Yourope relocates to Bonn, as Holger Jan Schmidt becomes General Secretary
European festival association Yourope has appointed Holger Jan Schmidt as General Secretary and moved its offices to Bonn, with Christof Huber becoming Chair.…
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Twitter adds Tip Jar for creators
Twitter has added a Tip Jar feature that links to creators' donation accounts on services including PayPal, Bandcamp and Patreon, rather than processing payments itself.…
One Liners: Audoo, Pink, Imanbek & Cher Lloyd, more
Round-up including Audoo's new CTO Steve Robbins, a Pink documentary track, and new releases from Imanbek and Cher Lloyd, Boys Noize, Murcof and others.…
PRS proposes revised livestream licence after 'call for views', but still criticised by artists and managers
PRS has revised its livestream licence to a single 10% rate for shows during the pandemic, but artists and managers still object that middle-tier shows could be worse off.…
Childish Gambino accused of ripping off earlier track on This Is America
Miami rapper Kidd Wes has sued Childish Gambino, claiming the chorus flow of 'This Is America' is substantially similar to his earlier track 'Made In America'.…
ECSA puts the spotlight on safe harbour, digital pie, user-centric and royalty chains in new white paper on "fixing" streaming
The European Composer & Songwriter Alliance has published a white paper calling for changes to streaming, covering safe harbour, the song and recording revenue split, and royalty chains.…
Beggars partners on new music supervision company Colourbox Music
Beggars Group has partnered with Ben Turner and Simon Astall of Earworm Music on Colourbox Music, a new music supervision, licensing and composition company.…
Live Nation "optimistic" as revenue begins to grow again
Live Nation's concert revenues rose by over a third in the first quarter of 2021 compared with the previous quarter, and CEO Michael Rapino says the company is optimistic about the year ahead.…
Triller partners with SoundCloud to promote emerging artists
Triller and SoundCloud have agreed a partnership under which SoundCloud's Repost team will curate a monthly playlist of emerging artists on the video-sharing app.…
One Liners: Coldplay, Health & Nine Inch Nails, Czarface & MF Doom, more
Round-up of deals, appointments, media and releases including Coldplay's 'Higher Power', Health and Nine Inch Nails' collaboration, and Radio 1's Big Weekend lineup.…
Artists back campaign against Spotify's emotion tracking patent
Artists and human rights groups have signed an open letter urging Spotify to abandon a patent for emotion-detecting speech recognition, which Spotify says it has no plans to implement.…
Italian record industry sues Vimeo
The Italian record industry, with IFPI, has sued Vimeo in Italy, arguing its copyright takedown systems fall short of the requirements for safe harbour protection.…