Sir Lucian Grainge has confirmed that a big rejig of the way streaming monies are allocated to individual tracks by the digital platforms each month is a key priority for the biggest music rights company in the world.
NEWS & EVENTS
Girl group Flo win BBC Sound of 2023
Island-signed R&B trio Flo have won the top spot on the coveted list which highlights artists that the Beeb think are gonna pop in the coming year.
UMG sues Triller over royalty payments and reporting. Again.
UMG alleged this week that the video-sharing app has failed to make payments for the last nine months, in violation of their licensing agreement.
Six-day illegal rave in Spanish village “magnificently organised” according to mayor – but authorities still have no idea who the organisers were.
Lasting from 30th December to Wednesday this week, tents, stalls, caravans and seven(!) stages popped up out of nowhere reportedly less than a mile from the centre of the village of La Peza in Spain.
Little Simz and Knucks tie for Best Album at Mobos Awards
There's just so much good music out there that it gets tough to pick a winner, right? It was the first-ever tie in the 25-year history of the awards, which celebrate black music and culture.
Vice has a scoop on an appalling undercover police sting
Sorry if this makes your blood boil, but this is true journalism at work. Locals knew "Boombox" as the shop with a recording studio in the back. It was also part of a Met Police sting codenamed Operation Peyzac. The staff’s knowledge of music was real, but their identities were not.
Are the indies even indie any more? Universal Music bought 49% of [PIAS] this week.
According to a press release issued on Wednesday, under their new agreement, “[PIAS] will remain fully independent, and its founders Kenny Gates and Michel Lambot will retain majority control of the company."
Fleetwood Mac member, Christine McVie, has passed away at age 79
Her cause of death has not been publicly disclosed. “On behalf of Christine McVie’s family, it is with a heavy heart we are informing you of Christine’s death,” her family wrote online.