CMU | the music business explained (Page 40)

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

One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 7 min read

⏩ One Liners - music business news in brief: IDOL inks deal with Berlin’s City Slang; appointments at Third Side, Pulse Music Group, Sony Music Publishing Scandinavia; LabelRadar launches Artist Network, AppFigures data shows Bluesky booming

Today: news from Interscope, Blue Raincoat, IDOL, City Slang, Myst Music, The Orchard, Third Side Music, Pulse Music Group, Sony Music Publishing Scandinavia, Beatport, LabelRadar, Bluesky, YouTube, DAACI, Soundstripe, Snap, Safe Superintelligence, Eventbrite +more…

CMU • 05 Sep 2024

Releases & Tours • 1 min read

⏩ Releases & Tours News Thursday 5 Sep

George FitzGerald, Jungle, Pipe-eye, The Body, Sting, Role Model, Crows + more…

CMU • 05 Sep 2024

CMU Approved • 1 min read

🎧 Approved: yunè pinku

Malaysian-Irish producer and songwriter yunè pinku harnesses the sounds of the rave to create fresh, melodic soundscapes. Her latest single, ‘Half Alive’, is an open-hearted anthem driven by a ticking breakbeat and shimmering synth stabs.…

Kaya Robertson • 05 Sep 2024

European Union • 3 min read

Concessions for UK artists touring EU “impossible” say EU officials, in blow to Labour government’s manifesto commitment

Prior to this year’s General Election, the Labour Party said that “helping our touring artists” would be a key priority in future talks with the EU. However, internal documents say that EU officials have already ruled out any deal to remove the hurdles British performers now face when touring Europe…

Chris Cooke • 05 Sep 2024

AIM Connected • 2 min read

UK indie label trade body confirms full speaker line-up for London Barbican event AIM Connected

AIM Connected will take place on Thursday 12 Sep at London's Barbican Centre. This year's speaker line-up includes the co-founders of Transgressive Records, Ruth Barlow, Kim Bayley, Chloe van Bergen, Aine Markey, Liz Northeast and more…

Sam Taylor • 05 Sep 2024

LIVE • 3 min read

Live sector provides £6 billion boost to UK economy, but grassroots still in crisis

LIVE has published a report that says live music delivered a £6 billion boost to the UK economy last year. However, the grassroots of the sector is still in crisis. LIVE calls for a VAT cut on tickets, while LIVE member Music Venue Trust has renewed its call for a ticket levy on large-scale shows…

Chris Cooke • 04 Sep 2024

Live Business • 3 min read

Oasis brings dynamic ticketing practices under fire from UK’s competition and advertising regulators, plus EU

Following all the criticism of the use of dynamic pricing for the sale of tickets to the Oasis reunion shows last weekend, both the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority and the European Commission have announced they are reviewing this practice to check if it is compliant with consumer rights laws…

Chris Cooke • 04 Sep 2024

One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 9 min read

⏩ One Liners - music business news in brief: new Norwegian label group Sounds Like Gold partners with Virgin Music Group, Gallagher + Gou to front Stone Island campaign, A2IM partners with GoGoods, Shkreli hands over 15 copies of Wu-Tang album

Today: Sounds Like Gold, Virgin Music Group, Stone Island, Warner Chappell Music, A2IM, GoGoods, Bucks Music Group, Sony Music Publishing, Position Music, Songtools, Sonicbids, CAPIF, Gigantic, Music Venue Trust + more…

CMU • 04 Sep 2024

Releases & Tours • 1 min read

⏩ Releases & Tour News Wednesday 4 Sep

Cairo, Nice Biscuit, BABii, Chilly Gonzales, Sleater-Kinney, CKay, Rejjie Snow + more…

CMU • 04 Sep 2024

Isaac Hayes • 2 min read

Judge orders Trump to stop playing Isaac Hayes song amid dispute over date of BMI exclusion

The legal battle between the Isaac Hayes estate and the Donald Trump election campaign continues. A judge has issued an injunction ordering Trump to not use ‘Hold On, I'm Coming’ at his rallies and Hayes’ son has disputed the campaign’s claim about its BMI licence…

Chris Cooke • 04 Sep 2024