⏩ One Liners: Pitchfork, BTS, Maximo Park, Eminem + more
DEALS 🎹 Wise Music Group’s Bosworth Music has signed a publishing deal with pianist and composer Sofi Paez. Says Bosworth MD Michael Ohst, “Sofi Paez is a young and talented…
Kanye West and henchman Milo Yiannopoulos hit with accusations alleging racism, fraud and more
Kanye West is facing another lawsuit filed by employees of yet another of his businesses. This time the legal action has been instigated by a team of people who were…
⏩ One Liners: Tom Petty, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Dua Lipa + more
DEALS 🇺🇸 Warner Chappell in the US has announced a new worldwide admin deal with the estate of Tom Petty which covers the “vast majority of songs written by Petty…
AXS Europe // Product Director (London)
Role: Product Director Company: AXS EuropeSalary: £100,000-120,000 a year plus bonus and benefitsLocation: AXS Europe Head OfficeAppointment Type: PermanentClosing Date: 7 July 2024Working Pattern: 40 hours a week, Monday to…
📑 CMU Digest: SXSW’s Saudi money; labels sue Suno and Udio + more
CMU Digest is a weekly round-up of the most interesting music business news stories from the last seven days. This week: SXSW announced it was ditching its ‘problematic’ sponsors, but…
Setlist Podcast: AI lawsuit warns of “devastating impacts” on human creativity
On this week’s show, we discuss the launch of the record industry’s first major lawsuits against music-generating AI companies – with the RIAA coordinating litigation against Suno and Udio –…
⏩ One Liners: Lil Nas X, Killer Mike, Nuno Bettencourt + more
DEALS 🎸 Primary Wave Music has acquired the recordings and songs catalogue of Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt. The deal covers all of his solo work and the entire Extreme catalogue,…
⏩ One Liners: EXO, Wasserman Music, beatBread + more
DEALS 🇦🇺 The Azoff Company’s Giant Music has signed Australian singer-songwriter Ruel to a record deal. “Ruel is truly a singular talent and we are THRILLED to be part of…
AI lawsuit filed by music publishers in Tennessee move to California
A judge in Tennessee has ruled that a lawsuit filed by a group of music publishers against AI company Anthropic should be transferred to the courts in California. The music…
Udio responds to record label lawsuit insisting its AI model ‘listens’ rather than ‘copies’
Music AI company Udio has insisted that its technology is trained by “listening” to existing recordings and that its AI model would never “reproduce” any of those tracks. Those statements…