Meanwhile, Netflix and Disney+ are fighting the levy’s use for local news funding. Legal drama ahoy!…
⏩ One Liners: IMRO, Believe, Primary Wave, BMI, Warner Music + more
IMRO ICE deal; Believe’s Global Records stake; Primary Wave acquires Keith Forsey rights; FKP Scorpio and BMI appointments; Warner Music Balkans launch; BPI Grow Music programme; FORWARDS partners with Channel 4; Festivals For Ukraine toolkit; New music from Felix Jaehn, Confidence Man, Jon Hopkins…
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