*Music Industry Insight
Music charity Youth Music has called on the new UK government to invest in a long-term strategy to support young music creators, which should include a reimagining of formal music…
DEALS 🚨 Matt Musacchio’s Champ Management has partnered with Red Light Management, bringing artists Vincent Mason, Jessie James Decker and Dawson Anderson to Red Light’s roster. Musacchio stated that he…
Spotify, Apple and Amazon have launched legal challenges against Canada’s new 5% streaming levy through the country’s Federal Court Of Appeal. The Motion Picture Association Canada has also begun legal…
DEALS 🧊 Irish song rights collecting society IMRO has extended its agreement with digital licensing hub ICE for a new multi-year period. The two organisations say that the new deal…
APPOINTMENTS 🌹 Following last week’s UK General Election, new Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been very busy appointing new ministers. The music industry lobbies various departments of government, but especially…
The UK music industry has responded to the Labour Party’s decisive victory in the General Election, after Keir Starmer’s party secured 412 seats in the House Of Commons. The dramatic…
DEALS 🤑 The BBC’s investment arm, BBC Ventures, has invested £500,000 into Condense, a Bristol-based company whose technology powers virtual immersive gigs and is already being used by the broadcaster…
Cardi B has been accused of copyright infringement by Texas-based musicians Joshua Fraustro and Miguel Aguilar. The pair claim that the rapper ripped off the beat from their 2021 track…
DEALS 💈 Third Side Music has expanded its relationship with the estate of composer Galt MacDermot to include his compositions in the musical ‘Hair’. The publisher has represented MacDermot’s other…
The long drawn out criminal trial involving rapper Young Thug has been indefinitely suspended due to an ongoing dispute over a private meeting between judge Ural Glanville, representatives of the…