One Liners: S Club, Mercury Prize, Romy, more
Roundhouse appoints Rowan Kitching as Venue Director, the FAC names its Step Up Fund recipients, and S Club, Romy and Black Grape release new music.…
Featured Artists Coalition (FAC)
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UK music industry groups welcome pausing of US government plan to significantly increase visa fees
UK music groups welcome the US Department of Homeland Security's decision to delay a final decision on a proposed visa fee increase of over 250% until March next year.…
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.…
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.…
Economics Of Streaming Perspectives: Featured Artists Coalition
FAC CEO David Martin says remuneration must be a priority, that the FAC is open to all proposals ensuring fair reward for artists, and that the working group must explore several options.…
Music industry responds to metadata code and remuneration working group
Music industry trade groups including the BPI, AIM and the Music Publishers Association have responded to the IPO's new metadata code and remuneration working group.…
One Liners: Raye, Yunè Pinku, The Used, more
Reach Music acquires Judas Priest's first two albums, Warner Music Singapore signs a distribution deal, and several executives and artists make announcements.…
New Order use SXSW appearance to back #LetTheMusicMove campaign on US visa fee proposals
New Order have backed the #LetTheMusicMove campaign against proposed US visa fee increases after performing and keynoting at SXSW in Austin.…
One Liners: Lewis Capaldi, Chemical Brothers, Krept & Konan, more
The FAC names 20 new Artist Ambassadors, Universal and 300 Entertainment make senior appointments, and Lewis Capaldi and The Chemical Brothers release new singles.…
Music industry calls on UK government to lobby US counterparts about proposed visa fee price hike
A coalition of music organisations has urged Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch to press the US to drop proposed visa fee rises of over 250% for touring performers.…
CMU Digest 19.02.23: TikTok, DF Concerts, Viagogo, EU Copyright Directive, the 100% Venues campaign
CMU's weekly digest covers the Australian music industry's objection to TikTok's test restricting music, DF Concerts' stance on Scottish alcohol sponsorship bans, and Viagogo in New Zealand court.…
Musicians' Union backs FAC's 100% Venues campaign
The Musicians' Union has formally backed the Featured Artists Coalition's 100% Venues campaign, which encourages venues to take no commission on artists' merchandise sales.…