KLF make ‘karing’ bid for Christmas number one
The KLF have announced a move into care home provision and also made a bid for Christmas number one with one of their residents. Or so they claim…
CMU Digest: Spotify confirms changes to pay-outs, music-makers criticise government AI meeting + more
In this week's digest: Spotify confirms the changes it is making to the way it shares its revenues with the music industry, the Council Of Music Makers hits out at a government meeting on AI that excluded music-makers, Live Nation is accused of “egregiously stonewalling” a Senate committee + more…
Setlist Podcast: Spotify insists royalty changes will help emerging artists
On this week's episode, Spotify's confirmation of plans to update how it pays out (or doesn't pay out) royalties, the decision to bounce the MSG Sphere venue out of London, and more…
BBC must do more to move music and radio out of London says National Audit Office
The National Audit Office has criticised the BBC for the lack of progress in some areas of its ‘Across The UK’ strategy to move BBC spending out of London to strengthen the creative industries across the UK…
Creator groups call for EU AI Act to retain strong transparency obligations
A number of groups representing creators from various art forms have called on lawmakers in Europe to ensure that the EU AI Act - now in the final phase of being negotiated - retains strong transparency obligations for AI companies…
Official Charts Company reveals Christmas number one contenders
The race to be the UK’s Christmas number one has officially begun. In less than a month we’ll know who the winner is, but for now we can only wonder if it’ll go to a charity single, a festive classic, a cat or a puppet…
⏩ One Liners: Paloma Faith, F-List, Kali Uchis + more
Hannah Peel named F-List President; new releases from Paloma Faith, Feeder, Kali Uchis x Karol G, English Teacher, Blackout Problems, Elliphant, USA Nails and Blue Lab Beats; Squeeze 50th anniversary tour…
Diddy and Justin Sane sued over allegations of sexual assault ahead of today's Adult Survivors Act deadline
Both Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Anti-Flag frontman Justin Sane have been sued over allegations of sexual assault under the New York Adult Survivors Act…
Oxford Brookes music department closure “mistake for the jobs and skills of the future,” say prominent academics
A group of prominent academics has written a letter to the Vice Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University criticising its recently announced plans to close its music department…
US ISP hits out at anti-piracy agency used by the music industry in copyright dispute
US internet company Altice - sued by Universal, BMG and Concord for not doing enough to stop copyright infringement on its networks - has hit out at the anti-piracy agency employed by the record labels and wants more information about its operations…
BRIT Award organisers announce changes to increase gender and genre diversity
The 2024 BRIT Awards will have longer shortlists for the Artist Of The Year prizes and a new R&B category in a bid to boost gender and genre representation…
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