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UK government publishes new UK streaming transparency code

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Economics Of Streaming • 3 min read

UK government publishes new UK streaming transparency code

Part of the UK government’s wider work on the economics of music streaming, a transparency code has been published which sees streaming services and music companies commit to provide more information to artists, songwriters and their managers about digital deals and royalties…

Chris Cooke • 31 Jan 2024

Misogyny remains “endemic” in “boys’ club” music industry says UK parliamentary report

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Industry Issues • 4 min read

Misogyny remains “endemic” in “boys’ club” music industry says UK parliamentary report

UK Parliament’s Women And Equalities Committee has published a damning report on misogyny in the music industry. It found that harassment and abuse frequently go unreported, with some companies actively suppressing such claims, and makes numerous proposals for new legislation to tackle the issue…

Andy Malt • 30 Jan 2024

BMG's radical restructure continues with revamp of top team in North America

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BMG • 2 min read

BMG's radical restructure continues with revamp of top team in North America

BMG CEO Thomas Coesfeld, who took over in the top job last July, has announced details of his latest restructuring of the company, which sees a revamp at the top of its US business, with expanded roles for both Jon Loba and Thomas Scherer…

Chris Cooke • 26 Jan 2024

Universal Music to lay off hundreds says Bloomberg: company responds and says it will create “efficiencies”

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Universal Music • 1 min read

Universal Music to lay off hundreds says Bloomberg: company responds and says it will create “efficiencies”

Universal Music has confirmed it will be “creating efficiencies” in parts of its business to allow “investment in future growth”, following reports by Bloomberg that the major will instigate a round of redundancies that will affect hundreds of employees in the first quarter of 2024…

Chris Cooke • 15 Jan 2024

Lucian Grainge's 2024 memo to Universal Music Group staff

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Lucian Grainge • 10 min read

Lucian Grainge's 2024 memo to Universal Music Group staff

Universal Music boss Lucian Grainge has published his traditional new year message to the company’s staff. In it, he highlights successes in 2023 and looks ahead at what’s to come in 2024. Read the whole message in full here…

CMU • 10 Jan 2024

Warner Music boss talks streaming model and super-fans in start-of-year memo

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Warner Music • 2 min read

Warner Music boss talks streaming model and super-fans in start-of-year memo

Warner Music CEO Robert Kyncl has sent a memo to his staff setting out a vision for the next ten years in the music business - putting the focus on boosting engagement, increasing the value of music and evolving how the major’s teams work together…

Chris Cooke • 09 Jan 2024

Universal Music integrates with Beat Galaxy music hub on Roblox

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Universal Music • 1 min read

Universal Music integrates with Beat Galaxy music hub on Roblox

Universal Music has announced a partnership with virtual world experts Supersocial to build a music hub on Roblox - Yungblud is the first Universal-signed artist set to participate…

Chris Cooke • 15 Dec 2023

US ISP Altice sued for failing to deal with repeat infringers

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Altice • 1 min read

US ISP Altice sued for failing to deal with repeat infringers

Altice is the latest US ISP to be sued by the record industry - Warner Music and Sony Music argue that it didn’t do enough to deal with repeat infringers among its customer base and is therefore liable for those users’ copyright infringement…

Chris Cooke • 13 Dec 2023

Music consumption at an all time high, IFPI reports, though "unlicensed music is still an issue"

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IFPI • 2 min read

Music consumption at an all time high, IFPI reports, though "unlicensed music is still an issue"

Music consumption is at an all time high according to the latest ‘Engaging With Music’ report from the IFPI - although 29% of those who participated in the research still access music from unlicensed services, with stream-ripping platforms the most used piracy services…

Chris Cooke • 11 Dec 2023

Indie labels suggest delaying Spotify's royalty payout revamp to allow proper consultation

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Spotify • 2 min read

Indie labels suggest delaying Spotify's royalty payout revamp to allow proper consultation

Indie label repping IMPALA has published a list of questions about Spotify’s plans to change the way it allocates revenue to each track each month - in particular seeking clarity on and proposing refinements for the new 1000 play threshold…

Chris Cooke • 07 Dec 2023

IMPALA’s questions for Spotify over the changes it is making to its model

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Spotify • 4 min read

IMPALA’s questions for Spotify over the changes it is making to its model

The European independent music community has lots of questions about the changes Spotify is making to the way it calculates what money is due to the record industry each month…

CMU Editorial • 07 Dec 2023

David Dollimore launches new dance label in partnership with Geffen

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David Dollimore • 1 min read

David Dollimore launches new dance label in partnership with Geffen

Former RCA President David Dollimore has returned to his dance music roots with the launch of new record label Disorder Records, in partnership with Universal’s Geffen…

Andy Malt • 07 Dec 2023

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