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71% of music creators fear multi-billion dollar music AI business could stop songwriters from earning a living, says new report

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Artificial Intelligence • 3 min read

71% of music creators fear multi-billion dollar music AI business could stop songwriters from earning a living, says new report

Music industry collecting societies GEMA and SACEM have published a report on music and AI, based on a survey of 15,000 songwriter and publisher members. It sets out the opportunities and the threats posed by AI to the music-making community…

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

Hipgnosis Song Management “cherry picked assets” for proposed sale to Blackstone says latest briefing from Hipgnosis Songs Fund

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Hipgnosis • 5 min read

Hipgnosis Song Management “cherry picked assets” for proposed sale to Blackstone says latest briefing from Hipgnosis Songs Fund

There comes a point where there should be rules about giving three companies near-identical names. There’s more Hipgnosis-Hipgnosis-Hipgnosis drama with memos flying and allegations ramping up…

Sam Taylor • 24 Jan 2024

Hipgnosis Songs Fund confirms sale of catalogue of "non-core songs"

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Hipgnosis • 1 min read

Hipgnosis Songs Fund confirms sale of catalogue of "non-core songs"

The Hipgnosis Songs Fund has confirmed it has sold around 20,000 “non-core” songs in a $23.1 million deal - it acquired the works as part of its deal with Kobalt back in 2020…

Chris Cooke • 12 Dec 2023

MLC unveils network of five partners to help with matching work

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MLC • 1 min read

MLC unveils network of five partners to help with matching work

US mechanical rights collecting society The MLC has unveiled a network of five partners to help with the matching process that gets songwriters paid when their music is streamed…

Chris Cooke • 07 Dec 2023

Music publishers want preliminary injunction in legal battle with AI company Anthropic

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Anthropic • 2 min read

Music publishers want preliminary injunction in legal battle with AI company Anthropic

The music publishers that sued Anthropic last month want a preliminary injunction stopping the AI company for generating outputs that include their lyrics…

Chris Cooke • 20 Nov 2023

Hipgnosis Songs Fund headhunts the former Chair of the Round Hill Music Royalty Fund to head up its board

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Hipgnosis • 2 min read

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…

Chris Cooke • 08 Nov 2023

Dua Lipa buys back song rights from TaP Music Publishing

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Dua Lipa • 1 min read

Dua Lipa buys back song rights from TaP Music Publishing

Dua Lipa has bought back her song rights from TaP Music Publishing, having previously parted company with the management division of TaP last year…

Chris Cooke • 03 Nov 2023

Kobalt announces $700 million partnership with Morgan Stanley to buy up more music rights

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Kobalt • 1 min read

Kobalt announces $700 million partnership with Morgan Stanley to buy up more music rights

Kobalt has announced a partnership with investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Tactical Value which will provide $700 million to buy up song catalogues over the next few years…

Chris Cooke • 02 Nov 2023

Hipgnosis Songs Fund scraps interim dividend after reducing expectations from Copyright Royalty Board windfall

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Hipgnosis • 3 min read

Hipgnosis Songs Fund scraps interim dividend after reducing expectations from Copyright Royalty Board windfall

The Hipgnosis Songs Fund has told investors that extra payments due as a result of the final Copyright Royalty Board ruling on US streaming royalties will be significantly less than previously estimated, $9.9 million instead of $21.7 million…

Chris Cooke • 16 Oct 2023

Concord acquires Mojo Music & Media catalogue

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Concord • 2 min read

Concord acquires Mojo Music & Media catalogue

Concord has acquired the catalogue of Mojo Music & Media, which was launched by Mark Fried, Peter Shane and Alan Wallis in 2018…

Andy Malt • 20 Sep 2023

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