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Industry comments on UK Parliament’s Misogyny In Music report

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Industry Issues • 7 min read

Industry comments on UK Parliament’s Misogyny In Music report

Music industry organisations including UK Music, the BPI, MMF, Black Lives In Music, and the Musicians’ Union comment on the Misogyny In Music report published by the UK Parliament’s Women And Women And Equalities Committee this morning…

CMU • 30 Jan 2024

Setlist Podcast: Major label bosses put the spotlight on superfans

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Setlist • 4 min read

Setlist Podcast: Major label bosses put the spotlight on superfans

Universal and Warner bosses' new year memos, Viagogo's "misleading" advertorial, and more…

Andy Malt • 12 Jan 2024

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BPI • 7 min read

The year ahead: Jo Twist, CEO of BPI

BPI CEO Jo Twist looks ahead at 2024 in the latest of our series of interviews with the bosses of the music industry’s trade bodies. She discusses the organisation’s successes in 2023, the challenges it faces in the coming year, and the continued evolution of the BRIT Awards…

CMU • 11 Jan 2024

Vinyl sales grow, cassettes slump; streaming now 87.7% of UK music consumption

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Industry Stats • 3 min read

Vinyl sales grow, cassettes slump; streaming now 87.7% of UK music consumption

BPI's annual stats bang shows just how much Olivia Rodrigo's fans love cassettes. Someone has to. Plus some other lovely chunky consumption numbers.…

Chris Cooke • 03 Jan 2024

One Liners: Aurora, Marika Hackman, Julia Holter + more

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One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 2 min read

One Liners: Aurora, Marika Hackman, Julia Holter + more

Barbican appoints new Head Of Music; Sony A&R internships; new round of MEGS funding; new music from Aurora, Marika Hackman, Julia Holter, Fucked Up, Heartworms and Chemtrails…

Andy Malt • 08 Nov 2023

Rolling Stones collect UK streaming trophy

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The Rolling Stones • 1 min read

Rolling Stones collect UK streaming trophy

The Rolling Stones have become the latest act to receive a BRIT Billion Award for achieving more than a billion streams in the UK…

Andy Malt • 31 Oct 2023

Ed Sheeran gets a Gold BRIT Billion award for passing ten billion UK streams

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Ed Sheeran • 1 min read

Ed Sheeran gets a Gold BRIT Billion award for passing ten billion UK streams

The BPI has presented Ed Sheeran with a Gold BRIT Billion award to celebrate him being streamed over ten billion times in the UK…

Chris Cooke • 04 Oct 2023

UK Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority to start considering cases from next year

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CIISA • 1 min read

UK Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority to start considering cases from next year

The newly created Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority - which seeks to prevent and tackle bullying and harassment across the UK creative industries - will start considering cases next year…

Chris Cooke • 02 Oct 2023

BPI boss responds to the five AI fundamentals published by the Council Of Music Makers

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BPI • 2 min read

BPI boss responds to the five AI fundamentals published by the Council Of Music Makers

The boss of record label trade group BPI has responded to the five AI fundamentals published yesterday by the UK’s Council Of Music Makers…

Chris Cooke • 21 Sep 2023