Music Business News: United Kingdom

AEG expands global partnership with American Express across festivals, venues, events on four continents

American Express Chief Marketing Officer Elizabeth Rutledge called AEG 'one of most trusted and strategic partners'

Substack isn’t the right model for music. But there’s still a future to believe in.

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$16 billion-valued Duolingo ramps up music move, acquiring team behind hit video game Beatstar

Twenty-three employees of London-based Nextbeat will move to DuoLingo

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Eleven Music, new AI rival to Suno, launches with Kobalt, Merlin deals – and warnings for users who want to infringe copyrights

A list of 'prohibited inputs' spells out ElevenLabs' determination to not allow users to infringe copyright

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AWAL elevates Matt Riley to President, Victoria Needs and Sam Potts to co-Managing Directors

In 2023, Riley led the UK AWAL Recordings unit alongside Needs and Potts

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Stability AI is developing a legit ‘opt in’ artist marketplace… amid lawsuits over unauthorized scraping

CEO Prem Akkaraju told the Financial Times that the company now has "zero debt."

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The UK government just unveiled a new ‘label-led’ initiative to improve pay for legacy artists, songwriters and session musicians. Here’s what that means…

UK songwriters will be the first in the world to receive a per-diem from labels for attending songwriting sessions

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Jim King promoted to CEO of AEG Presents UK and European Festivals

The live entertainment company also promoted Steve Homer to President, UK Touring, reporting to King.