Latest round of Power Up participants announced
The third year of the Power Up Participant Programme has named its music-makers and industry professionals, supporting black talent with funding and mentoring.…
Business News
8720 posts
CMU Digest 16.07.23: Luminate stats, regulating AI, The Leadmill, FAC, ECSA
Luminate's midyear report shows streaming and vinyl growth, while Universal and UK Music set out AI regulation priorities and The Electric Group begins legal action against The Leadmill's management.…
Ticketmaster forcing customer disputes to “Kafkaesque” arbitrator back in the spotlight in US court
Ticketmaster's switch to arbitrator New Era for customer disputes was criticised in a US court, with the judge expressing concern over how the change was made.…
Academics go legal over Texas TikTok ban
The Coalition For Independent Technology Research has sued over Texas's TikTok ban, arguing it restricts academics at public universities from researching the app and breaches the First Amendment.…
BBC Introducing launches talent development scheme for spoken word artists
BBC Introducing and Contains Strong Language have launched Words First, a scheme selecting 35 spoken word artists for workshops and a showcase at the festival in September.…
One Liners: Tim Westwood, Billie Eilish, Post Malone, more
Tim Westwood has been interviewed under caution for a third time, Reservoir acquires Greg Kihn's catalogue, and Billie Eilish releases her Barbie contribution.…
Electric Group begins legal action to take control of The Leadmill
The Electric Group has begun legal proceedings to take over Sheffield venue The Leadmill from its current management, which has been running a 'Save The Leadmill' campaign against the move.…
Digital music consumption rockets as 112,000 new tracks a day are added to streaming services, says Luminate
Luminate's midyear report shows global audio streams up 22.9% in the first half of the year, with 112,000 new tracks added to streaming services each day and catalogue accounting for 72.8% of US consumption.…
ECSA makes recommendations for streaming reform ahead of discussion in European Parliament next week
The European Composer & Songwriter Alliance publishes six recommendations for streaming reform ahead of a European Parliament committee discussion on author conditions.…
One Liners: Playboi Carti, Georgia, Yard Act, more
Roundup of recent music business deals, appointments and releases, including a publishing deal for Tia Ray, a promotion at UTA and new singles from Georgia, Yard Act and Genesis Owusu.…
Technical glitches affect Taylor Swift ticket sales again - this time in France
Ticket sales for Taylor Swift's French dates were disrupted by technical problems, with Ticketmaster blaming a third-party vendor and pausing sales.…
OfCom approves Kiss FM to Greatest Hits Radio switchover in East of England
OfCom has approved Bauer Media's plan to move its Cambridge, Peterborough and Suffolk FM frequencies from Kiss FM to Greatest Hits Radio, despite ten objections.…