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BMG’s renewed spend on acquisitions - primarily music rights - over the past three years is starting to pay off. With €847 million invested since 2020 it could make a lot of sense for Warner Music Group to buy BMG. Or could BMG make a bid for Believe? completemusicupdate.com/as-bmgs-2023-n…

Today's industry one liners: HYBE, Teddy Swims, William Bell deals Michael Jackson lawsuit Splendour In The Grass cancelled Great Escape speakers Bruce Springsteen, ARIA awards ‘This Is Spinal Tap 2’ cameos Abbey Road Artist In Residence completemusicupdate.com/one-liners-hyb…

Universal Music has signed a new ten year agreement with HYBE to distribute the K-pop company’s releases worldwide. It extends and expands an existing partnership, and also includes Universal collaborating with HYBE’s superfan platform Weverse. completemusicupdate.com/one-liners-hyb…

UK live music promoters FKP Scorpio UK and Communion Presents have merged to form Communion One. completemusicupdate.com/one-liners-nic…

Music industry one liners: Deals: Ronnie Spector, Portico Quartet Appointments: Ostereo, EarthPercent, Island, Primary Wave BBC to air Johnny & Associates documentary; Image Of Music Awards; Twenty One Pilots tour; Hold Steady children’s book + more completemusicupdate.com/camila-cabello…

French indie label body UPFI calls on French government to intervene in potential Warner Music Group takeover of Believe France saying it is concerned that music creation in France would suffer as a result completemusicupdate.com/french-indie-l…

SXSW is coming to London next year. But what does that mean for the UK's brilliant existing homegrown music showcase events like Wide Days Liverpool Sound City FOCUS Wales and The Great Escape which sit at the middle of a delicate ecosystem? completemusicupdate.com/sxsw-london-co…

With Suno facing the mother of all copyright lawsuits, the AI music company is riding the wave of publicity brought by its legal woes and has launched its first mobile app completemusicupdate.com/lawsuit-what-l…

With a key vote to decide the future of Hipgnosis Songs Fund just days away, Hipgnosis founder Merck Mercuriadis has announced that he will step down, and hints at a global songwriter advocacy initiative completemusicupdate.com/merck-mercuria…

After suing Apple, the EU is going after Meta for DMA breaches. This time it’s Meta’s personal data policies in the spotlight which, the Commission says, are not compliant with the DMA completemusicupdate.com/after-suing-ap…

Music industry news in brief: Tom Petty, Orelsan, Skread deals; Merlin, Believe, Tixr, Warner appointments; record PPL distributions; ASM Global in Portugal; Ladies Who Rock + more completemusicupdate.com/one-liners-tom…

Music company Warner Music Group has written to AI companies setting out its position that licences must be secured before its music is used to train AI models. The letter, which follows Sony Music's lead, extends to artist likeness and voice. completemusicupdate.com/warner-music-f…

Labour's sweeping victory in the election prompts music industry calls for action on education, venues and AI. With new faces in Parliament, the sector faces challenges and opportunities in shaping post-election cultural policy. completemusicupdate.com/labours-landsl…

Yesterday evening @constantcontact suspended our account of 15 years+ standing after we linked to a Hong Kong government website from a story we published. As a result 80% of our subscribers didn't get our daily newsletter. The other 20% - via Ghost - did get it.

After @constantcontact suspended our account last night for linking to a Hong Kong governement website, we've spent nearly two hours on the phone to then trying to get it sorted out but no one seems to know whether or not we can send today's newsletter or not...

The next edition of WIN's event WINCON takes place in Belgrade later this month. WINCON is "a vital platform for industry leaders to come together and hold important discussions to advance the independent agenda” says CEO Noemí Planas completemusicupdate.com/wincon-indie-l…

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