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Edith Piaf to narrate her own life story through AI
Warner Music and the Edith Piaf estate have announced plans for an animated biopic that will use AI to allow the late singer to narrate her own life story…
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Universal’s plans to cut carbon emissions certified by Science Based Targets initiative
Universal Music has had its plans to reduce carbon emissions over the next decade certified by the Science Based Targets initiative. The major says that this is a first for a standalone music company…
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Canva launches music library product
Canva yesterday announced that users of the graphic design platform can now easily insert music into their content from a large catalogue of tracks - it follows deals earlier this year with Warner and Merlin…
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LA Reid sued by former Arista A&R over allegations of sexual assault
Record industry veteran LA Reid has been sued by a former colleague at Arista Records who claims he sexually assaulted and harassed her when she was working in A&R at the label in the early 2000s…
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Sony Music has a new logo, Deezer and SiriusXM have a brandwank
Sony Music, Deezer and SiriusXM have all unveiled new logos. Sony’s delves into its brand heritage, Deezer’s aims to “recharge people's emotional connection to the brand”, and SiriusXM’s “gives a nod to the service’s consumer value proposition”…
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Hipgnosis Songs Fund headhunts the former Chair of the Round Hill Music Royalty Fund to head up its board
The Hipgnosis Songs Fund has appointed former head of the Round Hill Music Royalty Fund, Robert Naylor, as its new Chair. This comes after investors declined to reappoint Andrew Sutch to that role following the recent continuation vote…
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Campaign launches to support introduction of US radio royalties
The musicFIRST Coalition has launched a new Dionne Warwick-fronted campaign to garner support for the American Music Fairness Act, which would introduce a royalty for the use of sound recordings by AM and FM radio stations in the US for the first time…
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Universal Music open "concept store" in Tokyo
Universal Music last week opened a "concept retail store dedicated to supporting music super-fans" in Tokyo - complete with a Japanese spin-off of the Rolling Stones’ London shop RS No.9…
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Megan Thee Stallion has "no label right now" and that's how she wants it
Megan Thee Stallion says she will self-release her next record because “I don’t want to sign to a new label right now”. She has had multiple legal run-ins with her former label 1501 Entertainment…
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Kanye West in talks with distribution partners around new album
Kanye West is seeking a business partner to distribute his new collaborative album with Ty Dolla $ign after pretty much every one of his business partners cut their ties with him last year…
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Universal Music partners with management firm in Egypt
Universal Music has announced the launch of a new partnership with Cairo-based Harb Talent Management which has already signed three Egyptian artists…
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BMG acquires Jet catalogue
BMG has acquired the recordings catalogue of Australian rock band Jet. “They do what they say they're gonna do”, says the band’s Chris Cester of the music company. “That's a rare thing in this business”…