Industry

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  Major Record Labels Sue AI Music Startups for Copyright Infringement

  PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2024

  Three major record labels — Universal Music Group, Sony Music and Warner Records — have filed copyright lawsuits against generative...

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  Queen's Catalogue Acquired for More Than $1 Billion in Most Expensive Music Sale to Date

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2024

  In this economy, the trend of legacy acts (and Tame Impala) selling their music catalogues doesn't seem to be going anywhere anytime soon...

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  Band Call Out Air Canada for "Brutal" Handling of Instruments

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2024

  Since what feels like the dawn of commercial flying, it's become a tale as old as time: while travelling to or from a performance, an artist...

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  Interpol Apologize to Graphic Designer They Unknowingly Ripped Off

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2024

  Interpol are celebrating the 20th anniversary of 'Antics' with some select European, UK, and US (no Canada as of yet) tour dates this fall...

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  Scooter Braun Skeets Out of Management Career

  PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2024

  Last summer, what we dubbed the Great Skeet was upon us: after Justin Bieber had been (falsely) rumoured to be cutting ties with manager-to...

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  City of Ottawa Announces New Mid-Size Concert Venue, Hires Nightlife Comissioner

  PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2024

  Simply renaming districts was never going to work for Ottawa in its continued effort to shed its reputation as "the city that fun forgot"...

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  Here's How Sturgill Simpson Plans to Stop Scalpers for First Johnny Blue Skies Tour

  PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2024

  Sturgill Simpson — er, Johnny Blue Skies? — is embarking on a North American tour later this year behind his forthcoming album, 'Passage du...

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  Spotify to Reportedly Introduce High-Fidelity Audio Later This Year

  PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2024

  While Kelly McMichael may have reminded us how to optimize audio quality on Spotify, the streaming platform is still famously the one that...