Music Business
Jack Batt On Demo Submissions, Artist Identity, And Ophelia’s A&R Process
Jack Batt (@jackbattt) has spent just under five years as Label Manager at Ophelia, overseeing strategy, A&R, operations, distribution, marketing, and artist relations across one of melodic bass music’s most recognizable modern labels. His perspective is useful because he is not just talking
Drakong The Challenger Brings Hall-Effect Sticks to a $34.99 Xbox and PC Controller
Drakong is entering the controller market with The Challenger, a wired Xbox and PC gamepad priced low enough to sit in the budget category, while still carrying several features players usually associate with higher-priced hardware. The new controller is officially licensed for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox
Spotify Bundles' Impact on Mechanical Per-Stream Rate Analyzed
Following the NMPA's claim that publishers and songwriters have lost nearly $500 million in royalties due to bundling, Billboard crunched the numbers.
How Much Have Spotify Bundles Decreased the Mechanical Per-Stream Rate? (Analysis)
Following the NMPA's claim that publishers and songwriters have lost nearly $500 million in royalties due to bundling, Billboard crunched the numbers.
50 Cent's Appeals Court Loss in Lawsuit Over Instagram Posts
The star's lawyers had argued Tompkins forfeited her right to respond to his case, but an appeals court says she can defend herself in court.
London Cyr Signs with Electric Feel/Sony; UMPG Nashville and ONE4 Music Form Joint Venture
UMPG Nashville and ONE4 music form a joint venture, Quinn XCII signs with Prescription Songs and more publishing news.
Publishing Briefs: Drake ‘Iceman’ Collaborator London Cyr Signs With Electric Feel/Sony
UMPG Nashville and ONE4 music form a joint venture, Quinn XCII signs with Prescription Songs and more publishing news.
50 Cent's Lawsuit Against Ex-Girlfriend Over IG Posts Fails in Appeals Court
The star's lawyers had argued Tompkins forfeited her right to respond to his case, but an appeals court says she can defend herself in court.
Madison Square Garden Has Been Secretly Tracking Queer Musicians
The venue’s database also assigned a “high risk” label to Freddie Gibbs, Lil Jon, and other rappers
BTS Song 'Swim' Copyright Lawsuit
A trio of songwriters are suing HYBE over claims that the BTS smash hit was "copied in very large part" from their earlier track.
50 Cent's Lawsuit Against Ex-Girlfriend Fails at Appeals Court
The star's lawyers had argued Tompkins forfeited her right to respond to his case, but an appeals court says she can defend herself in court.
50 Cent Loses at Appeals Court in Lawsuit Against Ex-Girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins Over IG Posts
The star's lawyers had argued Tompkins forfeited her right to respond to his case, but an appeals court says she can defend herself in court.
BTS Hit Song 'Swim' Subject to Copyright Lawsuit
A trio of songwriters are suing HYBE over claims that the BTS smash hit was "copied in very large part" from their earlier track.
Believe restructures global organization to ‘accelerate artist development strategy’
Romain Becker named Group COO, Elsa Bahamonde Bourgain to lead combined Artist Services and Label & Artist Solutions Source
BTS Hit ‘Swim’ Faces Copyright Lawsuit Claiming it Was Stolen From Demo
A trio of songwriters are suing HYBE over claims that the BTS smash hit was "copied in very large part" from their earlier track.
Songwriters file copyright suit against HYBE over BTS hit ‘SWIM’, alleging it copied their demo
Steve Cooper, Jon Sandler and Greylyn Johnson filed the complaint on July 8 Source
BTS Hit ‘Swim’ Faces Copyright Lawsuit Claiming it Was Stolen From Demo: ‘Obvious and Inescapable’
A trio of songwriters are suing HYBE over claims that the BTS smash hit was "copied in very large part" from their earlier track.
Kneecap allowed to file defamation lawsuit in Ireland against Indigenous leader in Canada over antisemitism claims
Last year nine Indigenous leaders in Canada said Kneecap had “outwardly supported antisemitism” and therefore their shows in Toronto and Vancouver should be cancelled. The band are now suing one of those Indigenous leaders, Harvey Yesno, for defamation and Dublin’s high court has accepted the case
Reservoir signs publishing deal with Grammy-winning rapper T.I.
Under the agreement, Reservoir will work across T.I.'s entire publishing catalog, spanning his back catalog and future works. Source
Bulgaria’s copyright regime is broken because it didn’t properly implement EU rules that justify web-blocking, say labels
Bulgarian labels recently failed to secure anti-piracy web-blocks because the country’s lawmakers never implemented EU rules that justify such a thing. Trade group BAMP has now urged EU officials to ensure member states are complying with existing copyright rules before introducing any new ones