Brazilian industry welcomes shutdown of piracy site FileWarez
The record industry in Brazil has welcomed the shutdown of piracy site FileWarez following action taken by the cybercrime unit at the São Paulo prosecutor’s office…
Emily Eavis says organising things a bit later might have got Glastonbury a stand-out headliner
Emily Eavis has been talking Glastonbury headliners with BBC podcast Sidetrack - though she didn’t actually reveal who will be playing next year…
Spotify also in talks with industry to change track allocation process
Spotify is in talks with the labels and distributors about changing the way it allocates revenues to tracks each month - like with changes proposed by Deezer, Spotify’s plan will impact functional audio and smaller self-releasing musicians…
Deezer and Sacem evaluating artist-centric model for songwriters
Deezer and French collecting society Sacem have announced a new partnership to assess the viability of switching to an “artist-centric” model for distributing song royalties - similar to what the streaming service is already piloting on the recordings side…
One Liners: Green Day, Loyle Carner, Amon Tobin + more
Sentric signs Amon Tobin; Warner signs Mavi; IMPALA publishes diversity report; new music from Green Day, Duran Duran, The Kills, Chelsea Wolfe, Coco, Deep Tan and Gag Salon; Loyle Carner and Underworld tour dates…
Hipgnosis Songs Fund confirms it has received no higher offers for catalogue sale
The board of the publicly-listed Hipgnosis Songs Fund have confirmed that they haven’t received any higher offers for the catalogues they are proposing to sell to the Blackstone-backed Hipgnosis Songs Capital…
Three more DJs to be supported by Radio 1's Annie Nightingale Presents Scholarship
The DJs set to be supported by the Annie Nightingale Presents Scholarship this year have been announced: Imogen, Jay Carder and Rossy…
GESAC welcomes European Parliament support for measures against buy-outs
GESAC, representing song right collecting societies across Europe, has welcomed the news that two European Parliament committees have adopted a report which, among other things, calls for protections for music-makers against forced buy-outs when they are commissioned to create new music…
The Circuit Group and Defected Records partner
The newly formed Circuit Group has announced an alliance with dance music label Defected Records as it continues “to establish our new vision across the music landscape"…
K-pop group accidentally perform in Glasgow Rangers football kits at Texas show
K-pop girl group STAYC have been performing in the shirts of local sports teams on their US tour, except in Texas where they turned up in Glasgow Rangers’ 1996 kit…
Anti-touting campaign hopes new EU rules will help in the battle against for-profit ticket resale
The pan-European anti-ticket-touting campaign FEAT has set out its priorities for the year ahead, hoping to capitalise on the new EU Digital Services Act…
Skiddle partners with Music Venue Trust to offer financial support to grassroots venues
Ticketing company Skiddle has announced a new partnership with the Music Venue Trust to offer financial support to struggling grassroots music venues. Meanwhile, the UK Parliament’s Culture, Media And Sport Select Committee is to conduct a review of the challenges faced by the sector…
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