February, 2024

Eddie Sears appointed EVP, Creative at Republic Records
Sears served as the Creative Director at Ultra Records for nearly a decade Source...

Oasis distance themselves from Ticketmaster’s ‘Dynamic’ pricing… while adding two more Wembley Stadium dates
Band now announce two further Wembley Stadium shows on September 27th and 28th. Source...

IDOL inks global marketing and distribution deal with Berlin-based City Slang
The partnership launches with the release of Caribou's latest album next month Source...

Sony Music Publishing Scandinavia promotes Atena Banisaid to GM, Christoffer Lindh to Head of A&R
SMP's Scandinavian division has been enjoying success lately with co-writing credits on Charli XCX and Zara Larsson tracks. Source...

This US musician allegedly generated $10m using bots to rack up fake streams of AI songs. He could face decades in prison for wire fraud and money laundering
The DOJ has charged an individual over the suspected use of AI to generate large amounts of fake music streams Source...

UK competition regulator launches investigation into Ticketmaster over Oasis ticket sale
Watchdog said that it plans to scrutinize "whether the sale of Oasis tickets by Ticketmaster may have breached consumer protection law". Source...

YouTube is developing tools to detect AI-generated voices and faces in videos
YouTube’s move is part of a growing effort by media platforms to rein in misuse of AI technology Source...

Another injection of optimism for music rights: Warner gets BBB long-term credit rating from Fitch
Warner Music Group has been assigned a first-time Long-Term 'Issuer Default Rating' (IDR) of 'BBB' Source...

Jackie Winkler promoted to SVP and Head of A&R at Island Records
Winkler signed Sabrina Carpenter in 2020 and has closely collaborated with the singer on her US No.1 album, 'Short n’ Sweet' Source...

Live Nation CFO doesn’t expect DOJ antitrust battle to cause any ‘major changes to how we operate…’ and 3 other things we learned from Joe Berchtold’s Bank of America Q&A
“I expect we're going to prevail," Live Nation CFO said Source...

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