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The latest executive shuffles across the music industry… Universal Music Publishing Australia/New Zealand has hired Arwen Curson as Vice President, Creative. Prior to her role with Universal Music, Curson worked as Director of Operations for Crowdmix. In her new role, Curson will be responsible for both A&R and Film/TV synch teams, and will report to Andrew […]
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Google doesn’t back down in online pirate site debate. But, neither does their opponent…. Google’s Senior Copyright Counsel, Fred Von Lohmann was caught up in a Twitter debate over how the search giant deals with infringing domain links. It all started yesterday, when a TorrentFreak article was circulating social media platforms and made an appearance on Twitter. […]
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DMN rewinds to bring you the top 10 Music Industry stories this week. 1. Breaking: Apple (Not Google) In Discussions to Purchase Tidal. Apple is now considering a purchase of Tidal, according to details just published by the Wall Street Journal. Citing ‘people familiar with the matter,’ the Journal pointed to ‘exploratory talks’ but offered nothing on […]
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Francis Malofiy will not be appealing the ‘Stairway To Heaven’ case. He’s been suspended, according to The Hollywood Reporter… Francis Malofiy – the attorney for the Michael Skidmore has been suspended from practising law for his unruly behaviour during the Led Zeppelin ‘Stairway To Heaven’ case. Throughout the six-day trial, Malofiy had over one hundred sustained objections from Judge […]
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The ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Lawsuit Proceeds… A US federal judge has allowed the massive, $250 million defamation lawsuit to proceed against the makers of ‘Straight Outta Compton,’ despite the plaintiff’s attempts to dismiss the case. The lawsuit, filed by original N.W.A manager Jerry Heller last fall, alleges defamation for fabricating false stories in one of the […]
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Will Apple block music fans from recording live events? Well the company have the ability to. Apple have won an approval from the US Patent and Trademark Office for Technology. This patent allows Apple to prevent music fans from recording their favourite artists perform on stage at a gig, live show or concert. How does […]
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One year on and Apple Music is the second most popular music streaming service… This time last year, Apple Music had just surfaced onto the music streaming market. A year on, and the service now boasts 15 million paying subscribers. To say the very least, the platform has established itself as one of the most popular streaming […]
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One year on and Apple Music is the second most popular music streaming service… This time last year, Apple Music had just surfaced onto the music streaming market. A year on, and the service now boasts 15 million paying subscribers. To say the very least, the platform has established itself as one of the most popular streaming […]
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Spotify has had enough of Apple’s anti-competitive strategies… Spotify has previously thanked Apple for increasing the rate of growth in their subscriber numbers, and for helping the service reach 100 million active users. Spotify’s Vice President Jonathan Forster previously said… ”Since Apple Music started we’ve been growing quicker and adding more users than before. It’s great that […]
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Apple Music has exclusively secured Snoop Dogg’s latest album… Apple Music’s latest artist exclusive comes from Snoop Dogg, with his 20-track ‘Coolaid’ album. Like many artists who have opted to give their music exclusively to Apple Music, Snoop will enjoy the platform’s enticing per-stream royalty rate. Other Apple Music exclusives include Drake’s ‘Views’ album which was exclusively […]
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