One Liners - quickfire news from the music business

Champ, Red Light and Vector Management deals; Sonicbids acquired; Reed Smith, Cinq and PPL PRS appointments; Dean Guitars vs Gibson; Nirvana lawsuit; Young Thug update; YouTube Music’s AI radio; Spotify podcast comments; streaming fraud detection tools, venue closures and latest releases…

IMRO ICE deal; Believe’s Global Records stake; Primary Wave acquires Keith Forsey rights; FKP Scorpio and BMI appointments; Warner Music Balkans launch; BPI Grow Music programme; FORWARDS partners with Channel 4; Festivals For Ukraine toolkit; New music from Felix Jaehn, Confidence Man, Jon Hopkins…

Ministerial appointments in the new UK government of relevance to the music industry; O2 Silver Clef Awards presented; Barrie Marshall gets NAA award; Apple’s Eddy Cue interview; Stevie Nicks postpones shows; new music from Sault, Will Young, Cassyette and deadmau5…

BBC invests in Condense; BMG boss joins Bertelsmann board; charts of 2024 so far; Michael Bibi to raise awareness for stem cell transplant charity; Ed Sheeran and Kasbian shows; 6 Music at All Points East; New music from The Streets, Ragz Originale, HNNY, Jake Bugg, Bklava and Jim Legxacy…

Third Side Music deal; Quality Control and OTM Music appointments; PPL Momentum Music Fund recipients; Elton John auction; Greatest Hits Radio Live; Tours from Pale Waves and London Grammar; New music from Lana Del Rey & Quavo, Kesha, Rosie Lowe and Human Interest…

Bosworth x Sofi Paez; Pitchfork’s new Head Of Editorial Content; Universal UK catalogue appointment; HYBE expands in Latin America; Disney’s new series with Jungkook and Jimin; BBC Sounds to create some ultimate mixtapes; Maximo Park election gig; New music from Eminem, AJ Tracey, Shanti Celeste…

Tom Petty, Orelsan, Skread deals; Merlin, Believe, Tixr, Warner appointments; record PPL distributions; ASM Global in Portugal; Ladies Who Rock; Diddy dropped by lawyers; Pearl Jam cancellations; Dua Lipa, Papa Roach shows; new music from Jessie Ware and Romy…