Music Business
Signed: Laufey Inks Label Deal With Interscope/Verve; CHVRCHES Looks to the Futures
Other recent artist signings include Vic Mensa, Alfredo Gutiérrez, Ava Liv Mabry and JYT.
Frances Shillito Advocates for Enhanced Safeguarding in Music Industry
Frances Shillito spent her career in artist management and venue relations. She now trains the music industry in safeguarding, and she argues the appetite for change has finally outpaced the infrastru
Sounds Market Promotes Circular Economy in DJ Equipment
Sounds Market has refurbished and resold more than 1,800 DJ devices since 2023, making the circular economy a working alternative to buying new. In this Member Feature, Pau Agustí explains why discont
Joseph Capriati and GENNARO Bring “Control” to Metamorfosi
Joseph Capriati returns to Metamorfosi Records with “Control,” a new collaboration with fellow Italian artist GENNARO that pushes the label into a slicker, house-led space without losing the physical drive people expect from Capriati’s records. That is the interesting part here. Capriati does not ne
Prunk Turns Footprints Into a House Memoir
Prunk’s Footprints feels like the kind of album a label founder can only make after years of building rooms around other people’s records. PIV has become a respected house platform in its own right, but this LP brings the focus back to Prunk as an artist, DJ, collaborator, and curator whose own soun
Outkast Sue Ovrkast for Having “Nearly Identical” Name
A new lawsuit claims the Oakland rapper-producer reneged on an earlier agreement with the Grammy-winning duo to change his name to Overkxst
Outkast Sue Ovrkast for Having “Nearly Identical” Name
A new lawsuit claims the Oakland rapper-producer reneged on an earlier agreement with the Grammy-winning duo to change his name to Overkxst
Suno AI Music Lawsuit, Drake UMG Appeal, Diddy Lawyers & More Top Music Law News
In this week's Legal Beat newsletter, a scathing new lawsuit over AI music, a "Not Like Us" court date for Drake, a legal shakeup for Diddy, and much more.
Suno AI Music Lawsuit, Drake UMG Appeal, Diddy Lawyers & More Top Music Law News
In this week's Legal Beat newsletter, a scathing new lawsuit over AI music, a "Not Like Us" court date for Drake, a legal shakeup for Diddy, and much more.
StubHub Customer Can’t Bring Class Action Lawsuit Over CEO’s Ticket Broker Fund
A judge says StubHub's terms of service require all legal claims to be handled one-by-one in private arbitration.
Drake’s ‘Not Like Us’ Lawsuit Appeal Gets December Court Date for Battle With UMG
The case claims Drake's longtime label defamed him by releasing Kendrick Lamar's blockbuster diss track that called him a “certified pedophile.”
Huffy Vienna Makes the Budget E-Bike Pitch Simple
The Huffy Vienna Step-Through E-Bike is built around a very simple idea: an approachable electric bike that does not ask casual riders to overthink the category before getting on the road. That matters because the e-bike market can get technical fast. Torque sensors, wattage debates, brake specs, cl
Charles Goldstuck’s GoldState makes minority investment in Podium Entertainment, as Flexpoint Ford and Shamrock Capital buy audiobook publisher in reported $400M+ deal
'Podium is poised to take full advantage of the changing landscape for audio around the globe,' said Goldstuck Source
Anti-piracy web-blocks back on the political agenda in the US - with VPNs and DNS resolvers facing web-blocking obligations
New plans to finally introduce web-blocking as an anti-piracy tool in the US would specifically oblige VPNs and DNS resolvers as well as ISPs to block access to piracy sites when rightsholders secure a court order. The music industry is a fan of web-blocking, but the tech sector is strongly opposed
Moonbug Entertainment Launches Music Company for Children's Artists
Big Feelings Music, from the company behind YouTube brands CoComelon and Blippi, will offer distribution, funding access, publishing administration and more.
Suno confirms V6 model was trained on ‘creations’ from users, as it blasts latest Sony and Universal lawsuit
The company set out that description in a statement responding to a second copyright lawsuit filed by Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment. Source
Universal and Sony sue AI firm Suno over alleged copyright infringement
Case revolves around “user data” Suno has admitted it’s used
Moonbug Entertainment Launches Full-Service Music Company to Help Children’s Artists Grow Their Audiences
Big Feelings Music, from the company behind YouTube brands CoComelon and Blippi, will offer distribution, funding access, publishing administration and more.
“Suno’s v6 is not a fresh start”: Universal and Sony sue AI firm over copyright infringement in its new model
Case revolves around “user data” Suno has admitted it’s used
Frances Shillito Argues for Robust Safeguarding in Music Industry
Frances Shillito spent her career in artist management and venue relations. She now trains the music industry in safeguarding, and she argues the appetite for change has finally outpaced the infrastru