Music Industry
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The United States and United Kingdom are producing far more top-tier artists than they did five years ago, yet their combined share of the world’s biggest performers has fallen sharply as music markets elsewhere expand even faster. New data from Chartmetric shows U.S. and UK artists accounting for 40.7% of…
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Coachella will remain exclusively on YouTube through 2030, keeping the festival’s global livestream on the platform through the end of the decade. YouTube and Goldenvoice announced the renewal September 23rd, confirming that YouTube will remain the exclusive global livestream destination for both Coachella weekends. Financial terms were not disclosed. The…
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Outkast is taking Oakland rapper and producer Ovrkast to federal court over a stage name the Atlanta duo says is “nearly identical” to its own. High Schoolers LLC, the company that controls trademark rights associated with André 3000 and Big Boi, filed the lawsuit September 16th against Ovrkast, whose real…
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A temporary restraining order has been granted against Dolly Parton’s nephew and former longtime security chief Bryan Seaver as a dispute over the late country singer’s business interests moves into court. She’s Alive, LLC, an entity Parton created to protect aspects of her business and legacy, and longtime manager Danny…
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AI music company GRAI has acquired Hangout, the social listening platform built around the idea that discovering music through another person can be more interesting than letting an algorithm choose everything. The acquisition closed September 22nd and will fold Hangout’s social-listening technology and music-industry relationships into a new streaming service…
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Suno has disclosed that its new V6 AI music models were trained partly on “creations” from its own community, adding a new layer to its escalating copyright fight with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment. The AI music company said September 22nd that V6 was trained using licensed content…
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Apple Music is becoming a physical place in London. Apple has opened Apple Music Hall, a purpose-built 600-capacity live venue inside Battersea Power Station that combines an intimate concert room with Spatial Audio recording, multicamera video production and global livestreaming infrastructure. The venue includes a configurable 38-foot-wide stage and a…
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Carianne Marshall is leaving her role as co-chair and chief operating officer of Warner Chappell Music as parent Warner Music Group continues simplifying leadership across its businesses. Marshall will transition out of her current position at the end of September, while Warner Chappell CEO and co-chair Guy Moot becomes the…
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South Korea is moving toward new copyright and royalty standards for AI-assisted music just as songs made with generative tools are beginning to reach the country’s mainstream streaming charts. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced September 21st that it will convene a public forum at the National Assembly…
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A west London man who generated £2.743 million selling counterfeit vinyl records has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison after police uncovered what they describe as the UK’s largest seizure of fake records. Rehan Ahmed, 40, was sentenced at Inner London Crown Court on September 18th…
