News Live Nation scraps artist merch fees at its US club venues as part of new ‘On the Road Again’ program Live Nation will also pay artists an extra $1,500 per show to cover fuel and travel expenses
News Primary Wave strikes ‘multi-million-dollar’ catalog deal with estate of iconic songwriter P.F. Sloan Primary Wave acquire Sloan’s publishing and writer’s share in his works, as well his master royalty income
News After raising $1m, AI-powered marketing platform SymphonyOS partners with UnitedMasters SymphonyOS recently closed a $1m pre-seed round from strategic investors from the music and tech sectors
News TuneCore launches Splits ‘Priority Payouts’ program for customized royalty splits New feature lets artists prioritize the order in which collaborators are paid
News Jay-Z, Timbaland and Ginuwine beat copyright lawsuit over ‘Paper Chase’ and ‘Toe 2 Toe’ The lawsuit was brought by soul musician Ernie Hines
News Slip.Stream inks music licensing partnership with podcast firm Acast Royalty-free music platform to provide Acast with access to a library of over 70,000 songs for content creation
News Walter Kolm’s WK Entertainment forms partnership with Andres Castro’s Hits Don’t Lie Companies enter co-management deal for Latin music stars Zion & Lennox and Silvestre Dangond
News The A&R Awards 2023: The finalists revealed! The UK music industry's most enjoyable night out is just six weeks away. Now we know who'll be competing for the top prizes.
News Hari Nair appointed Chief Executive Officer of Tips Industries Tips Industries appoints Sony and ByteDance veteran as CEO
News Estate of ‘Let’s Get It On’ co-writer drops appeal in Ed Sheeran ‘Thinking Out Loud’ copyright battle Estate of Ed Townsend withdraws motion for appeal
Analysis News Spotify develops AI-powered voice cloning tool that can translate podcasts into multiple languages The new AI tool can translate podcasts into additional languages, all in the podcaster’s own voice
News Jewel John named as sixth Richard Antwi Scholar in London Scholarship was established in 2016 in memory of British music executive Richard Antwi
News Spotify’s rumored ‘Supremium’ tier to offer Lossless music and AI playlist creation at $19.99 per month (report) Leaked code reported by Reddit user offers an insight into SPOT's rumored new tier
News Warner forms joint venture with music company Sky Digital in India Companies initially established a strategic alliance in 2021
News SoundCloud to sponsor key category at A&R Awards Artist-friendly streaming service sponsors Electronic/Dance award
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News Zayn Malik sued for alleged copyright infringement over ‘Better’ Lawsuit filed by musician and songwriter Patrick Simmons, who goes by the stage name Havyn