⏩ Releases & Tours News Thursday 12 Sep
JD. REID, Kendrick Lamar, Love Remain, Margo Price, Brandon Nembhard, Fousheé, Hans Zimmer + more…
Danity Kane member the latest to accuse Diddy of sexual harassment and assault
Danity Kane member Dawn Richard is the latest person to sue Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs over allegations of sexual abuse. She also claims to have witnessed Combs abusing and assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura. Combs’ lawyer says Richard has “manufactured a series of false claims” to secure a payday…
⏩ One Liners - music business news in brief: Def Jam Sweden, Warner Chappell x Defected, beatBread appoints new Head Of Finance, Scottish Album of the Year longlist announced
Today: BPI, Sony Music Germany, The University Of Wolverhampton, Armada Music, Scottish Album Of The Year - or SAY - Award, Tencent Music Entertainment Group, Tune.fm, Disco, Salt, beatBread, Warner Chappell x Defected, Universal Music Sweden, Def Jam Recordings Sweden…
Live Nation boss insists concerts are “incredibly affordable”, especially when compared to sport
Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino was interviewed at a Goldman Sachs conference earlier this week. With the fallout from the Oasis shows in the UK, it was interesting to see what he had to say about ticket prices. Live music is “incredibly affordable”, he argued, especially when compared to sport…
Johnson & Johnson sued over “rampant infringement” of tracks from APM production music library
Quite a few brands have now been sued for using hit records in their social media posts without getting a music licence. Now production music companies are getting in on that action. APM has sued Johnson & Johnson for using music from its libraries in social media videos without getting permission…
⏩ Releases & Tours News Wednesday 11 Sep
Nilüfer Yanya, MJ Lenderman, Flo Milli, Franz Ferdinand, Ben Böhmer, Danny & The Champions of the World, The Get Up Kids + more…
Kobalt confident it will get out of paying Spotify’s legal bills in Eminem dispute on appeal
Last month Kobalt was told to pay Spotify’s legal bills in relation to the big copyright battle between the streaming service and Eminem’s publisher. Last week the judge declined to reconsider that ruling but cleared the way for Kobalt to formally appeal. It has now confirmed it is doing just that…
⏩ One Liners - music business news in brief: Audiomack x Mogul, Jasleen Royal’s legal battle with T-Series, Rough Trade's Denmark Street store, Concord labels rejig, NewJeans want ex-Ador CEO reinstated + more
Today: Audiomack, TunedGlobal, 5020 Records, Great Entertainment, Audoo, T-Series, Namecheap, Tracksy, Singular Hearing, Rough Trade, National Independent Venue Association, Concord Records, MXTR, NewJeans, Queen, Mew + more…
BBC Chair says neither subscriptions nor ads would work as future funding models
How the BBC should be funded in the future was discussed in the House Of Lords yesterday. There has been much speculation over the years that a subscription model might eventually replace the current licence fee funding system. But BBC Chair Samir Shah told the Lords that wouldn’t work…
Pathways Into Music and Un-Convention bring together music educators and music industry for new conference this autumn
CMU’s Pathways Into Music Foundation runs various programmes connecting music industry and music education. This November it is teaming up with Un-Convention to present a Music Industry + Music Education Conference in Manchester, bringing together everyone involved in supporting new music talent…
The White Stripes sue Trump campaign, “disgusted” by its “flagrant misappropriation” of Seven Nation Army
The White Stripes have fallen out with Donald Trump for a second time. After enraging the band in 2016 when he used their music in a campaign video, he’s done it again - and this time the band are going legal, saying his “flagrant misappropriation” of their music has left them “disgusted”…
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