Music Business News: Europe

News

AEG Presents and Andrea Bocelli team up for ‘most important live performance contract in the history of Italian music’

The five-year deal gives AEG exclusive rights to Bocelli's concerts on five continents

News

Bakar hit ‘Hell N Back’ subject of lawsuit alleging it infringed a sample – and that a company is claiming ‘false’ ownership of the original work

TufAmerica claims that one of the defendants has been falsely claiming ownership of the composition

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Andrew Spencer named Chief Operating Officer of AEG Presents Europe

Exec joins AEG Europe from Australian concert promoter Frontier Touring

Analysis

‘We need a change in approach to ensure songwriters are fairly remunerated for music that hugely enhances the gaming experience.’

George Rose, Head of Broadcast and Digital and Graham Best, Senior Manager - New Digital Markets, PRS for Music, look at the changing and crucial relationship between music and games, along with the licensing issues and revenue streams that lie between the two…

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Daniel Ek has now cashed out $800m+ in Spotify stock, with his latest transaction banking $28.8m

Ek offloaded 50,000 shares on Wednesday at $576.94 per share, according to an SEC filing

Analysis

‘If we don’t step up now, the platforms we depend on will become even more toxic.’

The following MBW op/ed comes from Deviate Digital founder Sammy Andrews

News

Jimmy Page sued for alleged copyright infringement over ‘Dazed and Confused’

Singer-songwriter Jake Holmes says Page violated an agreement that recognized Holmes as the creator of the original version of 'Dazed and Confused'

Analysis

On… Udio, FUGA, Universal, Merlin, and missed opportunities

The following op/ed originally appeared in Tim Ingham's MBW Review newsletter, sent exclusively to MBW+ subscribers.