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Scooter Braun’s Name Surfaces in Hollywood Smear Operation, Court Filing Reveals
A court filing alleges Scooter Braun’s involvement with the entertainment industry’s clandestine smear-site operation, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. The entertainment industry’s emerging smear-site scandal has been heating up since The Hollywood Reporter first exposed it in February. Now, the outlet has revealed a new court filing that appears to tie Scooter Braun more closely to […]
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Alxchange Partnerships Now Include BUMA/Stemra, AFEM, CAPASSO, and SAMPRA as ‘Creative Weight’ and Ethical AI Attribution Gain Momentum
BUMA/Stemra has become AIxchange’s marquee CMO partner as the creator-friendly attribution framework takes center stage at IMS Ibiza and Africa Rising Music Conference Johannesburg. Other early believers are also rallying around the recently formed AI music initiative. In the wake of multiple major label tie-ups with generative AI music giants, an influential wing of the […]
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Post Malone’s ‘Big Ass Stadium Tour’ With Jelly Roll Is Experiencing Some ‘Big Ass Problems’
Post Malone is struggling to sell tickets to his Big Ass Stadium Tour with Jelly Roll and Carter Faith, with less than a month left before showtime. Post Malone’s Big Ass Stadium Tour Part 2 featuring Jelly Roll and Carter Faith kicks off on May 13 in El Paso, TX, at the Sun Bowl Stadium. […]
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Anthropic Doubles Down on Fair Use Claims In Attempt to End Music Publishers’ Copyright Suit: ‘Training on Lyrics (and Other Copyrighted Text) Is Transformative’
Does training generative AI models on protected lyrics without permission constitute fair use? After years of debate – and a couple court rulings – the question is taking center stage in Anthropic’s new push for summary judgment in a copyright lawsuit filed by Concord and others. On the heels of a $25 billion investment, the […]
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D4vd Quietly Dropped by Interscope/UMG; All Label Affiliations Scrubbed From Streaming Platforms
Musician D4vd has been quietly dropped by his label Interscope, with affiliations scrubbed from their websites and on streaming platforms, amid his murder arrest. Singer-songwriter D4vd has been dropped by Interscope/UMG amid his arrest on suspicion of the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the 14-year-old girl whose body was found in his Tesla last year. […]
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Spotify Quietly Starts Identifying Songs Using AI (Or At Least Some of Them)
Spotify is quietly introducing a new feature that exposes artificial intelligence contributions within track credits, making a notable step in platform-level transparency. That comes with the caveat that these labels are all self-reported, however. The update is currently in beta and allows listeners to view AI involvement directly in the ‘Song Credits’ section of the […]
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Bella Figura Acquires Producer and Songwriter Paul Epworth’s Catalog — Including Stakes in Releases from Adele, Paul McCartney, Coldplay, and Others
Bella Figura Music has purchased the catalog of veteran songwriter and producer Paul Epworth – including interests in works popularized by Adele, Florence and the Machine, Lil Wayne, Paul McCartney, and many others. London-headquartered Bella Figura and Bishop’s Stortford-born Epworth formally disclosed their tie-up today. Though the official announcement is light on price-tag particulars – […]
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Kanye’s Upcoming Italy Concert Draws Condemnation After UK and France Cancellations
Kanye West’s upcoming concert in Italy is causing an uproar due to the rapper’s descent into antisemitism, after the UK and France already cancelled gigs. Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, is scheduled to headline the Hellwatt Festival on July 18 at the RCF Arena in Reggio Emilia, Italy. With a capacity of 103,000, […]
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Bandsintown Teams Up with Amazon Music Following Similar Deal with Apple Music
Bandsintown teams up with Amazon Music to offer concert listings on Amazon Music artist profiles, like previously announced deals with Apple Music and Spotify. Bandsintown has announced a global collaboration with Amazon Music to enable concert listings across the service. For fans on Amazon Music, the integration offers a way to discover tour dates and […]
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YouTube Expands Likeness Detection Tool to Entertainment and Music — Enabling Artists and Others to Flag AI Deepfakes
With an eye on doing away with deepfakes, YouTube has officially made its likeness detection tool available to the music and wider entertainment industries. The video-sharing giant just recently announced the expansion in a concise release. As some will recognize, the development didn’t come out of left field: It was only a month and change […]
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Court Denies Kim Kardashian’s Bid to Seal $6 Million Ray J Sex Tape Settlement
A California judge has refused to keep the details of Kim Kardashian’s reported $6 million settlement with musician Ray J (William Ray Norwood Jr.) under seal. That opens the door for the 2023 agreement to become public record. The ruling, issued by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Steven A. Ellis on March 30, undercuts Kardashian’s […]
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Is Eurovision Going Down in Flames? Severe Infighting and Boycotts Hit Extreme Levels Just Weeks Before Showtime
Over a thousand artists are calling for a boycott Eurovision over Israel’s inclusion, while another thousand push back. Five countries have quit the contest. With just weeks to go before the 2026 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest kicks off in Vienna, Austria, five countries have dropped out in protest of Israel’s continued participation. At […]
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Warner Chappell Music Officially Launches in India
Warner Chappell Music launches in India, with Jay Mehta appointed to lead the charge in one of the world’s fastest-growing creative economies. Warner Chappell Music (WCM), the global publishing arm of Warner Music Group (WMG), has announced its launch in India in a strategic move that marks a transition from its previous sub-publishing model. Now, […]
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RCN’s Multi-Year Legal War With UMG, WMG, and Sony Music Takes a Dramatic Turn
Cox v. Sony Music is factoring into yet another copyright dispute: RCN has cited the unanimous Supreme Court decision in its marathon legal battle with the major labels. That ugly courtroom confrontation’s been in motion for the better part of a decade, and unsurprisingly, the core claims closely resemble those seen in a number of […]
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Superfans Assemble: Universal Music Tees Up ‘First-Ever Liquid Vinyl Release’ of Audioslave’s ‘Out of Exile’
Let the superfan-geared vinyl releases continue: Universal Music’s catalog division has teed up the “first-ever” pressing of Audioslave’s Out of Exile – including a “liquid vinyl” variant inspired by the 2005 album’s cover art. Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) confirmed the high-end reissue, with an emphasis on the liquid edition, today. Collectors are undoubtedly familiar with […]
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Dave Mason, Traffic Co-Founder and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Passes Away
Dave Mason, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer best known as the lead singer and co-founder of English rock band Traffic, has passed away. He was 79. Singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Mason, known as the lead singer and co-founder of English rock band Traffic, has passed away. The musician died in his home over the […]
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Drake’s Album ‘Ice Sculpture’ Quickly Draws a Mob Wielding Sledgehammers and Pickaxes
Toronto police have temporarily blocked off Drake’s promotional ice sculpture hiding album info to protect it from fans trying to break and melt it. Drake has hidden the release date for his upcoming album, ICEMAN, inside an ice sculpture in his native Toronto in the parking lot of the Bond Hotel. But fans have wasted […]
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Amazon Poised to Invest Another $25 Billion In Anthropic as AI Infrastructure Build-Out Ramps Up
Amazon is preparing to invest up to $25 billion in Anthropic, in addition to the $8 billion it has already injected into the AI startup in recent years. On Monday, artificial intelligence startup Anthropic announced its commitment to spending over $100 billion on Amazon Web Services technology over the next decade as part of an […]
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Seoul Police Move to Arrest Hybe Chairman Bang Si-hyuk Following Long-Running IPO Investigation
Seoul police have officially moved to arrest Hybe chairman Bang Si-hyuk in connection with a fraudulent trading investigation centering on the K-pop company’s 2020 IPO. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s financial crimes division confirmed as much today, on the heels of a related press conference update from Commissioner Park Jung-bo. As summed up by regional […]
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D4vd Pleads Not Guilty to a Lengthy List of Criminal Charges, Starting with First-Degree Murder
Singer D4vd pleads not guilty to first-degree murder and a laundry list of other charges linked to the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. The 21-year-old singer-songwriter D4vd, whose real name is David Burke, has pleaded not guilty after he was charged with murder in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose dismembered body […]
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