Music Business News: Europe

Competition concerns raised in the UK over Viagogo’s $4.05bn buyout of ticketing rival StubHub

viagogo has five working days to address the competition authority's concerns

Strictly Confidential signs Ghostpoet; partners with Ugandan labels Nyege Nyege Tapes & Hakuna Kulala on publishing divisions

Ghostpoet has received two Mercury Prize nominations

TIDAL now officially a suspect in Norwegian data fraud investigation

Norway's equivalent of the FBI seizes documents that contain "business and operating secrets"

Ryan Newman promoted to Head of Editorial for Apple Music in the UK

Newman was previously Editor of the BBC's 1Xtra and joined Apple in 2018

Raft of senior music execs call for removal of ‘urban’ descriptor at major UK music companies, anti-racism training for staff

Execs from all three majors and influential independents sign letter addressed to UK business leaders

Official: Austin Daboh joins Atlantic Records UK as Executive Vice President

Exec was previously Apple Music's Head Of Editorial for the UK & Ireland

Germany commits $1.1bn to ‘restart’ cultural sector post lockdown, including $170m for live music

'We want to save our unique cultural landscape.'

Cooking Vinyl Publishing signs UK dance producer Dr Alex Paterson of The Orb

Deal covers Paterson's entire catalog