*Music Industry Insight
A formal response has been filed to the lawsuit instigated by two concertgoers who are seeking damages because of Madonna’s slack time-keeping. No reasonable concertgoer would have interpreted an 8.30pm…
One Liners: Spotify CFO, Peggy Gou, Lil Wayne + moreDEALS 
Reservoir Media has announced a publishing deal with Nashville-based Katie Pruitt via its joint venture with One Riot, ahead of the release of her new album ‘Mantras’. Says…
One Liners: Kiss, Downtown, Charli XCX, Chilly Gonzales + moreDEALS 
Pophouse has announced a deal to acquire a stack of rights from Kiss, including the band’s share of their recording and song rights and revenues, plus brand and…
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More than 200 artists – including Nicki Minaj, Jonas Brothers, Chuck D, Sam Smith, Katy Perry and Zayn Malik – have signed an open letter that calls on technology companies…
One Liners: Resident Advisor, Spotify, Mike Lindsay and Anna B Savage + moreDEALS 
Endeavor Group Holdings, which owns talent agency WME, is becoming a private company again, having listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2021. In a deal led…
Chad Hugo has filed legal papers with the US Trademark Office opposing moves by his musical collaborator Pharrell Williams to register trademarks connected to the name they have long collaborated…
One Liners: SM Entertainment, St Vincent, Machinedrum + moreDEALS 
Now best buds ever since the streaming service revamped its entire royalties model (at least in part) to placate a tetchy Lucian Grainge, Spotify and Universal Music last…
Universal Music and its CEO Lucian Grainge last week filed a scathing response to the allegations made against them in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs lawsuit that was launched by producer…
On this week’s show we discuss UK Parliament’s Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee’s hearing on the grassroots live music crisis, the Nirvana logo legal battle’s return to court, and…