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Proper Music saved as Drew Hill and Artone conclude strategic acquisition deal to buy the assets of Proper Music Group
Proper Music Distribution Artone Drew Hill Erika Brennan

Proper Music saved as Drew Hill and Artone conclude strategic acquisition deal to buy the assets of Proper Music Group

Sam Taylor
Live Nation boss dismissive of streaming platforms’ superfan ambitions as company reports record year
Live Nation Michael Rapino Live industry news including ticketing, venues, festivals and more Spotify Superfan Universal Music

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

Sam Taylor
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
Spotify Artificial Intelligence Streaming Digital services and platforms news Daniel Ek

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

Sam Taylor
Judge throws out MLC’s audiobooks bundle lawsuit, says Spotify can keep cutting songwriter royalties through its “cynical trick”
MLC Spotify Music industry legal news coverage

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

Sam Taylor
Universal Music’s new Spotify deal could be a knock-out blow for streaming platform’s audiobook bundling trick
Spotify Universal Music Digital services and platforms news

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

Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
Universal put “corporate greed” before Drake’s safety, says defamation lawsuit filed over Kendrick Lamar diss track
Drake Universal Music Music industry legal news coverage

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

Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
Beware the “wolf under the cape” in Universal’s Downtown land grab, warns Beggars boss as IMPALA calls for regulators to block the deal
Downtown Music Universal Music IMPALA Independent Music Publishers Forum (IMPF) Labels

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

Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
EU AI Act can only provide a “temporary fix” to the “darker aspect” of AI’s “profound disruption” to creative industries says open letter
Artificial Intelligence EU AI Act European Composer & Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) International Artist Organisation Henna Virkkunen Glenn MIcallef Music industry legal news coverage

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

Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
AI generated music will suck €4 billion a year away from music creators by 2028 says CISAC
Artificial Intelligence Digital services and platforms news

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

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

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

Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
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
Sound City Conferences & Events Liverpool Karen Emanuel Blackstar Agency

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

Sam Taylor
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
Live industry news including ticketing, venues, festivals and more Association Of Independent Festivals Association Of Independent Music (AIM)

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

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

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

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

Sam Taylor
SXSW London could disrupt delicately balanced music ecosystem and should reconsider its date
SXSW Live industry news including ticketing, venues, festivals and more

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

Sam Taylor
⏩ One Liners: music industry deals, appointments, legal round-up including UMG x Meta partnership, ROXI funding squeeze, Smashing Pumpkins x Marc Jacobs, David Goldsen upped at Warner Chappell plus Kayne in the dark about new Atlanic boss Elliot Grainge
One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 10 min read

⏩ One Liners: music industry deals, appointments, legal round-up including UMG x Meta partnership, ROXI funding squeeze, Smashing Pumpkins x Marc Jacobs, David Goldsen upped at Warner Chappell plus Kayne in the dark about new Atlanic boss Elliot Grainge

Today: UMG x Meta, ROXI, The Smashing Pumpkins x Marc Jacobs capsule collection, Redlight Starwood partnership, Warner Chappell promotes David Goldsen, Anthropic vs Publishers not in court till 2026, Jay-Z formalises reversion rights for ‘Reasonable Doubt’, K-pop merch brands fined, artists vs Trump…
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Pitbull sued over alleged song-theft on ‘I Feel Good’
Pitbull • 2 min read

Pitbull sued over alleged song-theft on ‘I Feel Good’

Pitbull’s label is on the receiving end of the latest song-theft lawsuit. A company called All Surface Publishing claims that his track ‘I Feel Good’ rips off an earlier song called ‘Samir’s Theme’, which was shared with Pitbull collaborator DJ White Shadow in 2011.…
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⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, legal including Lemonaide x Beatstars, BTS star crashes Gucci Japan website, Sonos puts products on hold to sort out app disaster, iHeartMedia earnings, Burning Man tickets shock, Travis Scott arrest
One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 9 min read

⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, legal including Lemonaide x Beatstars, BTS star crashes Gucci Japan website, Sonos puts products on hold to sort out app disaster, iHeartMedia earnings, Burning Man tickets shock, Travis Scott arrest

Lemonaide x Beatstars; Gucci x BTS Jin; appointments at Bauer Media, MCT Agentur, Tickets For Good, Capitol Christian Music Group, TikTok; Travis Scott arrest; Beyoncé copyright lawsuit dropped; Instagram metrics; Sonos app woes; Audial Music; iHeart earnings show podcast growth and more…
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⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, legal round-up and earnings including Downtown x Double P Records, Avex USA, Concord, Peer Music, Defected Records, Featured Artists Coalition, SMIA, Kakao plus Spanish consumer watchdog eyes live music and ticketing
One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 12 min read

⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, legal round-up and earnings including Downtown x Double P Records, Avex USA, Concord, Peer Music, Defected Records, Featured Artists Coalition, SMIA, Kakao plus Spanish consumer watchdog eyes live music and ticketing

In today’s music business news round-up: Downtown’s deal with Peso Pluma, Nigerian producer Zone signs with Avex USA, FAC reveals Amazon Step Up Fund recipients, Kesha will record Diddy diss, Minelli memoir, SMIA Summit, Kakao & SM Entertainment earnings, plus release and tours news…
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