*Music Industry Insight
This week: Hipgnosis war of words ramps up; Apple’s “outrageous” payment changes have not pleased Epic or Spotify; posh lads mag GQ swallows Pitchfork; certification for ‘fairly trained’ AI; Council…
On this week’s show we discuss the new new certification for “respectful” generative AI companies that get permission before training their models on copyrighted content, redundancies at Pitchfork as its…
Yesterday, Thursday 18 Jan, Hipgnosis Songs Fund – the London Stock Exchange-listed song rights investment company – circulated a proposal by its board to make a significant amendment to the…
DEALS 🖊️ Rimas Publishing has signed a deal with catalogue management software company Reprtoir. Rimas MD Emilio Morales says that “Reprtoir’s innovative platform is a game-changer for our operations and…
Apple yesterday announced a change to its App Store rules in the US after the country’s Supreme Court declined to consider its dispute with Fortnite maker Epic over in-app payments.…
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, organised and driven individual to join a busy Artist Management company. ATC Management is a highly respected artist and composer management company…
The UK’s Intellectual Property Office has opened a consultation on which foreign performers should qualify for remuneration when their recordings are broadcast or played in public. It puts the spotlight…
The UK’s Council Of Music Makers has published a memo aimed at employees of the major music companies urging them to play their part in addressing issues raised by artists…
Every Saturday CMU puts together a summary of five key music business stories from the past week, plus other interesting or popular stories from CMU that you might have missed…
On this week’s show we discuss the start-of-year memos from the bosses of Universal Music and Warner Music, both of whom put the spotlight in super-serving superfans, plus the ASA…