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Business News • 4 min read

LetTheMusicMove campaign relaunches to put spotlight on proposed increases in US visa costs for artists

The Music Managers Forum and Featured Artists Coalition have relaunched #LetTheMusicMove to oppose a proposed rise of over 250% in US O and P visa fees for performers.…

Chris Cooke • 09 Feb 2023

Business News • 2 min read

High quality recordings specialist seeks stay of misleading marketing lawsuit as similar litigation reaches settlement

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab has asked an Illinois court to pause a lawsuit over claims its vinyl was marketed as analogue when it used digital mastering, as a near-identical Washington case nears settlement.…

Chris Cooke • 09 Feb 2023

Business News • 2 min read

Hybe America buys Quality Control label

Hybe has bought QC Media Holdings, owner of Quality Control Music, reportedly for at least $300 million, expanding its US business into hip hop.…

Chris Cooke • 09 Feb 2023

Business News • 2 min read

UK has yet another top minister for culture

Lucy Frazer has become the eleventh Conservative Culture Secretary in a decade as the department loses its digital remit and is renamed.…

Chris Cooke • 09 Feb 2023

Business News • 3 min read

700 music people call on government to help tackle discrimination and harassment in the music industry

Over 700 people in music have signed an open letter urging the UK government to amend equality law to better protect freelance workers from discrimination and harassment.…

Chris Cooke • 08 Feb 2023

Artist News • 3 min read

Ed Sheeran lawyers want video of his mash-up performances excluded from Thinking Out Loud song theft trial

Ed Sheeran's lawyers have objected to a YouTube mash-up of 'Thinking Out Loud' and 'Let's Get It On' being shown to the jury in the upcoming trial.…

Chris Cooke • 08 Feb 2023

Business News • 1 min read

Rejig announced for Concord top team

Concord CEO Scott Pascucci and Chief Label Officer Tom Whalley are stepping down in June, with Bob Valentine succeeding Pascucci as CEO.…

Chris Cooke • 08 Feb 2023

Utopia Music • 1 min read

Utopia sells ROSTR back to its founders

Following its recent downsizing and executive rejig, Utopia Music has sold back one of its earlier acquisitions to the founders…

Chris Cooke • 08 Feb 2023

Business News • 3 min read

Music Venue Trust accuses live giants of "sitting on their hands doing nothing" as another grassroots venue closes

Music Venue Trust says Darwen's Sunbird Records has ceased trading, criticising the wider music industry for failing to help save struggling grassroots venues.…

Andy Malt • 08 Feb 2023

Business News • 1 min read

NME partners with Bose on C23 mixtape championing new talent

NME has partnered with Bose on the C23 mixtape, a cassette and streaming compilation of fifteen emerging artists, echoing its C86 compilation, with a showcase at SXSW.…

Chris Cooke • 08 Feb 2023

Business News • 4 min read

IPO publishes economics of streaming research on reversion and contract adjustment rights for music-makers

The UK Intellectual Property Office has published research on reversion and contract adjustment rights, two copyright reforms proposed by MPs to address how music-makers are paid for streaming.…

Chris Cooke • 07 Feb 2023

Business News • 1 min read

MSG Entertainment partly lifts its venue ban on attorneys involved in suing the company

MSG Entertainment has lifted its venue ban for lawyers involved in litigation against the Tao Group, while keeping it for other firms suing the company.…

Chris Cooke • 07 Feb 2023