Approved: Manners Manners
Stalwarts of the Baltimore indie scene for almost a decade, Manners Manners will finally release their debut album ‘I Held Their Eyes, I Kissed Them All’ next month. Out now…
Live Nation’s chosen arbitrator has rules that are “just nuts”
The Ninth Circuit Appeals Court in the US has considered ongoing efforts by Live Nation to force a lawsuit accusing it of anticompetitive behaviour to arbitration. A lower court blocked…
⏩ One Liners: Spotify Creative Lab, Ed Sheeran, Nas + more
DIGITAL 🎨 Spotify has launched an in-house creative agency, Creative Lab, to help brands to create marketing campaigns. It will also experiment with generative AI-created adverts. “At Spotify, we’re always…
Setlist Podcast: Spotify referred to FTC over “unlawful conduct”
On this week’s show, we discuss the latest escalation in the fight over Spotify’s reclassification of its premium subscription as an audiobook and music bundle in the US, the lawsuit…
⏩ One Liners: Taylor Swift, A2IM, LL Cool J + more
DEALS 🇦🇺 Concord Music Publishing has signed a global publishing agreement with Australian songwriter John Butler. “I am very pleased to be joining the Concord Music Publishing family”, he says.…
⏩ One Liners: Meta, Leigh-Anne, LIVE Awards + more
DEALS 🪄 Instagram and Facebook owner Meta and indie label digital rights agency Merlin have only gone and renewed their licensing deal. Expanded it, even. Oh, the indie tunes you’re…
⏩ One Liners: Glastonbury, Music.AI, Enter Shikari + more
DEALS 🤖 AI-powered B2B music platform Music.AI has announced AI multitrack mixing service RoEx as its latest partner. “What excites me so much about RoEx’s inclusion in the Music.AI ecosystem…
Madonna accuses litigious fans of “harassment”
Madonna and Live Nation have accused lawyers working for two fans who sued over the musician’s time-keeping at concerts of instigating a “harassment campaign”. That allegation came amid a dispute…
⏩ One Liners: Diddy, Black Keys, Beabadoobee + more
DEALS 🗻 Mount Kimbie have signed a new worldwide publishing deal with Concord Music Publishing. “We are delighted to move into a new era for Mount Kimbie partnering with the…
Investors welcome Spotify price increases, big up the service’s “pricing power”
Many in the music industry have long argued that streaming subscriptions are under-priced. So, Spotify instigating a second round of price increases in under a year would likely be widely…