Universal Music has announced one of those strategic partnerships with WPP, the group of advertising and marketing agencies that insists on calling itself a “creative transformation company ...

Beware the “wolf under the cape” in Universal’s Downtown land grab, warns Beggars boss as IMPALA calls for regulators to block the deal The independent music sector has called on competition ...

Read the text of the letter co-signed by EMMA, EMEE, FIM, IAO, IMPALA, LIVE DMA and Liveurope about the impacts of Withholding Tax As supporters of a healthy, supportive and fair European music ...

Listen to every track we've featured in CMU's 'Approved' slot in 2024 – and see our top tracks from this year's selection. Each Tuesday and Thursday, CMU's Approved introduces a new artist we ...

🌅 Horizon Future Leaders - Robert Kilpatrick Q&A As part of our Horizon Future Leaders series, we’re connecting with the music industry’s next generation of leaders to gather candid advice ...

Majors labels' primary physical distributor Utopia Distribution Services collapses Physical distribution business UDS has collapsed after its Swiss parent Utopia Music was forced into bankruptcy ...

Downtown deal “another step in UMG’s relentless path to dominance” says WIN, as criticism builds over Universal’s latest acquisition Criticism continues to build of Universal Music’s ...

DNS resolver Quad9 has been hit with a web-blocking injunction in France, forcing it to block access to sports piracy sites following legal action by Canal+. However, Quad9 previously successfully ...

A Californian judge has declined to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses Garth Brooks of sexual assault, though mainly on a technicality pending the outcome of litigation filed by Brooks himself in ...

Apple and Google have been warned that it will soon be unlawful to “provide services to distribute, maintain or update” TikTok in their US app stores, in a letter sent by two members of US ...

Bad Boy Chiller Crew have filed legal proceedings against their label House Anxiety in the UK high court seeking approximately £400,000 in allegedly unpaid royalties. The lawsuit also alleges ...

CISAC has published a new report looking at the impact generative AI will have on music creators’ earnings. It estimates that 24% of those earnings could be at risk, resulting in annual losses ...