Megan Thee Stallion claims label is attempting to hold her “hostage”
Megan Thee Stallion accuses her label 1501 Certified Entertainment of seeking to delay her trial by pushing back case deadlines in their contract dispute.…
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Record companies hit out at Cox Communications for connecting a terrorist content ruling to its copyright appeal
Cox Communications cites a recent Supreme Court ruling on Twitter's responsibilities for terrorist content in its appeal against a billion-dollar copyright judgement, which the labels contest.…
Australian music industry launches petition over radio royalty caps in copyright law
The Australian music industry has launched a petition urging Parliament to remove radio royalty caps in the Copyright Act, which limit what broadcasters pay artists and labels.…
OfCom fines Bauer £25,000 over abandoned AM frequency
Media regulator OfCom has fined Bauer £25,000 after it revoked the AM licence for Absolute Radio, which Bauer stopped broadcasting on AM in January.…
Spotify podcaster Jemele Hill comments amid reports her exclusivity deal is ending
Podcaster Jemele Hill has commented on reports that her exclusive deal with Spotify and her Unbothered Network are ending as the streamer cuts podcasting costs.…
Economics Of Music Streaming interviews and timeline
CMU has published interviews with eight music industry organisations on the UK government's streaming economics work, along with a timeline of its coverage.…
CMU Digest 04.06.23: Remuneration working group, metadata agreement, Genius v Google, Fix The Tix, Cardi B
This week's digest covers the UK's new remuneration working group, a metadata code agreement, Genius v Google and the Fix The Tix campaign.…
First web-block injunctions issued in Bulgaria
The IFPI and Bulgarian industry group BAMP have secured the first web-blocking injunctions in Bulgaria, targeting The Pirate Bay and local site Zamunda.…
Role of search engines in facilitating ticket touting back in the spotlight
A Primavera Pro panel discussed how search engines like Google allow ticket resale sites to buy top placement, confusing consumers into buying from touts.…
One Liners: Yours, Kula Shaker, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Pendulum, more
Defected signs dance collective Yours, Interstellar signs Kula Shaker, beatBread appoints a CFO, and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Sam Fischer and Pendulum release music.…
Music industry organisations provide perspectives on the economics of streaming debate
CMU has spoken to music industry organisations about the UK government's streaming economics work, finding broad support for the metadata code but disagreement on remuneration.…
Economics Of Streaming Perspectives: Ivors Academy
Ivors Academy CEO Graham Davies reviews the IPO-led streaming work and sets out songwriter priorities for the remuneration working group.…