*Music Industry Insight
CMU Digest is a weekly round-up of the most interesting music business news stories from the last seven days. This week: Live Nation hits back at the US government’s antitrust…
DEALS ⚽ Enter Shikari has renewed their shirt sponsorship with St Albans City FC for the upcoming football season. The band and club have unveiled the team’s new Away strip,…
Kanye West and Snoop Dogg have both been sued, separately, over the use of uncleared samples and beats. West is accused of using the same sample on two tracks on…
ARTIST NEWS 💬 Westlife has released a Mandarin version of Chinese singer Jason Zhang’s ‘Love + Courage’ using AI technology created by Tencent Music Entertainment. The band says, “It took…
Margate venue Dreamland has been ordered by Thanet Council to cancel any scheduled drum & bass events in response to an incident last month in which a seventeen year old…
DEALS 🤝 Downtown-owned FUGA has announced new UK partnerships with One House, Critical Music and Berry’s Room. One House, home to platinum-selling DJ Eliza Rose, will utilise FUGA’s global distribution…
Revenue from UK music sales other than subscription streaming grew by 7.9% in the first half of 2024, outpacing equivalent revenues in both the video and gaming sectors, according to…
Three private equity firms are in talks to buy a significant stake in ticketing company Dice, according to sources who have spoken to Bloomberg. Dice has reportedly initiated formal talks…
Verizon is the latest US internet service provider to be sued by the major record companies for not doing enough to deal with repeat copyright infringers among its customer base.…
RELEASES 💚 Hak Baker has released his new EP ‘Nostalgia Death Act 1’. 🏝️ SG Lewis has collaborated with Loods on new single ‘Paradise’. 💎 Ice Spice and Central Cee…