FREENOW launches new scheme to support grassroots venues
Taxi app FREENOW has announced a new scheme that will provide at least £200,000 in support for Music Venue Trust’s Pipeline Investment Fund…
Earl Sweatshirt says he was “staunchly against playlists” until recently
Earl Sweatshirt says he was “staunchly against playlists” until he made his very first one recently to help him stay energised at the gym…
S Club postpone second night of reunion tour after venue fire
S Club were forced to postpone the second night of their reunion tour on Friday after a fire at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena knocked out the power supply to the venue…
Hipgnosis Songs Fund scraps interim dividend after reducing expectations from Copyright Royalty Board windfall
The Hipgnosis Songs Fund has told investors that extra payments due as a result of the final Copyright Royalty Board ruling on US streaming royalties will be significantly less than previously estimated, $9.9 million instead of $21.7 million…
Megan Thee Stallion has "no label right now" and that's how she wants it
Megan Thee Stallion says she will self-release her next record because “I don’t want to sign to a new label right now”. She has had multiple legal run-ins with her former label 1501 Entertainment…
Kanye West in talks with distribution partners around new album
Kanye West is seeking a business partner to distribute his new collaborative album with Ty Dolla $ign after pretty much every one of his business partners cut their ties with him last year…
Garrix to sell his own currency at ADE
Martin Garrix is selling his own banknotes - the Garrix 10 - at this year’s Amsterdam Dance Event, in aid of the SOS Children’s Villages and War Child charities…
US internet organisations support Grande's appeal in record industry copyright battle
Two trade organisations for the US internet sector have submitted an amicus brief in support of Grande Communications as it continues in its legal battle with the record industry, seeking to overturn a $46.8 million judgement…
One Liners: Ghetts, Mxmtoon, Warner Music Finland + more
Warner Music Finland hires Jukka Immonen; Simon Phillips moves to Jazz FM; new releases from Paloma Faith and Ghetts; Liam Gallagher ‘Definitely Maybe’ tour, Smashing Pumpkins co-headline tour, Mxmtoon London show…
CMU Digest: RIAA, Utopia, Easy Life, Coldplay, Hipgnosis
Catch up on key events this week, including the RIAA adding voice cloning sites to its piracy gripe list, more revelations about Utopia’s finances, Easy Life conceding defeat in trademark battle, Coldplay suing their ex-manager, and unhappy Hipgnosis shareholders planning to block a catalogue sale…
Setlist Podcast: Easy Life agree to change their name for an easyLife
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke take a look at the trademark claim brought against the band Easy Life by EasyJet airline owner EasyGroup and Coldplay’s multi-million pound legal battle with their former manager…
US senators propose new law to ban unauthorised AI voice clone
Four US senators have released a discussion draft of what they are calling the NO FAKES Act, which would make it illegal to use generative AI to generate content that imitates the voice or likeness of actors and artists without their permission…
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