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One Liners - quickfire news from the music business

Music business news, but make it snappy! Who has time to read long articles where there's an ad between every paragraph? We cut through the crap and give you a rapid-fire summary of the deals, appointments and other news presented in an easy-to-read and straight to the point way.
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One Liners - quickfire news from the music business
⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, legal and digital including Dua Lipa’s ice cream plans, Sony launches a blockchain network called Soneium, Outkast is suing ATLiens, Tom Grennan goes to the golf, BMG hires new marketing honcho, plus releases & tours public
One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 9 min read

⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, legal and digital including Dua Lipa’s ice cream plans, Sony launches a blockchain network called Soneium, Outkast is suing ATLiens, Tom Grennan goes to the golf, BMG hires new marketing honcho, plus releases & tours

Today: Dua Lipa ice cream TM, TickPick raises $250m; BMG confirms new EVP hire Celine Joshua, Apple’s new CFO; Isaac Hayes estate granted emergency injunction in Trump dispute, Foo Fighters x Trump, MIA <3 Trump, Bad Bunny sports agency vs MLB players, Gallagher brothers bury hatchet for big pay-day…
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⏩ One Liners: deals, digital, legal and live news from across the music industry including Primary Wave's flugelhorn deal, Kid Cudi's Bisquik, 1300 Yamaha keyboards stolen, South Korea Spotify scrutiny

Today: boohooMAN clothing, Dolly Parton lipstick, Kid Cudi cake mix and DJ Khaled milk drink; Spotify under scrutiny in South Korea; NetEase Cloud Music financials; Bandcamp's Linkfire tie-up; Camp Bestival to cut Shropshire edition in 2025; A$AP Rocky release delayed by leaks and clearances + more…
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One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 7 min read

⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, digital and legal music industry news round-up including Zomato gobbles up ticketing app, Jackson estate deal ruling, Take That documentary plus releases & tours

Today: Fortë, UTA + Downtown deals; Ditto launches AI-powered mastering; court clears Sony’s Michael Jackson catalogue deal; Vans settles trademark battle over Tyga’s sneakers; Mercury Prize schedule; new Take That documentary; plus latest releases + more…
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⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, digital and live news from across the music industry including Beyoncé’s whisky adventures, Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast heads to SiriusXM in $150m deal, keyTikTok UK execs promoted plus releases, tours and more public
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⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, digital and live news from across the music industry including Beyoncé’s whisky adventures, Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast heads to SiriusXM in $150m deal, keyTikTok UK execs promoted plus releases, tours and more

Today: Beyoncé’s whisky deal with Moët Hennessy, Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy SiriusXM podcast deal, Create Music Group x Cheat Codes, HarbourView x James Fauntleroy, Warner Records + Rusia IDK x Rusowsky, ADA x FTS Global Management, Benztown Production Music; plus streaming, AI + more…
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⏩ One Liners: deals, singings, appointments and legal round-up including Warner Chappell, Play It Again Music, PPL, UTA, BMG, Prescription Songs, Audio Chateau Records, ProgRock Essentials, Sony Music, TEG and more, plus releases and tours public
One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 11 min read

⏩ One Liners: deals, singings, appointments and legal round-up including Warner Chappell, Play It Again Music, PPL, UTA, BMG, Prescription Songs, Audio Chateau Records, ProgRock Essentials, Sony Music, TEG and more, plus releases and tours

Today: Warner Chappell x Faith Hopkins, PPL x The Last Dinner Party, UTA x The Calling, BMG x Lanie Gardner, Prescription Songs x Hayley May; new boss at Sony Germany, Australia’s TEG ups Tim McGregor to global role; Elvis estate scam, Kanye copyright settlement, TikTok pixel lawsuit update + more…
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⏩ One Liners: deals, legal, streaming & digital news including Secretsundaze, Altice, Adidas Kanye lawsuit, Apple Music sued by photographer, NetEast Music outage, APRA AMCOS AI report plus releases, tours + more public
One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 8 min read

⏩ One Liners: deals, legal, streaming & digital news including Secretsundaze, Altice, Adidas Kanye lawsuit, Apple Music sued by photographer, NetEast Music outage, APRA AMCOS AI report plus releases, tours + more

Secretsundaze 9FINITY, Track 88 Creative, Altice settles lawsuit with BMG and others, judge dismisses Adidas lawsuit, Nicki Minaj settles with blogger, YouTube Music growing fast says Kantar data, NetEase Music goes down for two hours, APRA AMCOS report shows AUD $519 million impact from AI + more…
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⏩ One Liners: deals, legal, streaming including Primary Wave, Roc Nation, Red Bull Records, MIDiA, plus releases and tours news public
One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 7 min read

⏩ One Liners: deals, legal, streaming including Primary Wave, Roc Nation, Red Bull Records, MIDiA, plus releases and tours news

Primary Wave acquires Jon Landau rights, Roc Nation label merges with Equity Distribution, Red Bull Records signs Morgan, publishing revenue stats from MIDiA, IRS revokes tax-emption for Kanye West's Sunday Service, Mushroomhead vocalist Hatrix sues for unpaid royalties, plus releases, tours + more…
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⏩ One Liners: music business deals round-up including Mahogany Music Fund, Duolingo x Sony partnership, Secretly Distribution, Deezer, Kunlun Tech’s new AI tools, Idles War Child show, Keychange funding, more Eventbrite lay-offs plus tours and releases public
One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 7 min read

⏩ One Liners: music business deals round-up including Mahogany Music Fund, Duolingo x Sony partnership, Secretly Distribution, Deezer, Kunlun Tech’s new AI tools, Idles War Child show, Keychange funding, more Eventbrite lay-offs plus tours and releases

Today: Mahogany Music Fund, HarbourView x Noel Zancancella, Duolingo x Sony Music, Pulse Records x Grace VanderWaal, Secretly Distribution x Oh Boy Records, Deezer x DAZN music-sports tie-up, Keychange’s €1m funding and more…
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⏩ One Liners: music industry deals, digital, legal and live round-up including Kavinsky's record-setting Shazams, Sony Music Masterworks x Black Sky Creative, Hipgnosis sues Barry Manilow, Soundcloud’s new merch store, plus releases, tours and artist news public
One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 12 min read

⏩ One Liners: music industry deals, digital, legal and live round-up including Kavinsky's record-setting Shazams, Sony Music Masterworks x Black Sky Creative, Hipgnosis sues Barry Manilow, Soundcloud’s new merch store, plus releases, tours and artist news

WIN Annual Report, Hipgnosis vs Barry Manilow, Soundcloud merch store, Kavinsky Shazam record, TikTok group chat and stickers, Molson Coors x All Points East, JYP Entertainment earnings, Jimmy Iovine and Dre’s new school, Sony Masterworks x Black Sky Creative, Mariah Carey lawsuit, + more…
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⏩ One Liners: music industry deals, digital and live round-up including Reach Music x Wyatt Durrette, Universal Nashville partners with Mosley Music, Tencent Music earnings, AEG statement on Bludfest plus releases, tours and artist news public
One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 10 min read

⏩ One Liners: music industry deals, digital and live round-up including Reach Music x Wyatt Durrette, Universal Nashville partners with Mosley Music, Tencent Music earnings, AEG statement on Bludfest plus releases, tours and artist news

Reach Music Publishing x Wyatt Durrette, UMG Nashville x Mosley Music, Conner Smith signs to Pioneer Artists, Angie K signs to Wasserman, Tixel x Kilimanjaro partnership; Chart Cipher, Synchtank, Audioshake, United Masters, Colossal, Collabhouse; Brian May’s badgers doc; Kanye x Skepta collab + more…
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⏩ One Liners: music industry deals, appointments, legal round-up including UMG x Meta partnership, ROXI funding squeeze, Smashing Pumpkins x Marc Jacobs, David Goldsen upped at Warner Chappell plus Kayne in the dark about new Atlanic boss Elliot Grainge public
One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 10 min read

⏩ One Liners: music industry deals, appointments, legal round-up including UMG x Meta partnership, ROXI funding squeeze, Smashing Pumpkins x Marc Jacobs, David Goldsen upped at Warner Chappell plus Kayne in the dark about new Atlanic boss Elliot Grainge

Today: UMG x Meta, ROXI, The Smashing Pumpkins x Marc Jacobs capsule collection, Redlight Starwood partnership, Warner Chappell promotes David Goldsen, Anthropic vs Publishers not in court till 2026, Jay-Z formalises reversion rights for ‘Reasonable Doubt’, K-pop merch brands fined, artists vs Trump…
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⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, legal including Lemonaide x Beatstars, BTS star crashes Gucci Japan website, Sonos puts products on hold to sort out app disaster, iHeartMedia earnings, Burning Man tickets shock, Travis Scott arrest public
One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 9 min read

⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, legal including Lemonaide x Beatstars, BTS star crashes Gucci Japan website, Sonos puts products on hold to sort out app disaster, iHeartMedia earnings, Burning Man tickets shock, Travis Scott arrest

Lemonaide x Beatstars; Gucci x BTS Jin; appointments at Bauer Media, MCT Agentur, Tickets For Good, Capitol Christian Music Group, TikTok; Travis Scott arrest; Beyoncé copyright lawsuit dropped; Instagram metrics; Sonos app woes; Audial Music; iHeart earnings show podcast growth and more…
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