Music Business News: United Kingdom News Estate of ‘Let’s Get It On’ co-writer drops appeal in Ed Sheeran ‘Thinking Out Loud’ copyright battleEstate of Ed Townsend withdraws motion for appeal News Jewel John named as sixth Richard Antwi Scholar in LondonScholarship was established in 2016 in memory of British music executive Richard Antwi News SoundCloud to sponsor key category at A&R AwardsArtist-friendly streaming service sponsors Electronic/Dance award 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 Analysis News TikTok generated over $2bn in the UK and Europe last year – more than doubling YoYA new annual filing, reviewed by Music Business Worldwide, reveals how platform's business performed in multiple key markets. News Robbie Williams to make ‘metaverse debut’ in LightCycle, a new AI-powered ‘hyper-realistic virtual city’ built with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5Platform aims to become "the go-to destination for art, film, gaming, music, fashion, sport, property and retail". News Concord buys again as it swoops for Mojo Music & Media’s catalog of more than 30,000 songsThe catalog includes the works of the bands REO Speedwagon, KISS, and Cheap Trick News Head of trade body representing UK songwriters switches to run US trade body representing Spotify, Amazon, and Pandora (who not so long ago were fighting to cut songwriters’ pay)Davies is filling in the role left by Garrett Levin, who stepped down as DiMA’s top executive after relocating to Geneva, Switzerland1 2 … 406 Next
News Estate of ‘Let’s Get It On’ co-writer drops appeal in Ed Sheeran ‘Thinking Out Loud’ copyright battleEstate of Ed Townsend withdraws motion for appeal
News Jewel John named as sixth Richard Antwi Scholar in LondonScholarship was established in 2016 in memory of British music executive Richard Antwi
News SoundCloud to sponsor key category at A&R AwardsArtist-friendly streaming service sponsors Electronic/Dance award
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
Analysis News TikTok generated over $2bn in the UK and Europe last year – more than doubling YoYA new annual filing, reviewed by Music Business Worldwide, reveals how platform's business performed in multiple key markets.
News Robbie Williams to make ‘metaverse debut’ in LightCycle, a new AI-powered ‘hyper-realistic virtual city’ built with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5Platform aims to become "the go-to destination for art, film, gaming, music, fashion, sport, property and retail".
News Concord buys again as it swoops for Mojo Music & Media’s catalog of more than 30,000 songsThe catalog includes the works of the bands REO Speedwagon, KISS, and Cheap Trick
News Head of trade body representing UK songwriters switches to run US trade body representing Spotify, Amazon, and Pandora (who not so long ago were fighting to cut songwriters’ pay)Davies is filling in the role left by Garrett Levin, who stepped down as DiMA’s top executive after relocating to Geneva, Switzerland