*Music Industry Insight
The music industry has welcomed a recent ruling in the German courts involving TikTok that enforces changes to the copyright safe harbour made under the 2019 EU Copyright Directive. The…
DEALS 💤 Sleep Token have signed a new record deal with Sony Music’s RCA. Their first three albums were released on Universal’s Spinefarm. The band recently announced a UK arena…
Def Jam founder Russell Simmons has been sued by a former employee of the label who accuses the record industry executive of rape. The assault allegedly took place at his…
Pandora Free users are “able to listen to particular sound recordings on-demand whenever they choose”, which means the US streaming service must pay mechanical royalties for all usage on its…
DEALS 🖊️ Warner Chappell has signed a worldwide publishing deal with songwriter and producer Jon Shave, who has written songs with and for the likes of Iggy Azalea, Charli XCX,…
French music company Believe – long referred to by many as the “mini major” – is delisting from the Euronext Paris stock exchange and going private in a deal worth…
DEALS 🕺 Sony Music has acquired half of Michael Jackson‘s music catalogues – songs and recordings. According to sources, the deal – which closed late last year – values the…
Every Sunday CMU sends a summary of five key music business stories from the past week plus a round-up of other news. This week: It’s Q4 earnings time – and both…
On this week’s show we discuss new developments on AI in the EU and UK that have given the music industry cause for both celebration and concern, and the commercial…
Private equity firm New Mountain Capital has completed its acquisition of US collecting society BMI, resulting in a $100 million pay day for the organisation’s songwriter and music publisher members.…