CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise last week, from Dove Ellis, Peaches, Boj, TOMORA + Confidence Man…
Ador founder wants to develop alternative K-pop management model with new agency
The dispute between NewsJeans and HYBE-owned Ador put the spotlight on K-pop artist deals earlier this year. Ador founder Min Hee-jin - who was pushed out of the agency, prompting the dispute with NewJeans - is launching a new company and says she plans to develop a “new management model” through it…
Kanye’s “problematic behaviour” should not surprise anyone, say judges in Adidas lawsuit
After the long-running partnership between Adidas and Kanye West fell apart in 2022, following the rapper’s antisemitic statements, a shareholder in the sportswear firm sued, claiming management there had failed to declare risks created by West’s misconduct. But a US court has rejected those claims…
Four countries pull out of Eurovision after Israel confirmed to participate
The Eurovision Song Contest is set to be more political than ever next year, with four countries now boycotting the event over Israel’s involvement. Organiser the European Broadcasting Union this week declined to stage a vote of its members on Israel's continued participation in the competition…
Indie publisher trade body says members should reject AI deals that do not value songs properly
The major labels’ big deals with Suno and Udio have posed a number of important questions for the wider music community - including how AI income will be shared between the song rights and the recording rights. IMPF has now joined ECSA in demanding that the two copyrights are valued equally…
Bending Spoons to buy “stagnating” ticketing platform Eventbrite
Eventbrite is set to be acquired by Bending Spoons, which has been buying up a plethora of digital platforms, instigating lots of cost cutting once each deal is done. It will pay $500 million for Eventbrite, considerably less than the ticketing platform’s $1.76 billion valuation at its 2018 IPO…
🎧 Approved: samxemma
samxemma build electronic pop that sounds like optimism trying to reboot itself. New single ‘Me forever :(‘ is another beautifully chaotic, maximalist blast from the duo with over bright, club-leaning synths and percussion that sounds like someone shaking the internet until a feeling falls out…
PacSun latest brand to be sued over uncleared pop songs in TikTok posts
Another lawsuit against a brand that used pop songs in its social media videos without getting the necessary licences. Warner is suing fashion retailer PacSun, which - it says - is a sophisticated IP owner that should have understood its obligations to secure sync licences for its TikTok videos…
Stream-ripper Yout says Suno and Udio have criticism “precisely right” over ruling in legal battle with major labels
Suno and Udio recently sought to intervene in the major labels’ legal dispute with stream-ripper Yout, because a ruling in that case impacts on their own legal battles with the majors. Yout has now welcomed that intervention, but the majors say the AI companies are wrong about stream-ripping rules…
🎧 Approved: Angel Du$t
Baltimore’s Angel Du$t have done the awkward, interesting work of turning hardcore’s blunt force into something porous and strange - they’re loud, messy and stubbornly generous. New single ‘DU$T’ catches the point where tenderness snaps into racket…
“Creators are collateral damage” in AI race says Jorja Smith’s label, after AI voice clone track goes viral
Jorja Smith’s label FAMM has entered the AI debate after a dance track went viral with vocals that had been manipulated by Suno to sound like it was Smith singing. FAMM criticises the artist behind that track, and says guardrails are urgently needed that ensure AI-generated music is clearly labelled…
Copyright safe harbour will be trashed if Cox wins Supreme Court appeal, say major labels
The long running legal battle between ISP Cox and the major labels has finally reached the US Supreme Court. The outcome will impact on how the music industry fights online piracy. Indeed, the majors’ lawyer says if Cox wins, the long established copyright safe harbour will be “a dead letter”…
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