🌅 Horizon Future Leaders - Annie Persson
This week, we caught up with Annie Persson, who works as a manager at Solar Management.…
Copyright Alliance welcomes separate AI documents published by White House and Congress, even though they differ on copyright matters
Two documents on regulating AI were published in Washington last week, one by President Donald Trump and one by Senator Marsha Blackburn. They say opposing things when it comes to copyright matters. But the Copyright Alliance was still able to find positives in both of the documents…
Declare trademark claims bogus says FKA in Twigs vs Twigs
FKA Twigs is trying to trademark her name in the US, but an indie pop duo called The Twigs are trying to block her registration. They complained about FKA Twigs using that name back in 2014, but then went silent for ten years. FKA Twigs now wants a court to rule that they should shut up again…
🎧 Approved: Phoenix James
Phoenix James is Alabama-born, Miami-raised and New York-based, with a journey so distinct, it’s only natural that her alt-R&B sound would parallel. New single ‘Hold On’ is elastic and deliberate - a warped, rubbery bassline and James’ voice low-slung, intimate and thick with implication…
Chance The Rapper wins sunset clause dispute with former manager
Chance The Rapper has won his sunset clause dispute with ex-manager Patrick Corcoran. There was no written agreement between rapper and manager, so Corcoran was relying on a 2013 conversation. The rapper also countersued over allegations of misconduct by his manager, for which he won $35 in damages…
Ontario plans to ban for-profit ticket touting
For-profit ticket touting, or scalping, is set to be outlawed in the Canadian province of Ontario. The government there reviewed the regulation of ticket resale after touted tickets for World Series games in Toronto last year topped $21,000. Plans for a ticket scalping ban were announced last week…
CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise this week, from Kelsey Lu, Ed O’Brien, MRCY, Yazmin Lacey, Lime Garden + CLT DRP…
Entrapment, disgusting employees and saying no to Adele: Rapino testifies in Live Nation lawsuit
The Live Nation antitrust trial continues in New York, and yesterday boss man Michael Rapino took to the witness stand. He insisted that his company does not operate an unlawful monopoly, but admitted that a staff member’s Slack post calling ticket buyers “stupid” was “disgusting”…
Ticket AG unveils new Backstage platform, rebrands, and expands to Austria
Ticket AG has rebranded, unveiled its new Backstage platform, and opened an office in Austria. Founded in 2023, the company offers an all-in-one SaaS solution covering ticket sales, event management and marketing.…
American man pleads guilty to multi-million dollar streaming fraud, faces five years in jail
The American man who was arrested in 2024 for running a multi-million dollar streaming fraud operation has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He made thousands of tracks that got billions of artificial streams, generating millions in royalties. He now faces up to five years in jail…
“We’re robbing them blind, baby!” ticketing exec takes to the witness stand in Live Nation antitrust trial
The Live Nation antitrust trial continues in New York, where more than 30 US states accuse the live music company of anticompetitive conduct. On Tuesday lawyers questioned Benjamin Baker, the Live Nation ticketing exec who once said of ticket buyers in a Slack post, “we’re robbing them blind, baby!”…
🎧 Approved: MLEKO
MLEKO have coined ‘gub rock’, which, like all good made-up genres, is more of a shrug than a statement: “It’s been termed post-punk, art rock, post-rock, alt rock, prog rock, to the point where we are just as lost as everyone else”. New single ‘Tom’s Tune’ continues this genre-defying momentum…
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