Tom Petty and Tupac Shakur Estates, Soundgarden, Hole and Steve Earle are among the artists in the suit Universal Music Group (UMG) has been hit with a $100 million class action lawsuit for master recordings destroyed during a 2008 fire…
As much as 500k master recordings could be lost forever Multiple artists are planning to sue Universal Music Group (UMG) following news last week that a fire on the backlot of Universal Studios Hollywood in 2008 destroyed a massive amount…
Masters from Nirvana, REM, Etta James and more are presumed destroyed A fire on the Universal Studios lot in Hollywood destroyed more than initially reported in 2008. Parts of the famous backlot where Back To The Future was filmed and…
Label rebrands with new name and logo Sixty-one years after the founding of Warner Bros. Records, the renowned label is being rebranded as Warner Records across the globe. This marks the latest step in the company’s evolution, following Aaron Bay-Schuck…
Award-winning American songwriters urge Congress to protect songwriters from further regulation Award-winning songwriters will convene on Capitol Hill Wednesday, May 22nd to meet with elected officials as part of the annual American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP) “Stand…
5,000+ Live, Free Outdoor Music-Making Events to Launch Summer in Over 80 U.S. Cities Make Music Day, the annual global celebration of music occurring on the summer solstice, returns this year on Friday, June 21st with over 5,000 free outdoor…
Groups Representing Both Artists & Labels To Collaborate On Effort The Artist Rights Alliance, SAG-AFTRA, RIAA, and A2IM announce a new collaboration in support of building a “more robust and effective system of digital attribution and credits.” For the first…
Sister Sledge, David Rodigan, Jurrasic 5’s Soup Presents: The Fullee Love Collective to Lead Festival; Audio-Technica Named Headline Sponsor for UK Crate Diggers, presented by Discogs, the world’s largest music Community, Database, and Marketplace, in association with Audio-Technica, a Japanese…
Sound Royalties stepping up to help PledgeMusic artists who didn’t get paid Following recent reports of music crowdfunding site PledgeMusic missing vital payments to artists, Sound Royalties is stepping in to help the creatives who have been left without the…
Viewership increased by +2 million viewers with time-shifted and out-of-home viewing The 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards increased viewership from 19.96 million to 22 million viewers, a jump of +10% when live plus seven-day time-shifted and live plus same day out-of-home…
GRAMMY Museum presents Take Me Out to the Ball Game: Popular Music and the National Pastime Whether it’s the national anthem played before every game, the music ballplayers select to accent their “walk up” to home plate, or the seventh…
Media chain is saved for second time in six years Struggling European physical media chain HMV has been saved from bankruptcy by Canadian retailer Sunrise Records owner Doug Putman. One hundred stores will be purchased out of administration, but 27…