*Music Industry Insight
US collecting society SESAC has secured a higher rate for its members when their music is played on American radio stations after negotiations with the Radio Music License Committee went…
Toronto duo cleopatrick carved out a space as the raw voice of small-town angst, hailing from Cobourg, Ontario, where they honed a sound deeply rooted in a lo-fi DIY ethos.…
A US court has – yet again – ruled that Ed Sheeran’s 2014 hit ‘Thinking Out Loud’ doesn’t rip off Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’. If this all feels…
The UK government has reaffirmed its commitment to the Creator Remuneration Working Group, which brings together stakeholders from across the music industry to discuss how streaming income is shared. It…
The Recording Industry Association Of America has intervened in the ongoing legal dispute over the artwork for Nirvana’s 1991 ‘Nevermind’ album. Spencer Elden, who appears as a baby swimming underwater…
With our Horizon Future Leaders series, we are connecting with the music industry’s next generation of leaders to gather candid advice and insights into their career journeys. Horizon is CMU’s…
A coalition of internet companies has raised concerns with the US government about the use of web-blocking by courts and governments in various other countries, including as part of anti-piracy…
Self-described as “like Blur and Public Image Limited trying to cover The Rapture and Happy Mondays while Division of Laura Lee and The Vines throw tomatoes at them”, LA band…
Adidas has settled its legal battle with former business partner Kanye West, with the sportswear company’s CEO saying that a dispute that has rumbled on for two years now “belongs…
The Featured Artists Coalition and Musicians’ Union have published an open letter urging the UK government to follow the recommendations of Parliament’s culture select committee regarding introducing a £1 ticket…