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’…
⏩ One Liners: Griff x Chris Martin, Laufey, TuneCore + more
Next Era partners with Downtown; TuneCore, 10K Projects, Music Support and One Fiinix Live appointments; new music from Griff and Isabella Lovestory; live dates from Laufey and Bigo & Twigetti…
David Dollimore launches new dance label in partnership with Geffen
Former RCA President David Dollimore has returned to his dance music roots with the launch of new record label Disorder Records, in partnership with Universal’s Geffen…
A fourth woman accuses Sean 'Diddy' Combs of sexual assault
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been sued by a fourth woman who accuses him of sexual assault in relation to an alleged incident at his New York studio in 2003…
Tidal lays off 10% of its staff
Following Spotify’s announcement that it will reduce its global workforce by 17%, Tidal has made 10% of its staff redundant as part of wider downsizing at parent company Block…
MLC unveils network of five partners to help with matching work
US mechanical rights collecting society The MLC has unveiled a network of five partners to help with the matching process that gets songwriters paid when their music is streamed…
Judges wave away appeal over Tyga’s Vans ‘parody’ shoes
Tyga and MSCHF’s Wavy Baby shoes, which it put on sale last year, did infringe trademarks owned by Vans, an appeals court has ruled…
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