Universal UK's Task Force For Meaningful Change launches manifesto
Universal Music UK's Task Force For Meaningful Change has published a manifesto with five aims, including outreach, mentorship, a Black Calendar and artist support.…
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One Liners: Ty Dolla $ign, Rejjie Snow, Garbage, more
Brief roundup of appointments including Jordan Jay leaving EMI Records and Anton Partridge joining Warner Music, plus new releases from Ty Dolla $ign, Rejjie Snow, Garbage and others.…
Warner launches new advertising and content unit headed up by Uproxx boss
Warner Music has launched a digital advertising and creative content unit within WEA, headed by Uproxx's former CEO Benjamin Blank as President Of Media.…
Charlie Walk's former lawyer demands dismissal of malpractice lawsuit
Charlie Walk's former lawyer Marc Kasowitz has demanded dismissal of Walk's malpractice lawsuit, which alleges he was pressured into a one-sided settlement with Universal Music.…
New York appeals court confirms Dr Luke is not a "public figure" in Kesha defamation case
A New York appeals court has upheld a ruling that Dr Luke is not a public figure in his defamation case against Kesha, meaning he need only prove negligence rather than actual malice.…
LIVE appoints Chris Carey as Chief Economist
Live music trade group LIVE has appointed Chris Carey as its Chief Economist, while he continues as Head of International Marketing at TicketSwap.…
One Liners: Driift, The Weeknd & Ariana Grande, Saweetie, more
Roundup including Driift's hire of Sasha Duncan and new releases and remixes from The Weeknd and Ariana Grande, Saweetie, The Chemical Brothers and RZA.…
One in five disabled people in the music industry face discrimination at work, UK Music study finds
A UK Music survey of over 3500 industry workers finds 18% of disabled respondents have faced discrimination and 24% say employers did not make reasonable adjustments.…
One Liners: Chvrches, Patrick Leonard, Flying Lotus, more
Roundup including Primary Wave's acquisition of Patrick Leonard's rights, Beatport accepting bitcoin, and several appointments across Sony Music Publishing, LyricFind and Kilimanjaro Live.…
Abba's Björn Ulvaeus makes proposals for rebalancing the song economy
Björn Ulvaeus and MIDiA have published a report, Rebalancing The Song Economy, proposing changes to streaming royalties and pricing to give songwriters a fairer share.…
New CEO at Tencent Music Entertainment
Tencent Music Entertainment has named Zhu Liang as CEO, with current CEO Cussion Pang becoming Executive Chairman, and chairman Tong Tao Sang departing after five years.…
Warner Music launches new Pan-Asian dance label
Warner Music Asia has launched Whet Records, a Pan-Asian dance label, with Lizzy Wang as its first signing and Zoe Yang leading the China division.…