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Universal Music announces alliance with Tidal to shake up the streaming business model
Following Universal Music boss Lucian Grainge’s recent memo calling for a shake up of the way music streaming works,…
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Universal boss says streaming needs to shift to an “artist-centric” model
Universal Music boss Lucian Grainge has confirmed that a big old rejig of the way streaming monies are allocated to…
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Dr Dre close to completing $250 million deals around his music rights
Dr Dre is close to completing two deals that will see Universal Music and Shamrock Holdings each acquire a bunch…
Universal Music sues Triller over missing payments and data
TikTok rival Triller has started the new year with another music industry lawsuit to contend with, this time from Universal…
Triller removing music from its app as label deals expire or are “reassessed”
TikTok rival Triller has started removing a load of tracks from its music libraries. Possibly because its deals with the…
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Frank Zappa family sells estate to Universal
Universal Music has signed an agreement with the children of Frank Zappa – Moon, Dweezil, Ahmet and Diva, collectively The Zappa…
Triller hits back at Universal after major pulls catalogue, says recent licensing talks a mere “courtesy”
Triller hit back at Universal Music on Friday after the major announced it was pulling its music from the social…
Universal pulls catalogue from Triller
Universal Music has announced that it is withdrawing all of its content from TikTok rival Triller with immediate effect. The…
Major labels sue Cox Communications
After BMG's legal action against Cox - which was one of the big safe harbour copyright cases in the US - the major labels are now suing the US ISP, saying that the internal procedures the company has for dealing with repeat infringers is a "sham".…
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Blue Raincoat acquires Chrysalis Records, reuniting the label with founder Chris Wright
Chris Wright is back involved with Chrysalis Records, the record company he co-founded in 1968 and later sold to EMI…
Grooveshark settles with EMI Music Publishing, signs new licensing deal
As expected, often controversial streaming service Grooveshark yesterday announced that it had settled its legal battle with EMI Music Publishing…
Grooveshark close to deal with EMI Music Publishing
Grooveshark is close to settling its legal dispute with EMI Music Publishing, according to The Verge, which says some sort…