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Business News • 2 min read

AEG announces redundancies and other cutbacks as COVID-19 shutdown continues

AEG has announced redundancies, furloughs and further pay cuts across its divisions as the COVID-19 shutdown continues, with CEO Dan Beckerman warning live events may not resume until 2021.…

Chris Cooke • 09 Jun 2020

Business News • 1 min read

Austin Daboh named EVP of Atlantic UK

Warner Music has appointed former Spotify and Apple Music editor Austin Daboh as Executive Vice President of its Atlantic UK label.…

Andy Malt • 09 Jun 2020

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Sony Music joins major label rivals in launching fund to help tackle racism and prejudice

Sony Music has announced a $100 million fund to tackle racism and prejudice, matching commitments from Warner Music and Universal Music in the wake of Black Out Tuesday.…

Chris Cooke • 08 Jun 2020

Business News • 3 min read

BBC Studios boss Tim Davie to take on overall top job at the Beeb

Tim Davie, CEO of BBC Studios, has been appointed Director General of the BBC, taking over from Tony Hall on 1 September.…

Chris Cooke • 08 Jun 2020

Business News • 1 min read

Early hip hop writer and producer Robert Ford Jr dies

Robert Ford Jr, a Billboard journalist turned producer who helped document early hip hop and co-wrote 'The Breaks', has died aged 70.…

Andy Malt • 08 Jun 2020

Business News • 1 min read

Setlist: Black Out Tuesday, Eight Mile Style

CMU's podcast reviews the music industry's Black Out Tuesday shutdown in support of Black Lives Matter, and the latest legal dispute between Spotify and Eminem's publisher Eight Mile Style.…

Andy Malt • 08 Jun 2020

Business News • 2 min read

Universal Music sets out the agenda of its Taskforce For Meaningful Change

Universal Music has detailed its Taskforce For Meaningful Change, backed by a $25 million change fund, with six areas of focus including lobbying US lawmakers for reform.…

Chris Cooke • 05 Jun 2020

Business News • 3 min read

Melvin Benn proposes plan to get live music back to full capacity by November

Festival Republic boss Melvin Benn has circulated a draft plan to return live venues to full capacity by November, using COVID-19 testing certificates linked to the NHS track and trace app.…

Andy Malt • 05 Jun 2020

Artist News • 1 min read

One Liners: Sentric Music, CISAC, Bob Mould, more

E2 Music Publishing signs with Sentric Music Group, CISAC appoints new Vice Presidents, and new releases come from Bob Mould, LA Priest and Oumou Sangaré.…

Andy Malt • 04 Jun 2020

Business News • 6 min read

Black Out Tuesday was just Act One, campaigners insist

Organisers of Black Out Tuesday say the music industry's 24-hour pause against racism must be followed by lasting accountability and action from major companies.…

Chris Cooke • 03 Jun 2020

Business News • 3 min read

Music community rallies around Black Out Tuesday initiative amid global Black Lives Matter protests

Music companies including divisions of all three majors have backed Black Out Tuesday, pausing operations for 24 hours in response to George Floyd's death and the protests that followed.…

Chris Cooke • 01 Jun 2020

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Sony promotes Dipesh Parmar to president of Ministry Of Sound

Sony Music UK has promoted Dipesh Parmar to President of its Ministry Of Sound Recordings label, having led it as Managing Director since 2016.…

Andy Malt • 01 Jun 2020