Last month the FTC in the US announced a new rule that says ticketing companies must declare the full price of a ticket ...

French collecting society SACEM has signed up to Deezer’s ‘artist-centric’ approach to paying royalties, which disadvantages ...

Earlier this week the UK government launched its AI Opportunities Action Plan, basically stating that UK law should have an ...

The US Trade Representative last week published its annual Notorious Markets Report, running through key piracy gripes of the ...

Ed Sheeran last week visited talent development projects in Cardiff, Coventry, Edinburgh and Belfast to formally launch a new ...

TikTok is due to be banned in the US on 19 Jan. The US Supreme Court could block the ban, though at a hearing last week it ...

CMU Daily returns after its Christmas break later today. In the meantime, here are ten music business developments since the ...

The UK government has formally opened its consultation on the ticketing business, seeking input on possible new regulation of the ticket resale market, including the planned price cap on touted ...

UK trade groups ERA and BPI have both published year-end stats. ERA reveals that recorded music retail revenues in 2024 were £2.39 billion, an all-time high, providing you don’t adjust for ...

CISAC has published a new report looking at the impact generative AI will have on music creators’ earnings. It estimates that 24% of those earnings could be at risk, resulting in annual losses ...

Universal Music has announced one of those strategic partnerships with WPP, the group of advertising and marketing agencies that insists on calling itself a “creative transformation company ...

Downtown deal “another step in UMG’s relentless path to dominance” says WIN, as criticism builds over Universal’s latest acquisition Criticism continues to build of Universal Music’s ...