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Setlist Podcast: MPs want to see action on musicians’ income
UK politicians on the need for changes to how musicians get paid, Blur drummer Dave Rowntree's lawsuit against PRS, and more…
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Universal relaxes TikTok boycott - but only if your name is Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift has a new album to promote and would presumably like her fans to help by posting TikTok videos aplenty. But she works with Universal Music, which is boycotting TikTok. Worry not, however, because Universal’s big boycott no longer applies to Swift…
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Lawyer leading on Lil Rod’s Diddy lawsuit accused of “garnering media attention” and “embarrassing defendants” by judge
Last week Universal Music accused a lawyer working on one of the lawsuits against Diddy of breaking US court rules by including allegations about the music company without ensuring there was “evidentiary support”. Now a judge in another case has accused the same lawyer of breaking the same rules…
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Universal submits scathing response to allegations made against it in Diddy lawsuit
Universal Music and its CEO Lucian Grainge were named as co-defendants in a recent lawsuit targeting Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. But the allegations made against the music company and its boss were so “knowingly false”, they should never have been included in the lawsuit, a new legal filing states…
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Sean Combs’ lawyer slams "unprecedented ambush" following Monday’s raids
Following the high profile raids on properties owned by Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, a lawyer for the musician has issued a statement criticising the tactics employed by US Homeland Security and insisting his client is “innocent and will continue to fight every single day to clear his name"…
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Sean Combs properties raided in federal sex trafficking investigation
US Homeland Security yesterday raided two properties owned by Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, reportedly as part of an investigation in relation to allegations of sex trafficking and sexual assault. The most recent civil lawsuit against Combs, filed by a former collaborator, has also been updated…
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Setlist Podcast: UK music revenues are back to their CD peak (sort of)
Music retail revenues are now higher than their 2001 peak (just don't adjust for inflation), and the brewing legal battle between Kanye West and the Donna Summer estate…
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Universal Music sends another memo to songwriters about its big TikTok bust-up
As the deadline passed for TikTok to remove Universal published songs from its platform, the major has sent another memo to its artists and songwriters. It admits some of them may be finding that the disruption caused by its TikTok bust-up is proving difficult, but insists it will all be worth it…
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€111 million in TikTok revenue is nothing when you’re Lucian Grainge - but, he says, “my phone is always open” if Shou Zi Chew wants to be friends again
The Lucian-Shou bromance is over, and Lucian would like Shou to know that he really doesn’t care and they were never really friends anyway. So much so that he spent an hour telling everyone just how much he doesn’t care. Really. Doesn’t care. Not at all.…
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Universal Music made €11.1 billion in 2023; CEO hits out at TikTok on earnings call
Universal's "former deal" with TikTok made €111 million in 2023 says Lucian Grainge but "his phone is open 24 hours a day. We hope that we will be able to find solutions".…
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TikTok is stripping out Universal published songs from its catalogue - with recordings owned by Sony and Warner music likely to be affected
As Universal’s big fall out with TikTok continues, the video sharing platform has begun removing songs controlled by Universal Music Publishing. This has resulted in songs partly controlled by other companies - including the other majors - being removed from the service…
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Diddy producer alleges UMG boss Lucian Grainge “knew or should have known” about spiked drinks in new sexual assault lawsuit
In the latest sexual assault lawsuit filed against Diddy, producer Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones Jr claims that he was subject to and witnessed assault and harassment while working on the musician and mogul’s last album. He also says that Universal and its boss Lucian Grainge are complicit…