The UK government has axed the controversial EBacc, which deprioritised creative subjects like music in English schools. In a letter to Ed Sheeran, Prime Minister Keir Starmer says changes now being ...

Spotify has removed 500,000 streams from Malcolm Todd’s ‘Earrings’, which suddenly topped the platform’s US chart this week. It’s thought the track may have been artificially boosted by traders on the ...

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The copyright status of the ‘dembow riddim’ that originates in a Steely & Clevie track and has been used in so many reggaeton records will be decided by a jury. Experts disagree over whether the beat ...

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The Johnny Cash estate has sued Coke over its use of a tribute act to provide vocals for a new ad campaign earlier this year. It is suing under Tennessee’s new ELVIS Act, which allows performers to ...

Scooter Braun has officially retired as an artist manager - something everyone thought he did three years ago when he became CEO of HYBE America. In a lengthy statement he said that he could “no ...

The deal agreed between the US Department Of Justice and Live Nation earlier this year, settling the DoJ’s antitrust lawsuit against the live music company, has been heavily criticised. But in new ...

Pan-European indie label trade group IMPALA has published a new plan to transform the digital music market, with five headline objectives. Among other things it criticises the controversial payment th ...

Pandora and The MLC are locked in a legal dispute over what mechanical royalties the streaming service should pay. Pandora has claimed that The MLC shouldn’t even be allowed to pursue this lawsuit. No ...

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Merck Mercuriadis has won a legal battle with the liquidators of one of the original Hipgnosis companies. During the case, the spotlight fell on the investors in that company, who turned out to be ...