CMU | the music business explained (Page 38)

Live Nation boss dismissive of streaming platforms’ superfan ambitions as company reports record year

Spotify wants to be “the best in the world at building AI products” and is focused on “accelerated execution”... but still no super-premium launch

Judge throws out MLC’s audiobooks bundle lawsuit, says Spotify can keep cutting songwriter royalties through its “cynical trick”

Universal Music’s new Spotify deal could be a knock-out blow for streaming platform’s audiobook bundling trick

Universal put “corporate greed” before Drake’s safety, says defamation lawsuit filed over Kendrick Lamar diss track

Beware the “wolf under the cape” in Universal’s Downtown land grab, warns Beggars boss as IMPALA calls for regulators to block the deal

EU AI Act can only provide a “temporary fix” to the “darker aspect” of AI’s “profound disruption” to creative industries says open letter

AI generated music will suck €4 billion a year away from music creators by 2028 says CISAC

Village People founder loves Trump using YMCA, but hates people calling it a gay anthem

Executives from BMG, Absolute Label Services, Mahogany Music, Punch Records and more to join award winning female entrepreneurs in Liverpool as first Sound City+ 2025 speakers unveiled

AIF makes desperate call for government to “step up, and step up now” to get festivals through “devastating period”, as MVT launches new Liveline fund

New AI transparency proposal in US Congress will “pave the way” for creator compensation says ASCAP boss

SXSW ditches weapons sponsors to burnish brand - so why won’t it ditch its ties to Saudi Arabia?

SXSW London could disrupt delicately balanced music ecosystem and should reconsider its date

Music Education • 1 min read

Pathways Into Music and Un-Convention bring together music educators and music industry for new conference this autumn

CMU’s Pathways Into Music Foundation runs various programmes connecting music industry and music education. This November it is teaming up with Un-Convention to present a Music Industry + Music Education Conference in Manchester, bringing together everyone involved in supporting new music talent…

CMU • 11 Sep 2024

NO FAKES Act • 3 min read

NO FAKES Act is a “blunt solution” that “goes too far” say tech companies

The NO FAKES Act in the US - seen by many in the music industry as a break-through legislative safe-guard against the threat of AI - is actually a bit rubbish. At least that’s what a group of signatories to a new letter say, adding that the new legislation could have unintended consequences…

Chris Cooke • 10 Sep 2024

The White Stripes • 3 min read

The White Stripes sue Trump campaign, “disgusted” by its “flagrant misappropriation” of Seven Nation Army

The White Stripes have fallen out with Donald Trump for a second time. After enraging the band in 2016 when he used their music in a campaign video, he’s done it again - and this time the band are going legal, saying his “flagrant misappropriation” of their music has left them “disgusted”…

Chris Cooke • 10 Sep 2024

CMU Approved • 1 min read

🎧 Approved: Moreish Idols

Moreish Idols have reimagined their sound with each release. Whereas their debut material showcased a sound influenced by energetic post-punk, their new single ‘Pale Blue Dot’ further transforms their style with intricate acoustic instrumentation and gently layered vocal harmonies…

Kaya Robertson • 10 Sep 2024

Oasis • 2 min read

UK consumer rights champion ‘Which?’ tells Oasis “do the right thing and refund fans”

Oasis should have warned fans about dynamic ticketing price gouge and failure to do so may be a breach of Consumer Protection From Unfair Trading regulations, says Which? Because fans could face a “lengthy and arduous road” to get compensation, Oasis should “do the right thing” and issue refunds…

Chris Cooke • 10 Sep 2024

One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 11 min read

⏩ One liners - music business news in brief: Audius x Kobalt, Sabrina Carpenter’s Redken haircare tie-up, Travis Barker inks temporary tattoo deal, IMPF’s new General Secretary, Audible’s audiobooks AI play, Fire Festival reboot + more

Today: Audius, Kobalt, Redken, Inkbox, MV2, New Lost City Records, Moshi Moshi, Concord, IMPF, The Royalty Network, Global Music Junction, Recording Academy, Amuse, Sirius XM, Apple, Primary Wave, Fire Festival II, MMF, IFPI + more…

CMU • 10 Sep 2024

Kobalt • 3 min read

Judge declines to reconsider Kobalt strand of Spotify’s legal battle with Eminem’s publisher

A judge recently ruled that Kobalt should cover Spotify’s costs relating to the legal battle over Eminem’s songs, based on a 2016 agreement between it and the streaming platform. Kobalt asked the judge to reconsider. She has declined but cleared the way for the music company to appeal…

Chris Cooke • 09 Sep 2024

Anthropic • 2 min read

Music publishers say “overwhelming evidence” against Anthropic means case must not be slimmed down

Anthropic recently tried to get a lawsuit filed against it by a group of music publishers trimmed down, citing other cases between copyright owners and AI businesses. The publishers have now insisted this case is different because of “overwhelming evidence” that Anthropic’s AI outputted their lyrics…

Chris Cooke • 09 Sep 2024

Releases & Tours • 2 min read

⏩ Releases & Tours News Monday 9 Sep

The Dare, Charlotte Day Wilson, Pa Salieu, Megan Thee Stallion, The Bug, A$AP Rocky, TSHA, Lola Brooke, Glory, RINI, Richard Ashcroft, Cartel Bo, OPETH, Gooseberry + more…

CMU • 09 Sep 2024

One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 5 min read

⏩ One Liners - music business news in brief: Roblox touts music discovery, launches charts, BLACKPINK’s Jennie signs with Columbia Records, Kendrick Lamar to headline Apple Music-sponsored Super Bowl halftime show, Spinal Tap bans Trump from using music

Today: James Ford, UMPG, Paul Oakenfold, Kassner Music, Low Profile, Capitol Records, Columbia Records, Spinal Tap, Roblox, Global, Kendrick Lamar, Apple Music, National Album Day, Kilimanjaro Live, PRS Foundation, Southbank Centre…

CMU • 09 Sep 2024

Verizon • 2 min read

Previous music piracy judgements against ISPs were “wrong” says Verizon, and those legal arguments “are even less persuasive now”

The latest ISP to be sued by the majors has said that past judgements that held its rivals liable for their customers’ copyright infringement were wrong. Verizon also hopes a Supreme Court ruling that limited the liabilities of social media firms can be used as grounds to dismiss this copyright case…

Chris Cooke • 09 Sep 2024