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Join us, Thursday, 5 Dec at 15:00 CET for our webinar with @CMU on trends in music rights & consumption. Explore streaming models, UGC, superfans, stream manipulation & more!
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The next edition of @winformusic's event WINCON takes place in Belgrade later this month. WINCON is "a vital platform for industry leaders to come together and hold important discussions to advance the independent agenda” says CEO @noemiplanas
https://t.co/1OpioZDSR2
After @constantcontact suspended our account last night for linking to a Hong Kong governement website, we've spent nearly two hours on the phone to then trying to get it sorted out but no one seems to know whether or not we can send today's newsletter or not...
Yesterday evening @constantcontact suspended our account of 15 years+ standing after we linked to a Hong Kong government website from a story we published. As a result 80% of our subscribers didn't get our daily newsletter. The other 20% - via @Ghost - did get it.
Labour's sweeping victory in the election prompts music industry calls for action on education, venues and AI. With new faces in Parliament, the sector faces challenges and opportunities in shaping post-election cultural policy.
https://t.co/9vI0yw6DUW
Music company @warnermusic has written to AI companies setting out its position that licences must be secured before its music is used to train AI models. The letter, which follows @sonymusic's lead, extends to artist likeness and voice.
https://t.co/aOHEWCvkU3
Music industry news in brief: Tom Petty, Orelsan, Skread deals; Merlin, Believe, Tixr, Warner appointments; record PPL distributions; ASM Global in Portugal; Ladies Who Rock + more
https://t.co/1h27XBBDU8
After suing Apple, the EU is going after Meta for DMA breaches. This time it’s Meta’s personal data policies in the spotlight which, the Commission says, are not compliant with the DMA
https://t.co/jn28NHv57V
With a key vote to decide the future of Hipgnosis Songs Fund just days away, Hipgnosis founder Merck Mercuriadis has announced that he will step down, and hints at a global songwriter advocacy initiative
https://t.co/1gXwTMzfGU
With Suno facing the mother of all copyright lawsuits, the AI music company is riding the wave of publicity brought by its legal woes and has launched its first mobile app
https://t.co/5kLpY9zS7b
SXSW is coming to London next year. But what does that mean for the UK's brilliant existing homegrown music showcase events like @widedays@SoundCity@FocusWales and @thegreatescape which sit at the middle of a delicate ecosystem? https://t.co/NAzABIG6kK
French indie label body @UPFI_syndicat calls on French government to intervene in potential @warnermusic takeover of @Believe_France saying it is concerned that music creation in France would suffer as a result
https://t.co/niCrmIJzfh
What does a defunct 1990s London-based ad agency have to do with Swiss music company Utopia? It involves a fat man smothered in orange body paint, a tin of quick drying wood preservative, and an ill-considered photo shoot described as “looking like it took place in a brothel”
Music industry one liners:
Deals: Ronnie Spector, Portico Quartet
Appointments: Ostereo, EarthPercent, Island, Primary Wave
BBC to air Johnny & Associates documentary; Image Of Music Awards; Twenty One Pilots tour; Hold Steady children’s book + more
https://t.co/1kDK705vrO
Universal Music has signed a new ten year agreement with HYBE to distribute the K-pop company’s releases worldwide. It extends and expands an existing partnership, and also includes Universal collaborating with HYBE’s superfan platform Weverse.
https://t.co/bINQois2T9
Today's industry one liners:
HYBE, Teddy Swims, William Bell deals
Michael Jackson lawsuit
Splendour In The Grass cancelled
Great Escape speakers
Bruce Springsteen, ARIA awards
‘This Is Spinal Tap 2’ cameos
Abbey Road Artist In Residence
https://t.co/bINQois2T9