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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 round-up and earnings including Downtown x Double P Records, Avex USA, Concord, Peer Music, Defected Records, Featured Artists Coalition, SMIA, Kakao plus Spanish consumer watchdog eyes live music and ticketing public
One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 12 min read

⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, legal round-up and earnings including Downtown x Double P Records, Avex USA, Concord, Peer Music, Defected Records, Featured Artists Coalition, SMIA, Kakao plus Spanish consumer watchdog eyes live music and ticketing

In today’s music business news round-up: Downtown’s deal with Peso Pluma, Nigerian producer Zone signs with Avex USA, FAC reveals Amazon Step Up Fund recipients, Kesha will record Diddy diss, Minelli memoir, SMIA Summit, Kakao & SM Entertainment earnings, plus release and tours news…
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⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, legal round-up and earnings update including Sentric’s Cooking Vinyl JV, Gamma’s Africa focus, Believe gobbles up Turkish label plus Sony, Warner and Hybe earnings public
One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 10 min read

⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, legal round-up and earnings update including Sentric’s Cooking Vinyl JV, Gamma’s Africa focus, Believe gobbles up Turkish label plus Sony, Warner and Hybe earnings

What do you do when you get sidelined as top dog at a major? Remind yourself that you’re JULIE FUCKING GREENWALD, pick yourself up and get on with things. Also today: Sentric, Gamma, Believe, Bandlab, ProRata.ai, IPOA, SoundExchange, Paquin, Sony, WMG, Hybe plus Pitbull’s $6m stadium deal + more…
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⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, legal round-up including Beatdapp x MLC, Spotify sued over Group Session and Jam, Vick Bain appointed LIPA companion, Independent Venue Week 2025 plus releases & tours public
One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 10 min read

⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, legal round-up including Beatdapp x MLC, Spotify sued over Group Session and Jam, Vick Bain appointed LIPA companion, Independent Venue Week 2025 plus releases & tours

MLC partners with Beatdapp, Solange Knowles creates glassware line, Lordi create OnePlus song, Spotify sued by BlueJay Technologies, 50 Cent beats drug dealer lawsuit over 'Power', HYBE launches US services business, Independent Venue Week, LIPA Companions, plus latest releases + more…
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⏩ One Liners: deals, appoints, legal round up and industry news including Hybe revamp, Rimas scouting deal, Internet Archive lawsuit plus releases & tours public
One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 6 min read

⏩ One Liners: deals, appoints, legal round up and industry news including Hybe revamp, Rimas scouting deal, Internet Archive lawsuit plus releases & tours

Wise Music signs Dobrawa Czocher, Secretly Canadian signs Brandon, Rimas teams up with Wild Company in Chile, Sony Music Publishing ups Rob Stratton, majors agree to private mediation in Internet Archive lawsuit, Live Nation’s lawyer problem, Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom still fighting extradition + more…
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⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, digital, legal and industry news round up including Believe deal with fabric, Romy x White Claw, Wasserman’s private equity hire, Bytedance ban for US lawmakers plus releases & tours public
One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 8 min read

⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, digital, legal and industry news round up including Believe deal with fabric, Romy x White Claw, Wasserman’s private equity hire, Bytedance ban for US lawmakers plus releases & tours

R&B legend Monica re-signs to WME; Deezer & Live Nation earnings; Spotify’s 180 on lyrics; AmplifyWorld’s $500k artist grants fund; Restore The Music funding for music in schools; Transparency Code now effective plus new music from BADBADNOTGOOD, The Blessed Madonna, FLOHIO, Sub Focus + more…
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⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, legal and industry news round-up including Blackstone's SONG wrap, Wu-Tang legacy, Barbara Butch bullying + more public
One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 7 min read

⏩ One Liners: deals, appointments, legal and industry news round-up including Blackstone's SONG wrap, Wu-Tang legacy, Barbara Butch bullying + more

Blackstone's SONG deal is done; GEMA appoints new Digital Transformation honcho; Live Nation's competitors don't like how much access it has in DOJ lawsuit; Barbara Butch files legal complaint over online Olympics abuse, Hong Kong Customs arrests in Karaoke copyright infringement…
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⏩ One Liners: Deals, appointments, legal and industry news round-up including Sony’s Apollo deal, Prescription Songs, Britain’s Got Talent lawsuit plus releases + tours public
One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 7 min read

⏩ One Liners: Deals, appointments, legal and industry news round-up including Sony’s Apollo deal, Prescription Songs, Britain’s Got Talent lawsuit plus releases + tours

Apollo provides “$700 million capital solution” to Sony, Big Machine and Prescription Songs appointments, Fremantle Media wins legal battle with ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ contestant, Apple Music adds radio data, new releases including from Halsey, Max Richter and Ray LaMontagne + more…
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⏩ One Liners: Industry news in brief including deals, appointments and legal from Position Music, Downtown, Primary Wave, Deezer, CIISA + more public
One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 9 min read

⏩ One Liners: Industry news in brief including deals, appointments and legal from Position Music, Downtown, Primary Wave, Deezer, CIISA + more

Primary Wave x Toto’s Steve Pocaro, Downtown x Lady Blackbird, new Deezer CEO, Italian PRO stats, Philip Glass battles pro-Putin ballet director, Stormzy’s tinted Lambo windows, plus releases & tours news from Aitch, Porter Robinson, Jorja Smith, BABii, Muni Long, Raleigh Ritchie + more…
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