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📑 CMU Digest: 3tone investor linked to funeral fraud, no "free ride" for TikTok says UMG's Grainge + more
And did Annie Lennox single-handedly change the course of technology?…
CMU Digest
CMU Digest is our weekly round-up of music business news stories. Each edition of the digest includes the most important news from the last week, alongside other stories that you might have missed.
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📑 CMU Digest: Universal and TikTok's stalemate, misogyny "endemic" in music industry + more
UMG v TikTok, Misogyny In Music, Transparency Code, Lords AI report, Swift deepfakes + more…
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📑 CMU Digest: Apple spatial rules benefit majors; Copyright Office explores AI licensing
Hipgnosis slanging match continues; music publishers vs Anthropic; Notorious BIG publicity rights lawsuit…
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📑 CMU Digest: Hipgnosis tensions escalate; Apple's "outrageous" payment changes + more
Hipgnosis tensions; Apple payment changes; Pitchfork folded into GQ; fair training for fair AI; CMM's memo to major label staffers…
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📑 CMU Digest: Grainge and Kyncl sound off on superfan opportunity; year-end stats + more
UMG + WMG bosses' new year memos; year-end stats; ELVIS Act; Viagogo advertorial rap + Bytedance cans Resso India. Plus: cassettes are king, whatever the haters say.…
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CMU Digest: Hipgnosis board urges caution about valuation, management changes at Utopia and Linkfire + more
In this week's digest summarising stories from over the Christmas break: the Hipgnosis Songs Fund cuts the valuation of its catalogues, changes at the top of Utopia Music and Linkfire, BPI's end of year music consumption stats + more…
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CMU Digest: Spotify abandons its plan to exit Uruguay, UK Music calls for summit on ticket touting + more
In this week's digest: Spotify abandons its plan to exit Uruguay but says it might "disinvest" from France, UK Music calls on government to convene a summit on ticketing touting, a new call for witnesses to the Brixton Academy crowd crush to come forward + more…
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CMU Digest: Spotify’s dramatic downsizing, MVT’s call for a ticket levy + more
In this week's digest: Spotify confirms job cuts that will impact on 17% of its workforce, MVT calls for a compulsory ticket levy to support grassroots venues as Moles in Bath closes, a controversial copyright ruling in the Norwegian Supreme Court + more…
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CMU Digest: Sony digital chief calls for US-wide publicity right, Anthropic seeks to get music publisher lawsuit dismissed + more
In this week's digest: Sony’s digital chief calls for a US-wide publicity right at a Congressional hearing on artificial intelligence, BMG announces a restructure, AI firm Anthropic seeks to get the lawsuit filed against it by a group of music publishers dismissed + more…
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CMU Digest: Spotify confirms changes to pay-outs, music-makers criticise government AI meeting + more
In this week's digest: Spotify confirms the changes it is making to the way it shares its revenues with the music industry, the Council Of Music Makers hits out at a government meeting on AI that excluded music-makers, Live Nation is accused of “egregiously stonewalling” a Senate committee + more…
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CMU Digest: YouTube’s voice-cloning announcements, Stability AI audio chief resigns over the company’s fair use position + more
In this week's digest: YouTube launches a new voice cloning tool; Stability AI’s audio chief resigns over its insistence that training AI is ‘fair use’; Spotify’s new anti-fraud fines are criticised + more…
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CMU Digest: Competition concerns about new Spotify model, another Astroworld lawsuit + more
In this week's digest: Competition law expert raises concerns about new Spotify royalties model; Travis Scott and Live Nation face another Astroworld lawsuit; new stats from UK Music and Will Page + more…