CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise this week, from Kelela, Jack White, Gilla Band, Finn Wolfhard + Rebecca Black…
iHeart ramps up anti-payola policies under pressure from the FCC
iHeartMedia has agreed a deal with US media regulator the FCC to ramp up its payola policies in relation to live events. The FCC last year put the spotlight on allegations some radio stations were getting artists to play their events for free in return for airplay, which it said constitutes payola…
Kneecap allowed to file defamation lawsuit in Ireland against Indigenous leader in Canada over antisemitism claims
Last year nine Indigenous leaders in Canada said Kneecap had “outwardly supported antisemitism” and therefore their shows in Toronto and Vancouver should be cancelled. The band are now suing one of those Indigenous leaders, Harvey Yesno, for defamation and Dublin’s high court has accepted the case…
🎧 Approved: Moses Boyd
Moses Boyd is back after five years away and ‘Say Yeah’ was worth the wait - gospel-rooted, dancefloor-ready jazz with a London accent and a hook so simple it works in any language. A video made with Woolwich Creative Club has exactly the communal feel the song is about…
Bulgaria’s copyright regime is broken because it didn’t properly implement EU rules that justify web-blocking, say labels
Bulgarian labels recently failed to secure anti-piracy web-blocks because the country’s lawmakers never implemented EU rules that justify such a thing. Trade group BAMP has now urged EU officials to ensure member states are complying with existing copyright rules before introducing any new ones…
Jermaine Dupri sues Sony Music over “wilful deceitful actions” that resulted in $18 million in unpaid royalties
Jermaine Dupri has had a 34 year relationship with Sony Music after first partnering with the major back in 1992. But he now reckons that Sony has systematically underreported and underpaid royalties he is due on many of the records he was involved in, so he’s suing for more than $18 million…
Sacked Ador boss orchestrated NewJeans’ failed rebellion, claims K-pop agency in court
The legal dramas around HYBE’s Ador agency and NewJeans continue. Ador is suing axed band member Danielle Marsh and former Ador CEO Min Hee-jin. Last week it presented evidence that seemed to show Min - after being sacked by Ador - directing NewJeans as they sought new projects outside the agency…
🌅 Horizon Leaders - Rupinder Virdee
This week, we caught up with Rupinder Virdee; strategic communications and PR consultant, and founder and MD of 8 Fold Communications…
BBC’s music boss Lorna Clarke outlines broadcaster’s AI transparency commitments - but can it actually meet them?
BBC Director Of Music Lorna Clarke has said the broadcaster wants to be transparent when artists it champions have used AI as part of their creative processes, though that will rely on the music industry at large deciding when and how it is going to be transparent about the use of AI in new releases…
🎧 Approved: Kamal.
Kamal. had 250 million streams and a Dave collab before he’d even put out a debut album. That arrives 17 Jul and new single ‘Back Then’ - a voice note recorded in his childhood home turned into something genuinely hard to shake - suggests it's been worth the wait…
Bad forecasting and the loss of two clients contributed to tickets.ie collapse, says director report
Directors of Irish ticketing company tickets.ie, which collapsed last month, have said that the loss of two key clients and bad forecasting caused insurmountable cash flow problems. The company’s founder, who left the business last year, also says he was “saddened and shocked” by the sudden collapse…
Judge should block major label attempts to expand track lists in AI litigation, says Suno
The majors have been trying to massively expand the list of named tracks in their lawsuits against Udio and Suno, in doing so increasing potential damages if they win. But the judge in the Udio case has said it’s too late to add more tracks. Suno says the judge in its case should now rule the same…
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