Setlist Podcast: Grassroots venues need ticket levy to survive
Calls for government support for the grassroots live music industry as more venues and festivals close, and the next evolution of Kiss…
Music industry responds to ticketing regulation developments in US Congress
The music industry has welcomed developments in US Congress this week regarding two sets of proposals to better regulate the ticketing sector…
⏩ One Liners: Doja Cat, BRITs Rising Star Award, Spotify + more
Spotify departures; Warner Chappell and 300 appointments; IMS Ibiza announcement; new music from Green Day, Jack Savoretti x Katherine Jenkins, Fred Again, Bleachers, Barry Can’t Swim and Mall Girl; Doja Cat, Postal Service and Death Cab For Cutie live dates; BRITs Rising Star winner…
50 cent making documentary about Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sexual assault allegations
50 Cent has announced that his G-Unit Film & Television production company is working on a documentary about the recent allegations of sexual assault made against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in four separate lawsuits…
Dawsons launches new London store
Musical instrument retailer Dawson has announced its first London store in its more than 100 year history. It will have strong links with NME, which is owned by the same parent company, Caldecott Music Group…
Norwegian Supreme Court copyright ruling “has dire consequences”, according to one artist involved in the case
A ruling in the Norwegian Supreme Court over who owns the rights in recordings made by online collaborators working in different countries should, says one of the collaborators involve in the case, “worry any artist that is working with Norwegian labels and musicians”…
Bjorn Ulvaeus and Ian McKellen make their Abba socks dance
Do you want to buy some Abba socks? No? Well, what if you saw Bjorn Ulvaeus and Ian McKellen make them dance? Yeah, I think that changes things…
Swiss collecting society SUISA's digital licensing hub sues X
SUISA Digital - the digital licensing hub owned by Swiss collecting society SUISA - has sued X for copyright infringement, meaning the social media firm is now fighting the music industry in both the US and German courts…
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🌅 Horizon: hand-picked music jobs for ambitious people.
Horizon's latest jobs include roles in marketing, client support, finance, A&R + more…
Indie labels suggest delaying Spotify's royalty payout revamp to allow proper consultation
Indie label repping IMPALA has published a list of questions about Spotify’s plans to change the way it allocates revenue to each track each month - in particular seeking clarity on and proposing refinements for the new 1000 play threshold…
IMPALA’s questions for Spotify over the changes it is making to its model
The European independent music community has lots of questions about the changes Spotify is making to the way it calculates what money is due to the record industry each month…
Record industry tells US Copyright Office training AI with existing music is "rarely, if ever, fair use"
The American record industry has submitted a ‘reply comment’ to the US Copyright Office’s AI inquiry, again hitting out at the suggestion that using existing music to train a generative AI model constitutes ‘fair use’…
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